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Washington state’s ‘Joints for jabs’ vaccine program falling flat

SEATTLE — It was designed as an innovative way to promote COVID-19 vaccinations, but Washington’s new “joints for…

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Seattle mayor says city first to fully vaccinate 70 percent of residents

SEATTLE — Seattle is the first major American city to fully vaccinate 70 percent of its residents 12…

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Pot shops can offer joints for vaccines

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Eastern Washington elementary school reverts to remote learning

WAITSBURG — An elementary school in eastern Washington is switching to remote learning after an outbreak of COVID-19.

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Seventh Washington resident arrested in Capitol insurrection

BATTLE GROUND — A southwest Washington man who federal investigators say was seen on video saying, “Our house,”…

FILE - A protester holds a sign that reads "Justice for Manny" in this June 5, 2020 file photo in Tacoma, Wash., during a protest against police brutality. On Thursday, May 27, 2021, the Washington state attorney general filed criminal charges against three police officers in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died after telling the Tacoma officers who were restraining him he couldn't breathe. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Murder charges filed against Tacoma police officers in Black man’s death

By Gene Johnson

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State ferries warns of route changes over holiday weekend

SEATTLE — Several state ferry routes have changes in place prior to Memorial Day Weekend.

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Gov. Jay Inslee signs ambitious environmental protection laws

SPOKANE — Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a series of bills designed to strengthen the environment in…

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All Washington counties move to Phase 3 reopening

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Gov. Inslee signs sweeping police reform measures

TACOMA — Gov. Jay Inslee has signed one of the nation’s most ambitious packages of police accountability legislation,…

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Inslee signs $59 billion, two-year budget

By Nicholas K. Geranios

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State again removing tons of toxic debris from Camano Island

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Inslee hopes to reopen economy by end of June

Move dependent upon vaccination rate

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs a bill into law, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., that prohibits openly carrying guns and other weapons at the state Capitol and protests statewide. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Open carry of weapons now prohibited at rallies, Capitol

By Rachel La Corte

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EPA awards grants for beach water monitoring, notifications

SEATTLE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will award $723,000 in grants to monitor beach water quality and…

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Inslee signs bill curbing debt-based license suspensions

By Gene Johnson

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New law offers prison alternatives for mentally ill

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Governor signs bill requiring ‘just cause’ eviction

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Drug overdoses skyrocket in state amid COVID

SEATTLE — More people in Washington state died of drug overdoses in 2020 than any other year in…

In this April 11, 2018, file photo, water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Wash. Some Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing a GOP Idaho lawmaker of conducting secret negotiations with the Democratic governor of Oregon over a controversial proposal to breach four dams on the Snake River to save endangered salmon runs. (Nicholas K. Geranios/The Associated Press, file)

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Feud breaks out among GOP lawmakers over Snake River dams

By Nicholas K. Geranios