As President Biden's ambitious passenger rail expansion plan faces an early test on the Gulf Coast, Washington train advocates have expressed concern about how it could affect the Pacific Northwest.
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7/10/22
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The state Commission on Judicial Conduct has admonished a King County District Court judge for implying, in remarks from the bench, that a defendant would be raped in prison if he didn't change his …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times
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7/9/22
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A man drove a stolen vehicle into a roadside tent and critically injured two people inside the shelter late Friday morning, according to the Tacoma Police Department.
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7/9/22
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Governor Jay Inslee congratulated Washingtonians on Thursday for reaching over 100,000 electric vehicles on the roads, getting closer to his goals of lowering emissions across the state.
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Alyse Messmer-Smith / The Bellingham Herald
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7/9/22
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Washington will not implement wolf-livestock rules two years after Gov. Jay Inslee asked state wildlife managers to reduce the number of wolves killed.
The nine-person commission voted 5-4 to not …
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7/9/22
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The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney decided Pierce County Council candidate Josh Harris acted in lawful self-defense when he shot a homeless man driving an SUV at him outside a Tacoma encampment, …
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7/9/22
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A 14-year-old girl killed Wednesday in a shooting in Tacoma was a passenger in a car with friends on their way to buy snacks at a convenience store when two teenagers opened fire on them, according …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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7/8/22
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Washington will receive around 400 courses of the two-dose monkeypox vaccine through the federal government's plan to distribute a limited amount of vaccines nationwide, the state Department of …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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7/8/22
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A couple reported a stolen U-Haul to Tumwater Police Wednesday morning after finding the vehicle missing from the parking lot of the hotel they stayed in.
The Klingensmiths were traveling from …
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Cayli Yanagida / The Olympian
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7/8/22
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A Benton County farmer used a plane to help track down a man hiding in a wheat field after he tried to hit a landowner.
The landowner spotted a pickup driving recklessly on South Glade Creek …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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7/8/22
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Washington State Patrol is adding a Missing Indigenous Person Alert System to its Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit alerts, according to a statement from the law enforcement agency.
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Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World
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7/8/22
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Tacoma police arrested two suspects late Thursday in the Wednesday shooting death of a 14-year-old girl.
Officers took a 17-year-old male suspect into custody without incident at a Tacoma …
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune
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7/8/22
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A Seattle-based medical data company faces multiple lawsuits over a data breach that may have given cybercriminals access to the personal information of more than 1.1 million people.
MCG Health, …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times
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7/8/22
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A tsunami triggered by a major earthquake beneath Puget Sound would arrive at our shores sooner and reach farther inland than previously understood, according to a study published Thursday by the …
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Nicholas Turner / The Seattle Times
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7/8/22
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A 29-year-old Shoreline man has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder, accused of beating, stabbing and decapitating his mother, according to King County prosecutors.
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times
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7/8/22
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A unanimous Washington Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed a five-year prison sentence for a Spokane man who stole $15 worth of food from a Spokane grocery store, then repeatedly punched a security …
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Kip Hill / The Spokesman-Review
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7/8/22
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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray on Thursday applauded recent actions by the Biden administration to protect abortion access following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the federal right to the …
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Kip Hill / The Spokesman-Review
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7/8/22
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Olympia police say they found more than 100 fentanyl pills and various other illicit items in a vehicle belonging to a man accused of shoplifting last week.
The 25-year-old man was arrested on …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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7/8/22
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The city of Lacey's police chief recognized a number of people within the department before the city council on Thursday, including two officers who were credited with life-saving acts in 2020 and …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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7/8/22
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It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. It's actually ... none of the above. It's a shark. Really.
As the Discovery Channel's Shark Week approaches at the end of the month, a Shark Week blimp …
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7/8/22
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