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A judge on Friday found Joseph Kelly Banks guilty except for insanity for fatally shooting three men and wounding three others in random attacks in Portland in 2022 and ordered him committed to the …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/13/25
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A man in a kayak went over Willamette Falls about 11 p.m. Saturday and did not resurface, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s office said Sunday.
Multiple people called 911 to report seeing a …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/13/25
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A 31-year-old man already in custody in Kentucky was arrested in connection with the killing of a woman whose body was found in a car last year, Vancouver Police Department said.
Dariel Nunez …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/13/25
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Organized labor secured a major win Saturday as Democrats in the state House pushed through legislation to provide striking workers in Washington with unemployment benefits.
But union leaders …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/13/25
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Washington is poised to require clergy members to report child abuse or neglect, even when it is disclosed in confession.
Nearly two-thirds of state House members approved a Senate bill on …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/12/25
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Hundreds of protesters — many in green shirts — gathered near Tivoli Fountain at the Capitol Campus in Olympia on Wednesday to slam recent proposals to furlough state employees.
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/12/25
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Pioneering former Washington Secretary of Health Mary Selecky died earlier this week at age 78.
The Eastern Washingtonian is credited with drastically cutting the rate of smoking and increasing …
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Amanda Sullender / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/12/25
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s “working on papers” to halt all federal funding for any state with sanctuary cities — a category that would include Washington.
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Simone Carter Ty Vinson / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/12/25
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Citing sustainability concerns, enforcement challenges and escalating conflicts among harvesters, Gifford Pinchot National Forest will not issue commercial huckleberry harvest permits this season.
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Tammy Ayer / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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4/12/25
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The owner of a Tri-Cities construction business pleaded innocent this week to accusations that included grooming boys in Honduras for sex trafficking in the Tri-Cities.
Jonathan Michael …
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Annette Cary / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/12/25
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One of the most hotly debated housing-related bills of the 2025 legislative session — at least, an overhauled form of it — passed the state Senate Thursday.
The original version of …
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/12/25
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A 37-year-old man arrested twice by Puyallup police officers is facing multiple federal charges related to drugs, firearms possession and money laundering.
Dennis Aguilar Huisa, who had been …
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Constanza Montemayor / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/12/25
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The blue rubber gloves and N95 masks in a Seattle senior living community used to mark a time of isolation, fear, loss.
Yet on a recent afternoon at Merrill Gardens in Ballard, these medical …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/12/25
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Following a contentious floor debate, the state Senate approved a bill Friday that would guarantee public school students in Washington certain rights.
Senate Democrats pushed the bill …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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4/11/25
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Possible increases in property taxes and business and occupation taxes have garnered the lion’s share of headlines this legislative session, as has a possible statewide payroll tax and a …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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The Washington State Legislature passed a bill Thursday declaring it “unprofessional conduct” for bail bond recovery agents – better known as bounty hunters – to enforce civil …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday targeting state-level climate policies — including Washington state's Climate Commitment Act — calling them unconstitutional …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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The Washington state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will turn over 15 surplus wildfire engines to fire districts in wildfire-prone rural communities across Washington state this spring.
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/11/25
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Providence Medical Group Southwest will officially consolidate its two women’s health specialty clinics in Olympia on April 28 to adjacent locations in the same building.
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/11/25
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At a Senate hearing Wednesday, former Washington congressional candidate Joe Kent brushed off or refused to answer questions about a controversial group chat disclosing details of a U.S. military …
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By Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/11/25
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