LEAVENWORTH — State COVID-19 vaccine requirements could drastically reduce the number of volunteer firefighters able to respond to large fires, two local fire chiefs say.
Chiefs Phil …
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Pete O'Cain / The Wenatchee World
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7/28/22
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Landlords are once again suing over Washington's pandemic-era eviction protections.
The Washington Business Properties Association, a coalition of real estate groups, filed a lawsuit in Spokane …
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Heidi Groover / The Seattle Times
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7/28/22
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A ferry crashed into the dock at Fauntleroy in West Seattle on Thursday morning, sustaining heavy damage.
Washington State Ferries tweeted that no injuries have been reported. Fauntleroy service …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times
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7/28/22
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A ferry crashed into the dock at Fauntleroy in West Seattle on Thursday morning, sustaining heavy damage.
Washington State Ferries tweeted that no injuries have been reported. Fauntleroy service …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times
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7/28/22
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Last week, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Harris Jewelers, a national jewelry outlet, would provide over $1.5 million in debt relief and refunds to over 1,000 service …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/27/22
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OKANOGAN, Wash. — After Rep. Dan Newhouse voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump for inciting the attack on the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, local GOP leaders in his Central Washington …
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Orion Donovan-Smith / The Spokesman-Review
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7/27/22
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Spokane police have arrested a 68-year-old man suspected of possessing child pornography the day before he was scheduled to be sentenced for a similar charge from the year before, according to court …
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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7/27/22
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A 66-year-old man piloting a small plane was taken to a hospital for evaluation Tuesday after crashing 50 feet off Alki Point in West Seattle, authorities said.
The man did not report any …
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Daisy Zavala Magaña / The Seattle Times
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7/27/22
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Seattle Man Accused of Breaking Into Neighbor's Apartment, Raping Her at Knifepoint, Prosecutors Say
King County prosecutors say a 46-year-old West Seattle man became fixated on his neighbor and broke into her apartment, where he bound her to her bed and raped her for hours at knifepoint.
Sonny …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times
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7/26/22
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A man who stole a car with a baby inside last month is still at large, Lacey police said in a social media post on Monday.
On the night of June 26, the 19-year-old suspect stole the car from a gas …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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7/26/22
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A Vancouver man who took two girls from Eugene to Vancouver, Washington, supplied them with drugs and alcohol, forced them to have sex and collected payments for their sex trafficking was sentenced …
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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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7/26/22
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If it gets too bad, maybe we can all head to the coast.
Even with triple-digit heat possible in some parts of Western Washington the rest of this week, it will be down in the 60s along coastal …
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Christine Clarridge / The Seattle Times
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7/26/22
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A person was taken to a hospital Monday morning after a state bridge-inspection team helped pull her from the water near the Fox Island Bridge, authorities said.
Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One …
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Sabrina Jiles / The News Tribune
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7/26/22
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A crime trend involving heating and air conditioning units that recently emerged in Tumwater has found its way to Olympia, police say.
Olympia police alerted residents last week via social media …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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7/26/22
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Washington state is under an excessive heat warning by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration until July 29.
The excessive heat across the state is expected to bring an increase in …
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Alyse Messmer-Smith / The Bellingham Herald
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7/26/22
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If you yearn for a quick escape from this troubled planet — or a glimpse of evidence that somebody up there is checking us out and considering options — don't move. You're already in the …
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Scott Hewitt / The Columbian
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7/26/22
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A convicted murderer from Vancouver has beaten a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of release — for a second time.
Roy Wayne Russell Jr. first walked free in 2001 after …
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Jessica Prokop / The Columbian
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7/26/22
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Asian giant hornets, popularly known as "murder hornets," are now called northern giant hornets by the Entomological Society of America, gaining its first official, common name by the organization.
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Zach Kortge / The Bellingham Herald
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7/26/22
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Washington State Hospital Association representatives on Thursday said a recent review of the financial health of hospitals offered grim totals.
While operating revenue increased by 5 percent at …
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Debbie Cockrell / The News Tribune
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7/25/22
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While the majority of Washingtonians support legal hunting, more people than ever don't care, according to a survey commissioned by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and published …
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Eli Francovich / The Spokesman-Review
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7/25/22
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