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When the investment firm BlackRock voted against an independent audit of the working conditions at Amazon's warehouses, it was relying on false and misleading information from the company, one …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times
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7/7/22
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A construction company owner and a worker were identified Wednesday afternoon as the two people killed in a trench collapse that occurred Monday as they tried to replace a damaged sewer connection in …
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Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times
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7/7/22
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A 14-year-old girl was shot and killed in Tacoma near MLK Jr. Way Wednesday morning.
The shooting took place near the intersection of South 19th Street and MLK Jr. Way around 11:35 a.m., …
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Allen Siegler / The News Tribune
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7/7/22
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A sorority accused of charging University of Washington students for housing they couldn't stay in during the early days of the pandemic has agreed to pay more than $250,000 in refunds, according to …
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Heidi Groover / The Seattle Times
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7/7/22
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A man allegedly shot at a Pierce County Sheriff's Department sergeant with a "ghost gun" in Graham Tuesday night. Moments later, the suspect crashed his vehicle into a ravine and made a getaway.
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune
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7/6/22
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The Skamania County Sheriff's Office is investigating two armed robberies of cannabis shops that occurred in May and June in Carson and Stevenson, respectively.
Shortly after 11 p.m. May 26, two …
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Jessica Prokop / The Columbian
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7/6/22
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The Washington state Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is seeking public input regarding the development of an electric vehicle infrastructure plan. The plan will be completed by Aug. 1 to qualify …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/6/22
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A Longview resident’s camera on Sunday appears to have caught a cougar in the early morning hours sauntering across her driveway south of Columbia Heights. Washington Department of Fish and …
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By Sydney Brown / The Daily News
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7/6/22
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Several groups in Thurston County have been rallying for months against the Department of Natural Resources' plans for timber harvesting in the Puget Sound region.
Among them is JC Davis, whose …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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7/6/22
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A man who was shot and killed late Sunday night near the Lacey park that hosted the city's fireworks show has been identified, according to the Thurston County Coroner's Office.
Coroner Gary …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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7/6/22
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Washington drivers are buying less gasoline, likely the result of eye-popping prices, a shift in work habits, a growing interest in alternative-fuel cars and, for some, a small effort to reduce their …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times
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7/6/22
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OLYMPIA — Changes to gun regulations, new transportation fees and a new state sport are all among the changes Washington residents may soon see.
Some of the bills the Legislature passed …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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7/6/22
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The four lower Snake River dams are essential to meeting the Northwest's climate goals to decarbonize the electric grid by 2045, says a new analysis commissioned by Northwest RiverPartners.
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald
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7/5/22
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Gretchen Kay Stuart remembers the first time she saw a Cascade red fox.
It was June 2020, and Mount Rainier National Park had just reopened. Stuart was driving up the road to Paradise when she …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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7/5/22
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A regional nonprofit has refused to renew its housing contracts with Thurston County, extending a conflict that started with allegations of awarding rental assistance to fraudulent applications.
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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7/5/22
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Canadian border officers seized more than $6 million worth of cocaine and heroin hidden in a truck that attempted to cross from Whatcom County in June.
The Canadian Border Services Agency …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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7/5/22
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One man was killed late Sunday in Lacey, following an apparent argument near Rainier Vista Park, according to a statement from Lacey police.
Initial dispatch calls came at 11 p.m., as multiple …
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Sean Robinson / The News Tribune
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7/4/22
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The bodies of two workers remain trapped Monday afternoon after a tunnel collapsed in Shoreline earlier in the day, killing two men — one in his 30s and another in his 60s.
Michelle …
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Esmy Jimenez / The Seattle Times
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7/4/22
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WASHINGTON — When Patty Murray got to the Senate in 1993, one of a then-unprecedented seven women in the 100-member body, she made access to abortion a top legislative priority.
By then, …
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Orion Donovan-Smith / The Spokesman-Review
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7/4/22
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Matt Miethe keeps a disciplinary letter hanging in his office, after school officials eight years ago requested he stop attending church with student-athletes from Rogers High School.
Above that …
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Kip Hill / The Spokesman-Review
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7/4/22
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