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Aberdeen police are seeking information on a missing girl last seen in Aberdeen on Monday.
Sofey Wilkinson, 15, is described as 5 foot 5 inches and weighing 140 pounds, with blue eyes and hair …
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Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
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3/10/23
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U.S. President Joe Biden's newly announced budget plan drew criticism from Northwest Republican lawmakers and praise from local Democrats on Thursday.
The annual plan focuses on fiscal …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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3/10/23
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Paper or plastic will no longer be a question asked by Walmart cashiers across Washington as the company moves to go bagless starting in April.
Right now, single-use bags can be conveniently …
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Hannah McIntyre / Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
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3/10/23
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A use of force review board has ruled that a police officer was justified in firing his weapon during an incident in March 2022, the city council learned this week.
It's the first time the …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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3/10/23
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The Seattle and Portland FBI field offices are asking the public for help in identifying the people who vandalized electrical substations in both Washington and Oregon. Specifically, substations were …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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3/10/23
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If bills had tombstones, March 8, 2023, would be the date after the dash for scores of proposals in the Washington Legislature.
Wednesday marked a key deadline in Olympia, where most bills that …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/10/23
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Halfway through a legislative session where many Washington lawmakers said their top priority would be the state's housing crisis, two efforts to limit rent increases are dead.
A bill to cap rent …
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Heidi Groover / The Seattle Times
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3/9/23
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Former Seattle Sonics star Shawn Kemp was arrested Wednesday in Pierce County in connection with a shooting in Tacoma, according to multiple reports.
Kemp was booked shortly before 6 p.m., …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times
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3/9/23
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OLYMPIA — The state House approved an assault-weapons ban Wednesday night, advancing a measure long sought by gun control advocates that has stalled in the Legislature for years.
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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3/9/23
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A 4-year-old Vancouver girl who was kidnapped by her mother in 2018 was found last month in Mexico and returned to the United States, the FBI announced Wednesday.
Aranza Maria Ochoa Lopez, now …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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3/9/23
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After the state House of Representatives refused to move on police pursuit reform by the Wednesday cutoff to get a bill out of its chamber of origin, effectively dooming its chances, the Senate acted …
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By Jeremy Lott / The Center Square
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3/8/23
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The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has determined a sheriff's deputy lawfully fired an AR-15 at a 70-year-old who reportedly threatened to kill himself and aimed his revolver at police …
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Jared Brown / The News Tribune
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3/8/23
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OLYMPIA — A bill currently making its way through the Washington State Legislature would require clergy to report child abuse, neglect or sexual abuse to the authorities, according to a press …
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Charles H. Featherstone / Columbia Basin Herald
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3/8/23
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On the same day that the Washington state House of Representatives refused to consider a bill that could reform the state's police pursuit law, it approved a bill making more funds available for …
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By Jeremy Lott / The Center Square
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3/8/23
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Majority Democrats in the Washington State House of Representatives on Tuesday refused to allow full debate and a floor vote on bipartisan legislation concerning vehicular pursuits by police.
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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3/8/23
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Oregon lawmakers are once again considering a bill that would allow self-serve gas throughout the state.
House Bill 2426 would give drivers the option to pump their own gas anywhere in the …
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Jayati Ramakrishnan / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/8/23
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A defendant in a child molestation case in Pierce County is believed to be on the run after he failed to appear for court last month leading up to trial, according to the Sheriff's Department.
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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3/8/23
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The Washington state House of Representatives late Monday passed a bill that would legalize duplexes or fourplexes in almost every neighborhood of every city in Washington, potentially bringing an …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times
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3/8/23
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Washington's first auction of greenhouse-gas pollution allowances raised an estimated $300 million in a closely watched sale as companies, consumers and the Legislature get their first glimpse of the …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times
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3/8/23
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OLYMPIA — A bill that would strip single-family zoning regulations from neighborhoods across the state to allow duplexes or fourplexes to be built passed the Washington state House of …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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3/8/23
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