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Salaries in Washington continued to climb in 2024.
The statewide average annual wage reached $95,160 last year, according to the Washington Employment Security Department . That’s …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/7/25
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The Washington State Patrol (WSP) announced this week that it has added 57 new troopers to its ranks during the 120th Trooper Basic Training (TBTC) and 3rd/4th Trooper Lateral Training Class …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/6/25
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The Columbia County teen who authorities say planned a mass shooting at the Kelso mall is charged with eight crimes, including second-degree attempted murder and first-degree attempted assault.
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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6/6/25
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Thurston County Superior Court Judge Chris Lanese ruled against anti-tax activist Tim Eyman on Friday regarding his request for a recall petition against Secretary of State Steve Hobbs.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/6/25
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The Catholic Bishops of Washington on Thursday asked a federal court to block a new state law requiring priests to report instances of child abuse or neglect – even when it’s disclosed in …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/6/25
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The Washington State Library in Tumwater and the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library in Seattle will close to the public on July 1 due to a lack of state funding.
State libraries will …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/6/25
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This week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, along with Reps. Emily Randall. D-Washington, and Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, introduced the Tribal Emergency Response Resources Act (TERRA)
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/6/25
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A leaked Trump administration budget proposal completely scraps a key Columbia River salmon recovery program as the administration seeks to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration …
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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6/6/25
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Kelso mall store owner Jai Boiselle heard about the thwarted attack on the shopping center on Thursday — the same day FBI officials made the announcement and about two weeks after the suspect's …
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By Hayley Day / The Daily News
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6/6/25
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Be careful entering the underground tunnel linking two legislative buildings on the Washington state Capitol campus.
It may be slippery.
Water leaks flood the concrete path connecting the …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/6/25
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A year from now, Washington will launch the nation’s first full-scale effort to help the state’s workforce afford long-term care and services as they age.
Etched into law in 2019, …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/6/25
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As the manhunt continues for 32-year-old Travis Decker, suspected in the murders of his three young daughters in Chelan County, more information is coming out about his declining mental state and …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/5/25
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The tragic murder of three young sisters near Wenatchee is bringing new attention to the complexities of family court and judicial discretion in complicated custody and visitation plans.
The …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/5/25
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\Washington state auditors have started investigating whether local police departments are properly reporting officer misconduct.
As part of police accountability measures passed in 2021, …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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6/5/25
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SEATTLE — Federal appeals court judges in Seattle on Wednesday questioned a Trump administration lawyer and Washington’s solicitor general over the president’s executive order …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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6/4/25
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The manhunt continues for the father of three little girls found dead Monday just outside Leavenworth in Chelan County.
Court documents obtained by The Center Square reveal the timeline starting …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/4/25
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Public outcry was swift and forceful after a U.S. House committee last month hastily approved an amendment directing the federal government to sell off more than half a million acres of public land.
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By Alex Brown, Clark Corbin and Kyle Dunphey / States Newsroom
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6/4/25
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Every four months, Philippe Knab, the reentry and eviction defense program director for Washington’s Office of Civil Legal Aid, compiles a report on eviction trends across the state. Since …
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By Moe Clark/InvestigateWest
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6/4/25
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Democratic state Rep. Victoria Hunt will move from the House to the Senate in the Washington Legislature after the King County Council appointed her on Tuesday to replace the late Sen. Bill …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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6/4/25
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Tens of thousands of low-income Washingtonians could lose federal food assistance if Republicans move ahead with plans in a bill the U.S. House passed last month.
That’s according to …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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6/3/25
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