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Five killed in mall shooting north of Seattle

BURLINGTON — Police searched Saturday for a gunman who opened fire in the makeup department of a Macy’s…

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Hot weather, below-normal streamflow forecasts could lead to tight water supplies at summer’s end

COLUMBIA RIVER — The Columbia Basin is possibly looking at a summer with progressively diminishing water supplies, because…

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Blake, Takko unmoved by EPA-funded lobbying

Clean-water campaign viewed as anti-farmer By Don Jenkins Capital Press OLYMPIA — A campaign funded by the U.S.…

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Help slow to arrive for trooper in need

WASHINGTON — In rural Pacific and Wahkiakum counties, there are frequent occasions when a very small group of…

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Weather service: El Niño dissipating, La Niña coming

The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center is projecting that the El Niño weather pattern will dissipate around…

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Jury clears state auditor of 1 count, can’t agree on other charges

TACOMA (AP) — The Latest on the federal fraud trial of Washington State Auditor Troy Kelley (all times…

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‘Pay-for-prayer’ service shut down by state AG

OLYMPIA — A decade ago, Seattle entrepreneur Ben Rogovy made headlines for inventing the controversial practice of “Bumvertising”…

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TB is getting more common in Washington; harder to treat

OLYMPIA — Across the globe, tuberculosis kills more people each year than any other infectious disease, and now…

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Tobacco sales to minors up in Pacific County

PACIFIC COUNTY — New state data reveals a disturbing trend: It’s too easy for Washington teens — including…

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Washington lawmakers exempt from releasing emails

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Top lawmakers in Washington largely exempt themselves from the state’s public records law, and their…

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