Seattle-King County health officials announced Monday they are investigating a "presumptive" case of monkeypox virus infection.
The case was reported to Public Health — Seattle & King …
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Debbie Cockrell / The News Tribune
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5/24/22
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OLYMPIA — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced on Thursday that chicken producer Mar-Jac Poultry will pay the state $750,000 as the company seeks to settle its portion of a major …
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By The Columbia Basin Herald
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5/23/22
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An Ariel man was sentenced Friday to more than a year in prison for loosening the lug nuts on the wheels of his former partner's car before she drove it with their young daughter inside.
Zachery …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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5/23/22
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A man charged with shooting a Tacoma woman to death with her three small children in the apartment also pointed the gun at her 5-year-old daughter, court records show.
The girl told a forensic …
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Adam Lynn / The News Tribune
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5/23/22
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Following similar trends nationwide, COVID-19 case rates are rising in Washington.
The statewide average of cases over the past seven days is 228 per 100,000 people, keeping Washington in …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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5/23/22
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DUPONT, Pierce County — A yellow school bus carefully chugged up a curving gritty driveway, past early-20th-century dairy barns to the top of the hill of what used to be known as Braget Farm.
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Jenn Smith / The Seattle Times
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5/23/22
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A 33-year-old man was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of multiple crimes after a woman reported being held against her will in an apartment in Lacey and sexually assaulted, according to police.
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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5/23/22
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A 36-year-old man was flown to a Seattle hospital Saturday afternoon after he crashed his motorcycle in Grays Harbor County, according to Washington State Patrol.
About 1 p.m., the Seattle man …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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5/23/22
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A man found dead under the Percival Creek bridge in west Olympia has been identified, according to Thurston County Coroner Gary Warnock.
Cameron J. Long, 31, was found by Olympia police about …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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5/23/22
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Four bedrooms. Two-and-a-half bathrooms. A fenced backyard and a two-car garage. The listing for a blue two-story house in a Wenatchee subdivision includes all the usual details.
But keep …
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Heidi Groover / The Seattle Times
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5/23/22
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They say the best solution is always the simplest. But what could be Washington's greatest weapon against climate change — or yet another roadblock — is anything but.
A new program …
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Nicholas Turner / The Seattle Times
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5/23/22
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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved $40 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine in a bipartisan measure backed by Democrats and most Republicans, while Northwest lawmakers …
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Orion Donovan-Smith / The Spokesman-Review
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5/20/22
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Washington's job market is rebounding faster than it is across much of America, and is barely a thousand jobs short of its all-time high, according the latest state jobs report.
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times
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5/19/22
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A 29-year-old man barricaded himself in a home on Mayfair Drive in Tumwater Wednesday evening, prompting police to close Somerset Hill Drive and activate a SWAT Team.
After about four hours, …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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5/19/22
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State agriculture officials confirmed a Thurston County flock tested positive for bird flu on Tuesday, and on Thursday the Washington state veterinarian called for poultry markets to close for a …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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5/19/22
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A former Vancouver man was indicted this week for seven federal felonies related to sex trafficking, production of child pornography and illegal firearms possession, according to the U.S. Attorney's …
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Jessica Prokop / The Columbian
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5/19/22
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A 9-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was reportedly shot by his 8-year-old brother in Federal Way Thursday morning, according to Harborview Medical Center spokesperson Susan …
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Christine Clarridge / The Seattle Times
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5/19/22
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Columbia River spring chinook salmon sportfishing below Bonneville Dam will continue through June 15 with just one break for a limited commercial fishery Monday.
Oregon and Washington biologists …
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Bill Monroe Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/19/22
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Spring showers have helped alleviate drought and wildfire risks in Western Washington but large swaths of the Pacific Northwest remain dry, if not drier than usual.
Last month was the state's …
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Nicholas Turner / The Seattle Times
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5/19/22
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Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed a former federal prosecutor and King County Superior Court judge to lead the new Office of Independent Investigations, which was formed by the Legislature to probe …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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5/18/22
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