A federal judge Tuesday denied a request from the natural gas industry to vacate new Washington building code requirements that call for the installation of heat pumps in new residential and …
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7/19/23
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Warm and dry.
That's been the forecast since May, when record temperatures brought what felt like an early start to the Pacific Northwest summer.
Preparing for more of the same, state and …
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7/19/23
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Prosecutors say 31 Patriot Front members loaded into a U-Haul truck last June and headed for downtown Coeur d'Alene to "maliciously and willfully" disrupt Pride in the Park.
Attorneys for the …
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7/19/23
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The commission appointed by the state Legislature to study the options for siting a major new airport in Washington formally disbanded Friday as it submitted its final report without recommending a …
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7/19/23
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The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department on Tuesday reported what is believed to be the state's first locally acquired case of a potentially lethal fungus infecting a Pierce County man.
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7/19/23
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A man whose prison sentence was commuted by former Oregon Gov. Kate Brown in 2021 has been linked to the deaths of four women who were found within three months this year and within 100 miles of each …
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7/18/23
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Clark County officials said Monday they have found no evidence tying its investigation of JoAnna Speaks’ death to the deaths of four Oregon women found within 100 miles of each other in the …
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7/18/23
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The cougar that made a temporary home on Haystack Rock was likely hunting birds, according to biologists.
Officials said biologists with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Oregon Department …
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7/18/23
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A former Olympic equestrian and longtime horse trainer pleaded guilty last Wednesday in Washington County Circuit Court to sexually abusing a teenage girl entrusted to his care.
Richard Rankin …
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7/18/23
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Olympia Police K9 Melnic died on Monday at age 13, following some health issues during his retirement, according to an obituary posted on the police dog's social media account.
The German …
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7/18/23
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A Tacoma woman serving involuntary home detention for tuberculosis will be forced to take medication at a medical facility if she doesn't comply with the latest court order.
On Friday, Pierce …
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7/18/23
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Prosecutors dismissed felony charges earlier this month against a man who was accused of biting a Yakima police dog during a standoff last year.
Charles Edward Hoffert, 63, pleaded guilty to …
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7/18/23
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Facing escalating blowback for calling Israel "a racist state," U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal said Monday she supports "a strong U.S.-Israel relationship," but argued she and other politicians of color …
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7/18/23
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Washington has lost about $2.5 million through federal cuts that will hit childhood vaccination programs and immunization data-tracking efforts, both of which state officials say grew during the …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/18/23
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As the new millennium neared, only 10 places remained throughout the prairies of the South Puget Sound region where the bright, yellow flowers of the golden paintbrush could be found.
Federal …
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/18/23
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Officials cordoned off a portion of the coast near Cannon Beach to allow a cougar perched on Haystack Rock a safe escape route on Sunday.
At least one photographer at the coast captured the …
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7/17/23
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Six people were killed and another was in critical condition after a two-car crash late Sunday morning on Highway 509 in the Tacoma Tideflats, by the port, according to the Washington State Patrol. …
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7/17/23
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A 54-year-old man from West Richland was injured and airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle Saturday after he crashed his motorcycle in Mason County, according to Washington State Patrol
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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7/17/23
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Three people died in a head on wreck near Othello late Saturday night.
At around 11:30 p.m. Homero Vicente Victoriano, 30, of Royal City, was traveling eastbound on State Route 26 about 10 miles …
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Cory McCoy / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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7/17/23
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U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal walked back her statement that Israel is a "racist state" after backlash from fellow representatives on Sunday.
Jayapal, a Democrat who represents Washington's 7th …
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7/17/23
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