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State officials: Six sickened by Salmonella linked to songbirds

No cases reported in Clallam, Jefferson counties

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State confirms cases of vaccinated people getting COVID-19

The Associated Press

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Debate erupts over road across Mount St. Helens blast zone

By Monica Samayoa

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North Idaho expands vaccine access because of lack of demand

Supplies still limited in Spokane

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Legislature passes bill to give voting rights to parolees

By Gene Johnson

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More than 50 infected in COVID-19 outbreak at King County Jail

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King County Sheriff’s Office to pay $5M in fatal shooting of youth

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FILE - In this May 8, 2003, file photo, a northern spotted owl sits on a tree branch in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore. Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to preserve protections for 3.4 million acres of northern spotted owl habitat from the US-Canadian border to northern California. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed protections for the old-growth forest in the last days of the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

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Conservationists sue for spotted owl protections

By Gillian Flaccus

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Seattle Proud Boys leader pleads not guilty in Capitol siege

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State homelessness increased 6.2 percent from 2019-20

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Noriko Nasu, a high school teacher who was attacked earlier in the year while walking through Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, speaks about the possible hate crime Monda at a news conference at Renton City Hall. Nasu joined Gov. Jay Inslee and other leaders to denounce recent acts of violence and harassment targeted at Asians and Asian communities. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press)

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Governor decries ‘horrendous surge’ of violence against Asians

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Lawmakers get good news on state revenues

By Rachel La Corte

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Skykomish River hatchery to rely on native steelhead trout

INDEX — Officials said a fish hatchery for the Skykomish River will stop importing steelhead trout from the…

FILE- This March 12, 2021, file photo released by Portland Police Bureau shows smashed windows left behind by people inside the perimeter of a march by a group of about 100 hundred protesters Friday night in Portland, Ore. Portland Mayor Wheeler on Monday, Mach 15, 2021 called for an end to violence and property destruction after businesses were damaged over the weekend. Oregon's largest city has seen a series of often violent protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Portland Police Department via AP, File)

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Portland leaders condemn ongoing violence by ‘anarchists’

By Sara Cline

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Next free Washington State Parks day is Friday

Washington State Parks is inviting the community to help celebrate the agency’s 108th birthday on Friday by enjoying…

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Inslee orders schools in-class hybrid option

Peninsula schools already on hybrid schedules

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Washington State parks to start reopening later this month

SEATTLE — Washington State Parks has said that many group camps, day-use rental shelters, interpretive centers and historic…

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State farm exports hampered by cargo-container shortage

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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo, a mobile phone customer looks at an earthquake warning application on an iPhone in Los Angeles. An earthquake early warning system operated by the U.S. Geological Survey has been activated in Oregon on the 10th anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. California already has the system. Washington state joins it in May, which will complete coverage of the West Coast of the contiguous United States. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

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With ‘big one’ coming, quake alert system launches in Oregon

Washington state to join in May

FILE - In this June 6, 2014, file photo, Seattle Police SWAT team officers stand behind an armored vehicle in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Lawmakers are on the cusp of overhauling policing and police accountability in Washington state, acting with unusual urgency to curb bad behavior by officers following last year's turbulent protests for racial justice. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Lawmakers in Olympia on verge of major policing overhaul

By Gene Johnson