When Gov. Kate Brown announced her decision Tuesday to commute the sentences of Oregon’s entire death row to life in prison, she said it was a moral decision to end the possibility that the …
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Hillary Borrud / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/18/22
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A Cowlitz County police officer was involved in a shooting with a man who was reportedly suicidal and homicidal in Longview, Washington, following what appears to have been a standoff with the man as …
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Fedor Zarkhino / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/18/22
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A 75-year-old Olympia resident fired his gun into the air during a robbery at Capital Mall Friday night, according to police.
Although the man had the proper paperwork to carry a concealed weapon, …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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12/18/22
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Gov. Jay Inslee and other top government officials are pitching budget increases and a series of potentially transformative policy proposals aimed at curbing long psychiatric-related hospitalizations …
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Hannah Furfaro / The Seattle Times
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12/18/22
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Tru Most, who goes by Tru Blue in the horse arena, won first place last week in the YETI Junior World Finals of Barrel Racing in Las Vegas where she competed against 164 other teens in barrel …
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Katelyn Metzger / The Daily News
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12/17/22
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Investigators continue to sift through tips related to the killings of four University of Idaho students last month.
There are "hours and hours" of digital content submitted by businesses, homes …
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Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review
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12/16/22
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A couple accused of transporting the body of an 8-year-old girl from Airway Heights to South Dakota has been charged with murder.
Aleksander Kurmoyarov, 28, and his girlfriend, Mandie Miller, …
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James Hanlon / The Spokesman-Review
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12/16/22
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The city of Auburn has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a convicted and incarcerated drug dealer who was run down and seriously injured by a police officer now facing murder …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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12/16/22
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Four accused Tri-Cities drug traffickers were arrested this week in one of largest drug busts in Eastern Washington history.
FBI agents and local police officers seized more than 100,000 …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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12/16/22
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A couple is accused of traveling with the body of the woman's 8-year-old adopted daughter, who had reportedly been dead for at least a month and a half, from Airway Heights to South …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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12/16/22
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Olympia Police Chief Rich Allen came before the City Council last summer to gain approval for a gun buyback program. The council earmarked $15,000 for the program, but the buyback part of the deal …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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12/16/22
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A 4-year-old Seattle boy suffered massive head injuries and languished for hours before he died Sunday.
King County prosecutors have since charged his mother and her boyfriend with second-degree …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times
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12/16/22
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OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday proposed a state budget topping $70 billion for the next biennium that would invest money for homelessness and behavioral health services across …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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12/15/22
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The privately owned operator of a natural gas power plant in Grays Harbor County is challenging the constitutionality of the state's Climate Commitment Act, which seeks to clamp down on greenhouse …
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Hal Bernton / The Seattle Times
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12/15/22
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A member of the Lummi Nation and former owner of a wholesale fish processor was sentenced Wednesday, Dec. 14, in U.S. District Court to three years of probation for violating the Lacey Act by selling …
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Julie Shirley / The Bellingham Herald
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12/15/22
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The state agency that oversees training and certification of police officers moved on Wednesday to more aggressively remove recruits from the state law enforcement training academy when they show …
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Patrick Malone / The Seattle Times
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12/15/22
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OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee proposed Wednesday that state spending over the next two years prioritize "pressing needs" such as housing, including an ambitious effort to quickly build thousands of …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times
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12/15/22
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A business in Franklin County has the first outbreak in Washington state of avian influenza in a large commercial flock of chicken since a nationwide outbreak began in February.
Chickens are …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald
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12/15/22
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A Gleed man convicted of brutally raping a 12-year-old girl in 2018 will have to spend at least 80 years in prison.
Daniel John Arnold, 34, was sentenced Monday to an indeterminate sentence of …
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Donald W. Meyers / Yakima Herald-Republic
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12/15/22
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Court records reveal new details about the alleged murder of a Kenmore man outside a Lacey motel in August.
Sean Shea died Aug. 30 after suffering blunt force injuries to his head. First …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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12/15/22
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