An order issued Friday by a U.S. District Court judge in Seattle will unseat one of the most productive freshman lawmakers in the Washington Legislature.
State Sen. Nikki Torres, R-Pasco, says a …
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Eric Rosane / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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3/17/24
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The dangerous waters at Eagle Falls likely claimed the lives of two men who fell into the water and did not resurface on Saturday, said Snohomish County sheriff's Lt. Glenn DeWitt.
In a news …
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Erik Lacitis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/17/24
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YELM — Watching the Nisqually River run past the family farm, J.T. Wilcox said he can tell when the fish are running: The eagles lay off the farm's chickens and get back to feasting on salmon.
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/17/24
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The owner of a Montana ranch had the largest sheep on Earth cloned to create “massive” hybrid sheep to sell for trophy hunting, according to the Justice Department.
Arthur …
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Julia Marnin / The Charlotte Observer (TNS)
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3/16/24
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More than two dozen moose in northeastern Washington are wearing some new jewelry.
In February, biologists from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife put GPS collars on 28 female moose, …
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Michael Wright / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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3/16/24
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The federal government has a new plan for land it has controlled in the Tri-Cities area since World War II.
By April 15 the Department of Energy wants to hear proposals from companies wishing to …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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3/16/24
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OLYMPIA — Toby Nixon, a longtime government transparency advocate and former state legislator, has been tapped to lead a committee that has been toiling in relative futility to scrutinize the …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/16/24
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The bar exam will no longer be required to become a lawyer in Washington, the state Supreme Court ruled in a pair of orders Friday.
The court approved alternative ways to show competency and …
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Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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3/16/24
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A couple were charged Thursday in connection with a 74-year-old Mercer Island man's killing, and King County prosecutors say the homicide followed a fraud scheme to move into the man's home and take …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/16/24
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The Washington State Patrol has agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle a federal lawsuit accusing a trooper of making pretext stops and targeting people of color and immigrants.
All four of the …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/16/24
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PEORIA, Ariz. — There’s a veteran ballplayer who reports to the Mariners’ spring-training complex each morning and takes his usual place in the outfield grass on Practice Field 1. …
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Adam Jude / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/16/24
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After providers and advocates spent months pleading for help addressing the state's growing asylum-seeker crisis, the Washington Legislature responded late last week by setting aside more than $32 …
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Anna Patrick / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/16/24
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SEATTLE — An active-duty member of the U.S. Navy is accused of shooting three strangers last month after a night out in Pioneer Square, killing one man and injuring two other people, according …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/16/24
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State Rep. Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, a monumental figure in state politics and Washington’s longest-serving House speaker, won’t seek reelection to his seat representing the 43rd …
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By Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times
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3/15/24
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A 62-year-old Puyallup nurse has been sentenced to two years in prison for crimes against two elderly female patients at a memory care center in Lacey.
Donald Russell Gifford pleaded guilty Jan. …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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3/15/24
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No criminal charges will be filed against a Seattle SWAT officer who in 2020 shot and killed a 24-year-old man who was fleeing officers while carrying his infant daughter in Columbia City, the …
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By Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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3/15/24
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Lacey firefighters quickly extinguished a house fire in Tanglewilde Tuesday evening, but four cats died in the home.
Lacey Fire District 3 responded to the blaze at about 6:30 p.m. on the 300 …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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3/15/24
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A 29-year-old woman is in custody for allegedly fleeing from Milton police in a stolen car while under the influence of drugs or alcohol and crashing a short time later, decapitating a passenger in …
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By Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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3/15/24
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A man who groped a 14-year-old girl on a flight from Portland to Oakland was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation, including 30 days of home detention and 1,000 hours of community service.
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/15/24
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A $1.75 million lawsuit claims a customer contracted the genital herpes virus while getting a manicure at a Portland salon that had poor hygiene practices.
The suit, filed last week in Multnomah …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/15/24
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