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A 38-year-old Puyallup man has been charged in connection with a high-speed chase early Monday morning.
The pursuit began at about 3 a.m. Monday in Tumwater and ended in a neighborhood in …
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The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday continued its hearings into the Jan. 5 incident in which a fuselage piece blew off the side of the Boeing jet plane with 171 passengers and …
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A body found 26 years ago on the shore of Puget Island has been identified as a Yakima woman who was never reported missing.
Ramona Lorene Hughes had not been seen since late 1997 to early 1998, …
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A Pasco woman is in jail for attempted arson after allegedly throwing a flaming jug of gasoline toward a home.
When the 21-year-old was caught, she said she was "sending a message" to a man who …
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8/8/24
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When Rep. Dan Newhouse was first elected in 2014 to represent central Washington in Congress, he did it by beating fellow Republican Clint Didier by a single percentage point in the general election …
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8/8/24
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A 26-year-old man is accused of driving to Michigan to pick up a 13-year-old girl and bringing her back to his Washington home where they attempted to pursue an in-person relationship.
Benjamin …
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8/8/24
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The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation has sued CenturyLink’s parent company, alleging that the telecommunications business has been trespassing for more than a decade by …
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An explosion set by an incendiary device damaged a car outside a Sumner home on Tuesday.
East Pierce firefighters were dispatched to a home on the 15200 block of Elm Street after the residents …
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A foster mother whose 1-year-old baby died in Puyallup last year after she unknowingly left him in a hot car made a "tragic mistake," according to Pierce County's top prosecutor. The woman will not …
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Two facing charges for student's death from carbon monoxide poisoning at The Evergreen State College
Two men have been charged with second-degree manslaughter in connection with the 2023 death of a student at The Evergreen State College.
Frank McCutcheon, 53, and Brett McCutcheon, 32, have been …
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A 34-year-old woman chased after a suspected thief after he allegedly stole her nephew's bicycle from a downtown park, according to Olympia police.
About 6:15 p.m. Thursday, July 25, she and her …
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A 14-year-old Lacey boy is facing nine counts of false reporting to emergency services, otherwise known as "swatting," police announced on social media.
Swatting involves a prank call to 911 to …
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8/7/24
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The season is starting for toxic algae that has killed Tri-Cities dogs and can make people sick, says the Benton Franklin Health District.
About 10 dogs have died in the Tri-Cities area in …
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The two workers who took the brunt of contamination during a release of radioactivity in a 2021 incident within the Northwest's only commercial nuclear power reactor have sued Energy Northwest.
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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8/7/24
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WASHINGTON — After seven months of investigation that generated 3,000 pages of records and 10 hours of testimony on Tuesday, it's still not clear to federal investigators how a dangerously …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/7/24
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Democrat Nick Brown and Republican Pete Serrano will advance in the race to be Washington's next attorney general.
Primary election ballots counted so far Tuesday night showed Serrano taking the …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/7/24
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Democrat Bob Ferguson and Republican Dave Reichert will advance to the November general election after placing in the top two spots of the primary race for Washington's next governor.
Primary …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/7/24
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Early vote counts Tuesday night deemed the race for Washington's next commissioner of public lands too close to call, with three candidates fighting neck and neck over two spots on the November …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/7/24
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Incumbent Chris Reykdal and conservative challenger David Olson took an early lead in the race to oversee public education in Washington.
Reykdal led election night with around 39.6% of the …
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Elena Perry / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/7/24
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Incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell will face Republican Raul Garcia in the November election.
Cantwell easily won the most votes in the first count of votes, taking nearly 58%, followed …
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