King County prosecutors Friday charged a Washington State Patrol school bus safety inspector with two counts of attempted first-degree rape of a child following his arrest at a Kirkland hotel this …
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2/27/21
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New unemployment claims in Washington state rose slightly last week even as most other states saw declines in the number of people seeking jobless benefits.
Washingtonians filed 14,043 new, or …
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2/25/21
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Costco waded into the debate over the federal minimum wage Thursday by announcing its wage floor will rise to $16 an hour.
The update directly applies to about a fifth of the more than 160,000 …
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2/25/21
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A 27-year-old Washington State Patrol (WSP) employee was arrested Tuesday night on investigation of attempted child rape, after showing up at a Kirkland hotel room where he expected to find two …
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2/25/21
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Pullman police are recommending misdemeanor charges for seven fraternity members involved in the heavy drinking that led to a 19-year-old Washington State University student's death by alcohol …
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Maggie Quinlan / The Spokesman-Review
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2/25/21
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Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has again sued Google, alleging the tech giant has continued to flout Washington laws on political advertising transparency.
In the lawsuit, filed …
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2/25/21
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First Seattle was an "anarchist jurisdiction."
Now, they're not.
All it took was a new president.
Five months after former President Donald Trump's administration dubbed Seattle, New York …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times
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2/25/21
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Mario Rodríguez says a surge of relief came over him the day President Joe Biden was inaugurated.
No longer does the Pacific County 53-year-old worry that people are following him, as he did for …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times
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2/25/21
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Alaska Airlines was ordered this week to pay $3.2 million to the family of a 75-year-old woman who died after falling down an escalator in an electric wheelchair at Portland International Airport in …
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Heidi Groover / The Seattle Times
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2/24/21
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Dozens of daily trains that haul cargo such as wheat, aircraft parts and crude oil across Washington state can be required to operate with two-person crews, a federal court has ruled.
The federal …
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2/24/21
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Uline, a distributor of packaging materials, is looking to hire for its warehouse in Lacey, the company announced.
"Since moving our Washington operations to Lacey in 2019, we have hired over 120 …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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2/24/21
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OLYMPIA — A bill that would prohibit public schools from using Native American names, symbols or images as mascots or logos passed the state House of Representatives.
The bill, which passed …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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2/24/21
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OLYMPIA — The Washington Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would require police officers to intervene and report when they see another officer use excessive force, part of Democrats' sweeping …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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2/24/21
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A DEA undercover investigation led to the arrest and indictment of three Whatcom County men Tuesday, Feb. 23, and the seizure of more than 5,000 fentanyl pills, according to a U.S. Department of …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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2/23/21
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An 11-year-old Lakewood girl fatally shot herself with her mother's handgun Monday night.
Lakewood police said they responded to a call from the girl's 10-year-old brother shortly after 11 p.m. …
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2/23/21
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With news that the U.S. and Canada plan to extend the closure of their border another month in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, a Washington state Congressional delegation led by Rep. Suzan …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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2/23/21
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A bill to provide property tax relief to low-income seniors, veterans and people with disabilities cleared a pivotal House committee Monday and is on its way to the Rules Committee.
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Maya Leshikar / The Seattle Times
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2/23/21
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The Freedom Foundation failed to meet a deadline in several campaign finance lawsuits it brought against unions, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled in a recent 5-4 decision.
The conservative …
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2/23/21
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A cluster of small earthquakes far off the southern Oregon coast and atop Mount Rainier in recent days are common events, and would not have triggered a seismic warning system set for a test run …
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Benjamin Romano / The Seattle Times
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2/21/21
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Washington drivers would pay 3 cents a gallon more at the pump to help fund road improvements and cover revenue losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic under a proposal released Friday by …
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2/21/21
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