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.
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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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WASHINGTON — A Republican effort to ban the United States' foreign adversaries from buying U.S. farmland has picked up steam and bipartisan backing in recent weeks amid growing concern over …
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Orion Donovan-Smith / The Spokesman-Review
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2/22/23
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An avalanche likely killed three backcountry travelers on Colchuck Peak, Sunday.
Six backcountry travelers were caught by the slide on the 8,705-foot peak near Leavenworth, Wash, according to …
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Eli Francovich / The Spokesman-Review
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2/22/23
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A 67-year-old man who died near Lacey Feb. 16 after his minivan went into a ditch and hit a culvert has been identified, according to the Thurston County Coroner's Office.
Michael Elsberry, who …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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2/22/23
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An 8-year-old Vancouver boy who was missing since June was found safe Friday in Jasper County, Mo.
According to the FBI, investigators at the Kansas City, Mo., office found Breadson John and …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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2/22/23
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Two years ago, Washington lawmakers clamped down on police chasing suspects in their patrol cars, passing a law sharply restricting such pursuits, which have injured and killed bystanders.
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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2/21/23
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OLYMPIA — A bill, designating the Suciasaurus Rex as the official state dinosaur, passed the Washington House of Representatives Monday.
"This is a DINO-mite piece of legislation," said …
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Staff Report / Columbia Basin Herald
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2/21/23
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A 29-year-old National Guardsman died Sunday after getting out of his Humvee on U.S. 30, Oregon State Police said in a statement Monday.
The man, Gonzalo Martinez III of Cleveland, Texas, exited …
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Austin De Dios / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/21/23
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The Finance Committee in the state House of Representatives voted Thursday to send a bill that would do away with the taxing of meals at independent living facilities for seniors to the House Rules …
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By Isabella Loy / Skagit Valley Herald
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2/20/23
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CASTLE ROCK — A Castle Rock man is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm after shooting and killing a pregnant cow, who he said was attacking his dog.
Richard Carl Bruce, 35, is …
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Matthew Esnayra / The Daily News
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2/19/23
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SEATTLE — The city of Seattle has agreed to pay $3.65 million to settle a lawsuit filed by businesses disrupted during the Capitol Hill Organized Protests, an amount that includes $600,000 in …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times / (TNS)
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2/19/23
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If you were planning to cross the Cascades mountain range in the next couple of days, the National Weather Service says, "take precaution."
The weather service released a winter-weather storm …
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Anna Patrick / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/19/23
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A couple wanted for killing an 8-year-old Pasco boy are now among the nation's top fugitives.
Edgar Casian-Garcia, 34, and his girlfriend, Araceli Medina, 38, are now on the list of the U.S. …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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2/19/23
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