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Even as many Washington employers have moved past the pandemic, the unemployment system is still dealing with pandemic-related problems that raised costs and left hundreds of millions of dollars in …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/2/23
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U.S. Department of Education officials found flaws in Washington state's oversight of more than $1 billion in federal dollars intended to help public schools weather the pandemic.
In an audit …
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Dahlia Bazzaz / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/2/23
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Last year, Pierce County Superior Court officials knew they were standing on the precipice of the state's highest-profile trial in years. The trial of three Tacoma police officers charged with murder …
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Patrick Malone / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/2/23
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Part of what makes Cal Raleigh a leader on the Mariners, despite being just 26 and with less than three full seasons of major league experience, is his commitment to the team and his …
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Ryan Divish / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/1/23
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The sold-out crowds seen at T-Mobile Park throughout a season-defining homestand arrived in similar numbers, and George Kirby was again brilliant in Game 162 — but Sunday's result, from the …
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Tyler Wicke / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/1/23
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Earlier this year, a decision to house convicted sex offenders in cities such as Enumclaw without notifying the community drew outrage from local residents.
Now, the State Sex Offender Policy …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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10/1/23
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U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., has condemned the federal government’s consideration of re-introducing grizzly bears into the North Cascades region of Washington state.
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Randy Bracht / The Center Square
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10/1/23
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Nearly all the Idaho and Washington members of the U.S. House of Representatives backed legislation approved in a surprise vote Saturday to keep the federal government open another 45 days.
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Jonathan Brunt / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/1/23
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One of three inmates at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla who died by suicide in June was just eight months away from walking out of prison, that inmate's father said.
Timothy W. …
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Jeremy Burnham / Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (TNS)
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10/1/23
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TUCSON, Ariz. — Hours after the Seattle Mariners were eliminated from postseason play, the University of Washington didn’t bury Arizona under a barrage of Michael Penix Jr. home runs.
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Mike Vorel / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/1/23
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The number of overdoses and accidental poisonings among Washington kids in foster care, or who received services from the state child welfare system, increased more than tenfold over the span of four …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/1/23
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Cindy Tobeck is a third-grade teacher in Tumwater, well-known not only for her ability to educate, but for growing some of the largest pumpkins and squashes the world has ever seen. Even her students …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/1/23
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SEATTLE — One might think of local southern resident orcas as sea pandas, playfully spy hopping through their day. The local porpoises will tell you different.
Scientists for decades have …
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/30/23
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The Grays Harbor County Coroner’s Office is pursuing a number of avenues as it investigates remains found in the national forest in the north of the county earlier in the month.
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Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
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9/30/23
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An 8-year-old was accidentally shot and killed when children in Deer Park found a handgun in their family home, the Spokane County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
Four children ages 5 …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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9/30/23
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A man who shot at another person in Pierce County on Wednesday morning remains at large, sheriff’s deputies said.
Detectives are asking the public to turn over video of the shooting, which …
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By Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune
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9/29/23
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Washington’s U.S. senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell have joined a growing chorus of Senate Democrats calling for Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., to resign amid federal corruption charges.
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By Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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9/29/23
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OLYMPIA — As drug overdoses continue to claim lives and policymakers at all levels try to address the problem, new research examining Washington and Oregon suggests there isn’t a link …
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By Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times
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9/29/23
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SEATTLE — With the Cascadia Subduction Zone parked off the coast and shallow faults lurking under most major cities, the Puget Sound area already faces a daunting array of seismic scenarios. A …
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By Sandi Doughton / The Seattle Times
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9/29/23
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed a landmark memorandum ordering federal agencies to do their part to restore salmon runs in the Columbia and Snake rivers and honor the U.S. …
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By Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review
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9/29/23
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