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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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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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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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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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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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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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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11/15/22
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No more Cooke Aquaculture fish farms in Puget Sound.
That's the message the state Department of Natural Resources delivered Monday morning when the agency decided not to renew the last of the …
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11/15/22
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Former Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich, who was fired Oct. 18, 2021, for refusing to comply with the state mandate that state employees be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, has reportedly …
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11/15/22
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Pediatric hospital officials from across the state issued urgent pleas to families on Monday as emergency rooms, particularly in Western Washington, have become strained beyond capacity with young …
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11/15/22
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This rare stretch of dry November weather the Western Washington area has been enjoying will likely last through the end of this week.
After a cold, dry week, rain is expected Sunday, according …
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11/15/22
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Lacey's equity commission and parks board came together Monday night to review the city's corporate sponsorship policy after residents complained about Chick-fil-A's role in a city-related event.
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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11/15/22
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Ten minutes before a 17-year-old Ingraham High School student was fatally shot in a hallway last week, he was involved in a fight in a bathroom with five other students in a failed attempt to take a …
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11/15/22
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A former Pierce County sheriff's sergeant who pleaded guilty and received no new jail time last month in an assault case from 2018 was arrested Monday on suspicion of domestic violence, a Sheriff's …
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Shea Johnson / The News Tribune
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11/15/22
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Nearly 13 years after Maurice Clemmons killed four Lakewood police officers, his accused getaway driver is now facing a third murder trial, and additional charges of possessing deadly weapons in …
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11/15/22
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Family and friends are mourning the death a Kennewick elementary student who loved wearing princess dresses every Sunday.
And they're hoping her brother, a 14-year-old middle school student, …
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11/15/22
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