Officers arrested a man suspected of running over a woman who was trying to prevent him from drinking and driving, according to a release from the Lewiston Police Department on Sunday.
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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2/7/23
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A Canadian mining company says it found an estimated $3 billion gold deposit near Republic, Washington, a historic mining community that lost its last working mine about five years ago.
Calibre …
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James Hanlon / The Spokesman-Review
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2/7/23
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Olympia police were dispatched to the Family Birth Center at Providence St. Peter Hospital Friday morning after a woman loitering nearby told hospital security that she “wanted a …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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2/6/23
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To become certified, prospective home care workers in Washington must be tested on what they’ve learned in their 75 required hours of training. But many face challenges even before they get to …
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By Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times
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2/6/23
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Authorities have accused a Yakima man of illegally killing a black bear and offering its skull for sale.
State Department of Fish and Wildlife officials opened their case against the 45-year-old …
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By Donald W. Meyers / The Yakima Herald-Republic
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2/6/23
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Could the letters "YKM" one day be as prominent as the "SEA" seen on labels attached to so many suitcases of Pacific Northwest airline passengers?
The city of Yakima's offer to dramatically expand …
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Joel Donofrio / Yakima Herald-Republic
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2/6/23
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A man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of multiple crimes after reportedly stealing a vehicle, crashing into two cars and running from deputies, according to the Thurston County Sheriff's Office.
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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2/6/23
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Lacey police are asking the public to help identify a man who fired his weapon into the air Saturday morning.
About 11:40 a.m., the man fired shots into the air in the 8100 block of North …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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2/6/23
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An armed home intruder was shot early Sunday in the 1100 block of East Beech Street.
A news release from the Yakima Police Department said a 29-year-old male was found dead in the backyard of a …
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By The Yakima Herald-Republic
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2/6/23
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A man who was previously convicted of murdering a woman and is alleged to have robbed another in Spokane in 2012 is back in jail after allegations of harassment and assault against other women in …
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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2/6/23
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Philip Knowles, a firefighter in South King County, goes on hundreds of emergency calls every year. But those during the extreme heat wave of summer 2021 are etched in his brain.
The bulk were …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times
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2/5/23
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On Monday, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announced it was monitoring a patient with active tuberculosis who had declined treatment.
Court records reveal the woman has not abided by …
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Debbie Cockrell / The News Tribune (TNS)
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2/5/23
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A Washington state bill that would require the blinking red lights on wind turbines to turn off when there is no airplane nearby has passed out of a legislative committee after a unanimous vote.
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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2/5/23
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Two months after a Puyallup barber was killed, police have not identified a suspect.
Jose Velez, 43, owned JQ's Barber Shop at 112 E. Stewart Ave. Police said he was cutting a child's hair the …
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Angelica Relente / Puyallup Herald
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2/5/23
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A Wapato man is in jail after a woman said he tried to take her infant son at a Yakima Walmart parking lot Thursday.
Police were called to the Walmart at 1600 E. Chestnut Ave. around 12:40 p.m. …
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Donald W. Meyers / Yakima Herald-Republic
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2/5/23
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Police have arrested a 26-year-old man they say attacked a Rainier, Oregon, woman he met online and stole her car.
Jonathan Solomon Friend of Longview is charged with second-degree assault, as …
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By Matthew Esnayra / The Daily News
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2/4/23
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Five members of the Thurston Youth Climate Coalition fell dramatically to the ground at Lacey City Council on Thursday, all of them wanting to protest what they see as a lack of local action to fight …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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2/4/23
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Between 2017 and 2021, nearly one-third of all deadly traffic crashes in Washington involved a driver who had been drinking. More than a third involved a driver who tested positive for drug use.
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/4/23
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It was a wild 48 hours for Jericho Labonte.
Astoria police say Labonte stole a $160,000 yacht from the Astoria Port early Friday morning, piloted it in rough seas to the mouth of the Columbia …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/4/23
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The acting chairman of the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission said Wednesday that the planning group could make an airport site recommendation to the state sooner than expected but problems …
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By Shea Johnson / The News Tribune
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2/3/23
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