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When Linda Wadleigh was a forestry major at Utah State University she came upon her first summer job as a firefighter, a role that led to a 30-year career in wildland fire management with the U.S. …
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By Jeniffer Solis / States Newsroom
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9/15/25
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Comcast is suing to block a new Washington law imposing sales tax on advertising services, imperiling a financial linchpin lawmakers relied on to balance the state’s budget.
The cable …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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9/15/25
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For two decades, embattled consumers knew having investigative journalist Jesse Jones on their side could very likely make things right for them.
Now, Gov. Bob Ferguson is counting on Jones to …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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9/15/25
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Twenty days from Friday, Spokane’s most notorious criminal is likely to be released from the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island, and The Center Square has learned that Kevin Coe is …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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9/12/25
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Washington state’s most recent carbon auction brought in an estimated $446 million, according to results released by the state Department of Ecology. As of Friday, Washington state has the …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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9/12/25
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School is finally back in session following a three-week delay at Evergreen Public Schools in southwest Washington, after unionized staff approved a deal with district administrators.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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9/12/25
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BELLEVUE — Top U.S. House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries traveled here Friday to decry rising health insurance costs he says are driven by recent actions from congressional Republicans and the Trump …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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9/12/25
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A provision backed by U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, to guarantee American servicemembers the right to repair their own equipment passed the House of Representatives as part of the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/12/25
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Authorities say the 5-year-old injured in last week's Longview crash is dead.
Longview Police Capt. Branden McNew told The Daily News on Thursday that the child — who was seated in the …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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9/12/25
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The Washington Office of the Secretary of State announced it will fund Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center, or MS-ISAC, memberships for county auditors, which it argues will help …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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9/12/25
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Washington state Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu will retire from the bench at the end of this year.
Yu, appointed in 2014, told fellow justices Thursday afternoon after informing Gov. Bob …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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9/12/25
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TACOMA — A former Washington state worker who admitted to embezzling nearly $900,000 in taxpayer funding to finance his gambling addiction was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in federal …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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9/12/25
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Northwest states, tribes and environmental groups will resume suing the federal government over its hydroelectric dam operations in the Columbia River Basin that have harmed endangered native fish …
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By Alex Baumhardt and Emily Fitzgerald / States Newsroom
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9/12/25
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Longview police arrested a man Wednesday night for allegedly assaulting an attendee at a candlelight vigil for the slain right-wing media personality Charlie Kirk, who was shot dead at a Utah college …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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9/11/25
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Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank says he “won’t be silenced” despite coming under the microscope of the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission following a …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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9/11/25
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Standardized test scores for Washington public school students improved slightly this year, according to data the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction released Wednesday.
But the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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9/11/25
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The man accused of murdering a 64-year-old woman and severely injuring an elderly man in a Longview home pleaded not guilty Tuesday afternoon in Cowlitz County Superior Court.
As Alexander Lee …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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9/11/25
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Bipartisan lawmakers reintroduced a bill designed to give immigrant farm workers an opportunity to pursue temporary legal status in the United States.
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act …
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By Andrew Rice / The Center Square
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9/11/25
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Convicted triple murderer Timothy Pauley could, at least technically, get another chance at freedom.
The Indeterminate Sentence Review Board is again considering his case because when former …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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9/11/25
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Thousands of Washington Army National Guard members did not take part in last weekend’s drill, a money-saving move that appears precipitated in part by the Trump administration clawing back …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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9/11/25
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