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A long-running court battle over how to balance protections for endangered fish with hydropower dams in the Columbia River Basin has resumed after a two-year pause.
Conservationists, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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10/16/25
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State transportation officials say they are making the limited dollars for highway and bridge preservation stretch as far as they can — but it’s not far enough.
There’s too …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/16/25
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The father of a Federal Way High School student is raising concerns about a recent school assembly related to Hispanic Heritage Month.
“He came home and he was just upset,” Nathan …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/15/25
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Washington state was indirectly involved in an accident a little over two months ago on Florida’s Turnpike when illegal immigrant semi-truck driver Harjinder Singh made an unlawful U-turn, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/15/25
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As the Washington Data Exchange for Public Safety publishes for the first time data on police use of force incidents, concerns remain regarding the sharing of certain information with Washington …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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10/15/25
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A Washington state Democratic lawmaker is expressing “regret and guilt” over legislation she supported that she believes has contributed to an explosion in juvenile crime and lives lost.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/14/25
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Washington’s Democratic attorney general is looking at a new way to shield the state’s immigrant workers amid the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation agenda.
Attorney …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/14/25
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A congressman representing eastern Washington spent Sunday outlining how Democrats are advocating for loopholes to provide taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants.
The federal government …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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10/13/25
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A resentencing hearing got underway Monday in Spokane County Superior Court for a man sentenced to life in prison for the 2008 murders of two young people.
Justin Crenshaw stabbed and killed …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/13/25
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On the day remaining Israeli hostages were released by Hamas and reunited with their families and friends after more than two years, much of the free world celebrated the peace deal between the …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/13/25
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Last month, the Snohomish Police Department issued a statement telling people not to call 911 in response to initiative signature gatherers operating outside stores such as Fred Meyer and …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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10/13/25
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The so-called “Big One” or Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake expected to trigger disruptive quakes throughout the West Coast could cause more damage than previously estimated if it sets …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/13/25
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For years, Western leaders have debated the creation of a regional energy market: a coordinated grid to pool solar power in Arizona, wind in Wyoming, hydro in Washington and battery storage in …
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By Alex Brown / States Newsroom
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10/13/25
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With fall weather dampening wildland fire conditions in Washington, officials are beginning to reflect on the fire season.
Washington state saw more individual fires than last season, but …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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10/13/25
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Fourteen health insurers have been approved to sell health plans in Washington’s 2026 individual health insurance market, a news release from the Washington State Insurance Commissioner stated.
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/13/25
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Oregon Health Authority this week notified state prisons and other officials that it no longer intends to implement a novel Medicaid initiative that would have provided targeted health services to …
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By Danielle Dawson, InvestigateWest
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10/13/25
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Washington Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove defended his decision to pause some timber sales and said he will seek 2026 legislation to diversify revenue from state trust lands, arguing the …
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By Paul W. Taylor / TVW
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10/13/25
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Washington’s innovative paid family and medical leave program could be hundreds of millions of dollars in the red within a few years, unless the Legislature acts.
This could mean reduced …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/13/25
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Washington’s new sales tax on services faces a second lawsuit that could undercut the state’s moves to bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
A Sequim-based security …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/10/25
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A Washington man suspected of breaking into and vandalizing the state Capitol is undergoing a mental health evaluation, an attorney confirmed Friday.
Authorities initially arrested Gunnar …
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By Emily Fitzgerald and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/10/25
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