Why are bats a Halloween staple? Why is their silhouette, slapped onto a cheap decoration, synonymous with fright? Why are they the one thing Bruce Wayne dreads?
Maybe it's because we fear what …
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By Colin Tiernan / The Spokesman-Review
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10/27/21
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OLYMPIA — Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman is resigning to accept a job as the senior election security lead for the Biden administration.
Wyman will join the Cybersecurity and …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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10/27/21
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More than 92% of current state employees have complied with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
As of Monday, the state has lost nearly 1,900 employees — or about 3% of it workforce — who …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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10/21/21
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A chance to comment on proposed changes to Washington's spring bear hunting season will close Oct. 21.
After that, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission will review a WDFW …
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Long-term care facilities could face critical staffing shortages this fall as Gov. Inslee's vaccine mandate takes hold Oct. 18.
Robin Dale, CEO of the Washington Health Care Association, which …
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By Arielle Dreher / The Spokesman-Review
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10/11/21
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By almost any conceivable measure, this summer's lengthy and extreme drought led to historic lows in the production and quality of the region's signature cash crop.
Soft white wheat, the kind …
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By Kip Hill / The Spokesman-Review
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10/11/21
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Fresh flowers adorned the now 6-month-old memorial along the Willapa Hills Trail for Zachary Rager, a Centralia teen who jumped from a railroad trestle bridge and drowned in the Chehalis River in …
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Say goodbye to those flimsy plastic bags.
Washington state’s new ban on single-use plastic bags went into effect on Friday, Oct. 1. The new law in most cases forbids food service …
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10/4/21
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