OLYMPIA — Looking ahead at the fall and winter — seasons known for spikes in respiratory illness — Washington is in a much different place than it was a year ago, health officials …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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9/23/22
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A body believed to be of the missing Moses Lake woman was found Thursday in rural Lincoln County, while her husband is still unaccounted for.
A farmer found the woman, who the Lincoln …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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9/23/22
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The parents of a Longview man killed by police in 2020 have sued the city, its Police Department and three officers, alleging that they shot him as he fled and that investigators mistook his …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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9/23/22
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Viral infection levels continue on a downward trend in Washington, bringing the state into a "cautiously optimistic" place as public health teams continue to work on COVID-19 and monkeypox prevention …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times
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9/23/22
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A Washington State Patrol trooper was being treated at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle Thursday night after being shot hours earlier in Walla Walla.
Late Thursday night the Regional Special …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald
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9/23/22
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A Spokane woman was sentenced to 23 years in prison Wednesday for sex trafficking her young daughter.
Kylie Ruby Flores, 31, pleaded guilty in federal court in June to conspiracy to engage in …
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Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review
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9/22/22
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A Spokane police officer has been placed on leave amid allegations that he attempted to sexually assault a Spokane County Sheriff's deputy in 2019.
Officer Andrew Richmond was placed on …
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Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review
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9/22/22
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OLYMPIA — Washington leaders are looking abroad for ideas on how to transition to clean energy and continue to fight climate change.
Gov. Jay Inslee and other representatives from …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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9/22/22
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A 33-year-old woman was cited for indecent exposure after she was reportedly seen masturbating near a Bellingham elementary school during school hours on Tuesday.
Officers were called at 2:05 p.m. …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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9/21/22
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A 21-year-old man has been accused in Pierce County Superior Court of revealing on Instagram the identity of a Tacoma police detective who was investigating street racing crimes.
The man was …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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9/21/22
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A 30-year-old man convicted of crashing at a roundabout in University Place last year while driving drunk, killing a teenager in his backseat and paralyzing a child, has been sentenced.
Pierce …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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9/21/22
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Washington state employees would get $1,000 bonuses for receiving a COVID-19 booster shot under a tentative agreement between the state and the largest union representing state workers.
The …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times
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9/21/22
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U.S. Border Patrol agents in Whatcom County seized 2.2 pounds of ketamine in a remote area near the international border with Canada earlier this week.
While on patrol Sunday, Sept. 18, Blaine …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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9/21/22
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A 26-year-old Tumwater man who died after being shot at a WinCo Foods parking lot Saturday night has been identified.
Ronald Taufa'ase'e died from multiple gunshot wounds, and his manner of …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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9/21/22
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A Vancouver man was sentenced to 110 months in prison last week for punching a woman who refused his sexual advances at a party and then shooting at her friend's car as they tried to leave.
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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9/21/22
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A man was arrested and several hotel rooms in the 600 block of West Wishkah Street in Aberdeen were evacuated around 4:30 p.m. on Friday after officers found improvised explosive devices “in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/21/22
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There are eight large fires in Washington according to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center as of Sept. 20. The site defines a large fire as any wildland fire in timber 100 acres or greater, …
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Rebecca Pettingill / Columbia Basin Herald
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9/21/22
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A 24-year-old woman is accused of shaking, squeezing and restricting the airway of a 1-year-old, leading to the near death of the child.
Samara F. Bearley was charged with first-degree assault …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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9/21/22
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Nearly 700,000 Washingtonians are eligible for President Joe Biden's student debt relief program, with the majority of them Pell Grant recipients, according to an estimate the White House released …
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Alison Saldanha / The Seattle Times
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9/21/22
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Undocumented immigrants in Washington affected by COVID-19 can now apply for a new round of financial relief, as part of an unprecedented $340 million fund approved last year by the state …
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Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks / The Seattle Times
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9/21/22
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