After a Fox News interview raised the possibility of Alaska building a “Bear Alcatraz” Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, the office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy said on …
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By Corinne Smith / The Alaska Beacon
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7/10/25
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WASHINGTON — Congress has just one week left to approve the Trump administration’s request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved funding for public media and foreign aid, setting …
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By Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom
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7/10/25
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Washington’s Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson and Senate Republican Leader John Braun have teamed up to persuade voters to let the state make stock market investments with tax dollars collected for …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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7/10/25
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WASHINGTON — A federal judge in New Hampshire Thursday issued a preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump’s executive order that would rewrite the constitutional right to …
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By Ariana Figueroa / The Washington State Standard
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7/10/25
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Over the fading rumble of The Spokesman-Review's production facility, Pete Negrola waxed philosophical about the loss of another newspaper press.
Negrola, 63, began printing at 15 and is now the …
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Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/10/25
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As temperatures in parts of eastern Washington reached triple digits on Tuesday, it’s safe to say that summer is in full swing.
A heat wave can put the power grid at risk of being …
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Daniel Schrager / The Olympian (TNS)
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7/10/25
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President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the agency that oversees weather told senators at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday that a proposal to cut more than a quarter of the agency's …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/10/25
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Authorities said Wednesday that they ended their search in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest for a man accused of killing his young daughters after confirming that someone seen by witnesses …
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Shannon Tyler / The News Tribune (TNS)
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7/10/25
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After a mountain biking accident left a Seattle man with a severe leg injury, a text to 911 likely saved his life, according to the Kittitas County sheriff's office.
The man, 51, may have fallen …
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Mara Mellits / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/10/25
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Washington leaders plan to backfill the loss of about $11 million in federal funding for local Planned Parenthood services if cuts to the organization by the latest U.S. spending bill are approved by …
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Shauna Sowers / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/10/25
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Budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration could lead to the closure of 26 long-term ecological research, or LTER, facilities across the United States, including the H.J. Andrews Experimental …
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/10/25
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In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, big oil companies – including ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Shell – are facing a climate change wrongful death lawsuit from the family of …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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7/9/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson vowed Wednesday to use state dollars to plug a hole Republicans left by barring Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood services in their sweeping tax cut and spending …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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7/9/25
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A rural central Washington hospital is warning of devastating consequences from the Medicaid cuts the Republican-led Congress passed last week.
For years, Astria Health has worked to find …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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7/9/25
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Two Washington state agencies are looking to improve corridors for wildlife while cutting down on traffic risks for motorists and animals.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department …
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Emily Fitzgerald / Washington State Standard
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7/9/25
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A man’s hand was blown off in Washington after he lit a cannon during the Fourth of July, fire officials said.
The man in his 40s was rushed to Station 33 after 11 p.m. in Snohomish, Peter …
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Helena Wegner / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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7/9/25
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Boeing continued on its path to recovery in June, recording its highest number of 737 Max deliveries since the end of 2023 and its best delivery rate for the first half of the year since 2018.
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/9/25
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First things first — everything is normal. Mount Rainier is not about to erupt. Today, at least. (The future is another story.)
Got it? OK, good. Now that that's out of the way, the …
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Amanda Zhou and Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/9/25
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There’s more to these pleasant, sunny days in Seattle than meets the eye.
Yes, this is summer and it’s supposed to be hot and dry. But this year we’re much drier than normal …
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/9/25
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A 2,161-acre fire burning near the Columbia River between Kettle Falls and Northport, Washington, forced evacuations Tuesday, according to officials.
The Hope fire is primarily burning in timber …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/9/25
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