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A recent alleged assault of a 75-year-old woman by a repeat offender in Seattle has prompted public safety leaders to criticize what they describe as systemic failures within the King County jail …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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12/24/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday threw his support behind a proposed income tax on residents earning more than $1 million annually, and said he’s prepared to sign the policy into law next …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/23/25
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Last week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, joined the House Energy and Commerce Committee Member Day hearing to discuss the importance of passing federal Right to Repair legislation, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/23/25
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Authorities say the Woodland man arrested last week for suspicion of murder killed his longtime tenant and hid the body in a 55-gallon barrel on his rural Old Lewis River Road property.
Ricky …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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12/23/25
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A transient man who authorities say pulled a knife on an acquaintance on the streets of Longview was found guilty Wednesday of second-degree assault following a two-day trial.
An Meingin, 46, of …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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12/23/25
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A transient man convicted in 2020 of killing a Kelso woman working at a convenience store has been resentenced following a 2021 Washington State Supreme Court decision that made the defendant's …
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Hayley Day / The Daily News
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12/23/25
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers, whose charge is to provide updates on the plans and cost to replace the Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon, has run into a …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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12/23/25
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An attorney whose law license was suspended for two years because of a Washington state Attorney General's complaint against her for representing a group trying to block illegal residents from voting …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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12/23/25
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More than 2,100 registered nurses at Seattle Children’s Hospital have authorized a potential strike following a union vote.
Registered nurses at Seattle Children’s Hospital voted Sunday and …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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12/23/25
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A 75-year-old woman was struck and blinded in a violent attack outside the King County Courthouse earlier this month, and the suspect charged in the case had a long history of arrests, including …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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12/23/25
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House could vote to approve a Democratic bill that would extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for three more years, after a handful of moderate Republicans …
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Jennifer Shutt and Shauneen Miranda / States Newsroom
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12/22/25
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Washington state troopers stop and search drivers of color more often than white Washingtonians, new data shows.
Washington State Patrol’s total traffic stops statewide dropped slightly in …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/22/25
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Officials in timber-dependent counties around Southwest Washington say the state Forest Practices Board’s new rule expanding no-logging zones around some streams amounts to an economic siege.
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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12/22/25
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Hoping to curtail the state’s opioid epidemic, one Republican proposed a bill Thursday that would establish a near-real-time overdose mapping interface with guardrails for privacy.
The …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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12/19/25
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Facing another multi-billion-dollar state deficit, Republicans are hoping to avoid more tax increases by closing a loophole they say allows government workers to double dip by using paid time off and …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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12/19/25
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Less than a month before the 2026 legislative session, Republican state lawmakers are proposing cutting $3.7 billion for the next fiscal budget, but did not yet release any specifics about how many …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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12/19/25
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SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson is asking lawmakers to fund $244 million in additional housing investments as part of a budget proposal released Thursday.
His plan comes as the state …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/19/25
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CONCRETE, Wash. — On Wednesday morning, sunlight glinted off the mud and moisture that still blanketed this small town in the Cascade foothills, hinting at what it had just endured.
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By Eli Voorhies / The Washington State Standard
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12/19/25
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LACEY — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson unveiled a plan Friday to steer $3 billion into preserving the state’s roads and bridges and building three new ferries over the next decade.
Ferguson …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/19/25
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He became famous for his driving skills, his championship drive behind the wheel.
He became so much more than a race car driver, though, because of the man he was — a true humanitarian.
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Paul Valencia / Clark County Today
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12/18/25
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