The trial of a man accused of strangling his ex-wife is nearing its end as attorneys made their closing arguments Thursday and the jury began deliberating .
Yasir Darraji, a 33-year-old Iraqi …
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11/18/22
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Washington's Native and Strong Lifeline launched Thursday, the first program across the country dedicated to serving American Indian and Alaska Native people. The line is operated by Volunteers of …
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11/18/22
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Jurors began deliberating Thursday afternoon in the murder trial for a Vancouver man accused of causing fatal brain injuries to his infant daughter in 2020.
Elijah I. Partida, 24, is charged with …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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11/18/22
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To make progress on reducing homelessness, local governments need to rely more on data to make decisions and do a better job of monitoring — and correcting — the nonprofits and …
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Anna Patrick / The Seattle Times
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11/17/22
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NASA's Artemis I mission had a successful launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but did you know that Washington state played a crucial role in the test flight?
The Artemis program aims …
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11/17/22
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WASHINGTON — Northwest Republicans on Wednesday reacted cautiously to former President Donald Trump's announcement the night before that he would make a third run for the White House, …
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Orion Donovan-Smith / The Spokesman-Review
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11/17/22
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One of Yakima Police Department's two patrol dogs has died.
K9 Trex was euthanized Monday following a months-long illness, YPD spokesperson Yvette Inzunza said. He was 5 years old.
Trex, a …
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11/17/22
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By the time Robert Bainter decided to move out of the four-bedroom Victorian house he shared in the Eliot neighborhood in early September, the 31-year-old tenant said he felt certain the landlord …
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11/17/22
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People are rushing to buy guns before the effective date of Oregon’s gun control Measure 114.
The week of Oct. 30, the state police received 8,609 requests for gun background checks on …
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11/17/22
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The family of a 23-year-old woman who took her life in a Clallam County jail nearly three years ago has received a $1 million settlement from the city of Forks, its police chief and the jail …
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11/16/22
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The Leonid meteor shower is expected to peak this week.
The meteor shower is expected to peak Thursday night and Friday morning, but could also be visible Friday night and Saturday morning, …
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Nicholas Turner / The Seattle Times
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11/16/22
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Woodland Park Zoo's newest female grizzly bear cub is named after a classic Pacific Northwest plant: Fern.
Fern, named by two longtime donors of the zoo, arrived at the zoo Oct. 3 after her …
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11/16/22
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A man who drowned in East Bay while trying to elude police has been identified, according to the Thurston County Coroner.
The body of Austin J. McKoy, 26, of Thurston County washed ashore about …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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11/16/22
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WASHINGTON — The last time Marie Gluesenkamp Perez was at the U.S. Capitol, on a class trip in the ninth grade, she never imagined she would come back as a newly elected member of Congress.
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Orion Donovan-Smith / The Spokesman-Review
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11/16/22
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As University of Idaho students leave town in the aftermath of the unsolved bloody killings of four students near the campus, Moscow Police continue to say there's no threat to the community while …
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Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review
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11/16/22
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Olympia police are asking the public to help identify a man who hit another man in the head with an axe early Monday morning.
About 12:45 a.m., near the corner of Martin Way East and …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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11/16/22
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In a reversal of Trump administration policies, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week reinstated federal water quality standards for chemicals discharged into Washington state waterways.
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11/16/22
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More than a year after Nick Rolovich was fired as Washington State's football coach for failing to comply with the mandate that state employees be vaccinated for COVID-19, the former coach is firing …
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Scott Hanson / The Seattle Times
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11/16/22
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A patient at Western State Hospital in Lakewood who was killed last month at the state psychiatric hospital was identified Tuesday by the Pierce County medical examiner.
Stephen Kellogg, 69, …
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11/16/22
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It will take another year to finish testing a backlog of sexual assault kits in Washington, state officials said.
In a response to a state performance audit released last week, Washington State …
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Tammy Ayer / Yakima Herald-Republic
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11/15/22
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