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An Island County election observer won't serve jail time for refusing to wear a mask in 2024, according to a court ruling on Monday.
Island County Auditor Sheilah Crider imposed a mask mandate …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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8/26/25
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Despite threats over federal funding, the Spokane City Council voted Monday to ban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from entering permitted events without a warrant.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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8/26/25
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Eight months after Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove entered office and paused logging sales in older forests on state land, Washington’s Department of Natural Resources has identified …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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8/26/25
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California, New Mexico and Washington could risk losing federal funding if they fail to enforce English Language Proficiency requirements for commercial motor vehicle drivers, U.S. Transportation …
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By Sarah Roderick-Fitch / The Center Square
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8/26/25
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A group of Washington state Republican senators, including 31st Legislative District Sen. Phil Fortunato of Auburn, are calling for the repeal of a state law that limits law enforcement's cooperation …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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8/26/25
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Lawmakers in Washington are divided on whether to dial back a state law critics blame for a sudden spike in deaths and serious injuries among children enmeshed in the state’s child welfare …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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8/26/25
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, along with Reps. Ben Cline, R-Virginia, Jared Golden, D-Maine, and Jack Bergman, R-Michigan, this week introduced the bipartisan Fiscal Contingency …
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The Reflector
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8/26/25
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Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle warned earlier this month that construction delays on the Interstate 5 Bridge Replacement Program would cost $1 million a day.
The comments come as the roughly …
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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8/25/25
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Just over two months after the largest protest in Spokane since the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement, the City Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed all misdemeanor charges for failure to disperse …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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8/25/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson will be without his top policy adviser through the rest of the year.
Policy Director Sahar Fathi went on leave July 1 and will not return before Jan. 1, a …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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8/25/25
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When California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his plan to retaliate if Republican-led Texas redrew its congressional districts to favor the GOP, he affirmed his support for less partisan maps …
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Jonathan Shorman / Washington State Standard
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8/24/25
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In summer 2022, Brandon Montesi told a King County judge that he had no guns. His ex-wife, afraid for the lives of her family members and herself, said it was a lie.
Montesi’s ex-wife had …
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Kelsey Turner / InvestigateWest
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8/24/25
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Two people were injured in a head-on boat collision on the Columbia River Friday afternoon.
Sgt. Marc Johnston from the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office said the collision took place before …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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8/23/25
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Homelessness is still on the rise in Washington, but data collected by the state Department of Commerce shows that the growth rate across much of the state slowed last year.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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8/23/25
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When the Peninsula School District implemented one of Washington’s first bans on cellphones in the classroom two years ago, Keyna Houston said it could not have come soon enough.
“I …
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By Conor Wilson / Murrow News
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8/22/25
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According to event officials, a July 26 event held at Donald Eismann Elementary School, part of the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District in Washington state, that included a “Drag Queen Story …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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8/22/25
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Cowlitz County commissioners fear proposed logging restrictions could cost county millions over time
Calling the economic impacts “prohibitive and extremely detrimental” to local businesses and residents, Cowlitz County Commissioners are asking the state forest practices board to not to …
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Nick Morgan / The Daily News
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8/22/25
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Dozens of Democratic lawmakers in the Washington Legislature have pushed in recent months to reassess how the state Department of Corrections shares information with federal immigration authorities.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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8/22/25
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Washington Army National Guard soldiers descended on Southwest Washington rivers and lakes for back-to-back weekends earlier this month in a recently announced large-scale training exercise.
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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8/20/25
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White Hawk Carriers, an interstate freight carrier in Ceres, Calif., is under investigation along with one of its drivers facing three charges of vehicular homicide in Florida.
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By Alan Wooten / The Center Square
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8/20/25
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