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A Seattle high school teacher is accused of repeatedly having sex with a 16-year-old student, who reported their encounters to school officials and police last week, according to prosecutors.
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times
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2/24/23
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PULLMAN — A new type of air filter made of corn protein instead of petroleum plastic appears to be better able of filtering out small pollutant particles as well as toxic chemicals like …
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Staff Report / Columbia Basin Herald
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2/24/23
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More than six years ago, Lyudmila Pavlik was found covered in blood and badly beaten in her living room.
Her husband, Vladimir V. Pavlik, admitted to police he had beaten his wife with a …
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Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review
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2/24/23
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A 40-year-old man was sentenced to about four years in prison on Thursday morning for throwing a hammer at a child last year as the boy's father stopped to help the man.
Cole L. Healy pleaded …
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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2/24/23
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A woman who abandoned her 2-year-old son outside her Spokane Valley apartment on a winter day more than a year ago won't see any jail time.
Amber L. Shay, 34, pleaded guilty on Jan. 18 to child …
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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2/24/23
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A teenage boy was killed and another arrested Wednesday night in Reardan in a shooting described by Reardan Police Chief Andy Manke as "a horrible misfortune."
Five teenage boys, between …
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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2/24/23
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A Ferndale man is facing felony child abuse charges after he allegedly hit, choked and fractured the elbow of a 10-year-old boy known to him during an argument.
Anthony Douglas Hines, also known …
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Denver Pratt / The Bellingham Herald
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2/23/23
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OLYMPIA — Washington employers would be prohibited from refusing to hire a potential worker solely because of a drug test showing they had used cannabis under a bill that passed the state …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times
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2/23/23
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Police in southeast Alaska arrested three people and confiscated more than $1 million in methamphetamine and the deadly opioid fentanyl, according to court documents and an Alaskan radio …
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Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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2/23/23
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PEORIA, Ariz. — On the eve of opening day of their Cactus League schedule, the Mariners announced that tickets for the opening day of the 2023 regular season — March 30 vs. the Guardians …
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Ryan Divish / The Seattle Times
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2/23/23
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An Oregon man was injured Wednesday night after he stopped to help another crashed driver on snow-covered Interstate 5 near state Highway 500.
Washington State Patrol troopers responded at 7:16 …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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2/23/23
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The state Senate on Monday approved Senate Bill 5595, officially making “The Evergreen State” Washington’s nickname. The nickname had already been the state’s unofficial …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/22/23
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OLYMPIA — This year, state lawmakers could make it less likely you'll get stopped by police for a problem with your car, in the wake of police killings that began with a traffic stop.
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times
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2/22/23
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A federal court on Tuesday quashed a bid to strike down a Washington state law permitting legalized sports betting in tribal casinos only.
The ruling, which hinged largely upon the tribes' …
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Geoff Baker / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/22/23
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OLYMPIA — House Bill 1814, if passed, would prioritize reemployment and pension service credit of public employees separated from service due to the COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
"The …
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Staff Report / Columbia Basin Herald
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2/22/23
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OLYMPIA — Washington legislators are considering a trio of bills that, if passed, would alter what law enforcement officers can do during traffic stops, limit the length of trains in the state, …
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Charles H. Featherstone / Columbia Basin Herald
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2/22/23
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A human foot that washed ashore near the Elwha River over a year ago has been identified as the remains of a woman who disappeared five years ago.
In December 2021, a person discovered a woman's …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times
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2/22/23
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A Clark County man is accused of killing at least two cats after police found their disfigured bodies earlier this month in Washougal.
Kenneth G. Thurman, 41, appeared Tuesday in Clark County …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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2/22/23
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Lee Bacon and his wife, Dani, turned the lights off just to turn them on much brighter in a spectacle that led to cheers from at least a couple hundred people on Monday night in downtown Aberdeen.
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Matthew Wells / The Daily World
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2/22/23
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OLYMPIA — Kids may soon have more recess during their school days, if a bill that passed the state Senate on Monday becomes law.
It helps them "get their wiggles out," said Sen. T'wina …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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2/22/23
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