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A 26-year-old man suspected of murder in the death of a 6-month-old boy in North Bend was arrested Thursday in Tacoma, according to police.
Tacoma Police Department officers received a bulletin …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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3/11/23
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OLYMPIA — A bill to protect retired public employees’ access to health insurance unanimously passed the Washington State Senate Wednesday.
“Our public retirees have worked hard …
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By The Columbia Basin Herald
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3/10/23
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OLYMPIA — Legislation that would create the Pesticide Advisory Board unanimously passed the state House of Representatives Tuesday.
“It is time to restore this advisory board and …
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By Columbia Basin Herald
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3/10/23
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The Washington State Department of Health announced Thursday its at-home testing program Say Yes! COVID Test will end May 11, with the end of the federal public health emergency.
Until then, …
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By Nika Bartoo-Smith / The Columbian
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3/10/23
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The fatal hit-and-run of a Portland teen by a Saudi national who fled the country before his trial — likely with aid of the Saudi Arabian government — has triggered a federal crackdown on …
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Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/10/23
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Three people are dead after a suspected stalker broke into a couple’s Redmond home early Friday morning, according to reports.
The husband and wife who lived at the house — as well …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/10/23
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Benton County deputies are investigating the discovery of a baby's body in a garbage bag along Interstate 82 on Tuesday.
Details about the discovery and investigation remain sparse, including …
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Cory McCoy / Tri-City Herald
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3/10/23
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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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