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    Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia. File photo
    New Washington state laws taking effect in Jan....
    By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero and Bill Lucia, Washington State Standard • January 1, 2025 11:30 am

    New restrictions on cosmetics tested on animals, tougher penalties for negligent drivers, requirements for hospitals to offer drugs to people…

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    Image taken from NWAC website of their member school map. Courtesy image
    Junior college sports landscape could see some serious...
    By Benjamin Ray • December 26, 2024 3:30 pm

    Court ruling in Tennessee could affect NCAA eligibility for Washington athletes.

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    Mount Rainier National Park has around 2 million visitors a year. Image courtesy the National Park Service
    The mountain is out and it tells cold...
    By Bailey Josie • December 25, 2024 7:00 am

    Data shows that since 2007, Mount Rainier has become the second most dangerous National Park in the winter.

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    A northern giant hornet seen on an apple. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Department of Agriculture)
    Invasive ‘murder hornets’ found in WA have been...
    By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State Standard • December 21, 2024 9:30 am

    The hunt for invasive “murder hornets” is over in Washington and the rest of the U.S. after three years without…

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    Veronica Garcia gives an interview after winning the 2A girls 400-meter final at the 2024 Washington State Championships at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma. (Screenshot from Runnerspace.com video)
    Proposals seek new rules for transgender athletes in...
    By Benjamin Ray • December 12, 2024 1:48 pm

    Other proposals target student-athlete transfer rules and girls flag football.

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    The Lummi Nation provided three colorful shawls during the MMIWP Task Force Summit in September, with turquoise representing human trafficking, purple representing overdoses (“losing our people from fentanyl”) and red representing murdered and missing Indigenous women — all crises that affect North American Natives and Tribes. The summit started with an opening ceremony with words from Lummi Tribal Chair Anthony Hillaire, Lummi Indian Business Council Secretary Lisa Wilson and a Shawl Ceremony with Lhaq’temish singers. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing
    Working toward justice for the missing and murdered...
    By Bailey Josie • November 28, 2024 7:30 am

    Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP) Task Force Summit highlights progress as well as shortcomings.

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    File photo
    Thousands of firearm sales on hold in WA...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • November 13, 2024 5:30 pm

    Washington state courts’ computer systems have been down for nearly two weeks, disrupting the operation of local courts and preventing…

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    Competing for the 8th Congressional District: Carmen Goers, left, and Kim Schrier. COURTESY PHOTOS
    Adam Smith and Kim Schrier will retain Congress...
    November 5, 2024 9:40 pm

    Smith represents the 9th Congressional District and Schrier represents the 8th Congressional District.

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    Republican Dave Reichert, left, and Democrat Bob Ferguson, right, are competing in Washington’s 2024 governor’s race. (Photos courtesy of campaigns)
    Ferguson defeats Reichert in governor’s race | Election...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • November 5, 2024 10:00 am

    Democrats have won 10 straight gubernatorial contests.

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    Larry Best, a customer coordinator for quality assurance who has worked at Boeing for 38 years, stands outside of Angel of the Winds Arena with a “vote no” sign on Monday in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
    Boeing Machinists approve contract, ending 52-day strike
    By Michael Henneke • November 5, 2024 8:40 am

    After voting no twice, 59% of union members approved the latest contract.

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    Election workers open mail in a new secure room at Thurston County’s elections office. The county invested in a separate room to open mail after it was sent an envelope containing fentanyl last year. (Laurel Demkovich/Washington State Standard)
    How one WA county upped security ahead of...
    By Laurel Demkovich, Washington State Standard • November 2, 2024 8:00 am

    Thurston County, like others, made changes in response to evolving threats and other concerns around ballot processing.

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    A ballot drop box damaged in a suspected arson incident in Vancouver, Washington, on Oct. 28, 2024. Monika Spykerman/The Columbian/Courtesy of Washington State Standard
    Arson destroys hundreds of ballots inside a Washington...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • October 29, 2024 10:00 am

    State and federal authorities are investigating a deliberately set fire that destroyed ballots inside a drop box in southwest Washington…

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    Halloween decorations in Covington support the Boeing strike. (Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing)
    Boeing machinists reject another contract offer
    By Bill Lucia, Washington State Standard • October 24, 2024 3:04 pm

    Strike will continue.

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    (Photo from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Public Health Image Library)
    Health insurance premiums to rise for WA small...
    By Grace Deng Washington State Standard • October 22, 2024 12:35 pm

    This marks the highest increase for small employers in the last decade.

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    Prosecutors charged Lorenzo Hezekiah Hendrix in connection to an Oct. 4 armed robbery of a Seattle convenience store. (Court documents)
    Charges filed against teens in King County crime...
    By Benjamin Leung • October 21, 2024 6:00 pm

    Suspects linked to 78 robberies, shootings and carjackings in Sept. and Oct.

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    Woman sentenced for identity theft of older King...
    By Benjamin Leung • October 21, 2024 5:30 pm

    Investigators identified a total of 44 victims ranging from ages 56 to 97, including residents from Renton, Federal Way, Auburn, Enumclaw, Des Moines, Seattle, Issaquah and more.

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    Courtesy photo
    70% of WA public school students have access...
    By Grace Deng Washington State Standard • October 21, 2024 7:00 am

    In the 2024-2025 school year, 1,523 schools are serving free meals to all students who requested one.

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    Courtesy Photo, King County Elections
    King County Elections mails ballots for Nov. 5...
    By Steve Hunter • October 16, 2024 11:50 am

    About 1.4 million ballots sent out; King County Elections projects 82% turnout

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    Discussion continues for KC Sheriff’s Office search warrant...
    By Benjamin Leung • October 16, 2024 9:04 am

    Following a list of policy changes in July, discussion between the Office of Law Enforcement Oversight and the King County…

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    Photo courtesy of Anna Tarazevich from Pexels
    WA women 9th in nation for breast cancer...
    By Grace Deng Washington State Standard • October 14, 2024 1:07 pm

    Washington women were more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer despite receiving fewer mammograms than the national average in…

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