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More COVID-19 restrictions eased in Washington state

All indoor spaces, including restaurants, can increase capacity from 25% to 50%.

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2020, file photo, then-Pierce County Sheriff's Dept. spokesman Det. Ed Troyer answers questions during a news conference in Tacoma, Wash. Troyer, who last year was elected Pierce County sheriff, sparked a large police response in late January after confronting a Black newspaper carrier driving near his home, telling a 911 dispatcher the man “threatened to kill me.” The Seattle Times reports that Sheriff Troyer retracted that allegation upon questioning by Tacoma police. The 24-year-old carrier, Sedrick Altheimer, said the early morning encounter on Jan. 27 left him afraid and angry at Troyer — who was driving an unmarked, personal SUV and didn’t identify himself as law enforcement. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Pierce County sheriff confronted Black newspaper carrier

The sheriff told a 911 dispatcher that the man “threatened to kill me.” He later retracted that allegation.

In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, Proud Boys including Joseph Biggs, front left, walks toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump. With the megaphone is Ethan Nordean, second from left. The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers make up a fraction of the more than 300 Trump supporters charged so far in the siege that led to Trump's second impeachment and resulted in the deaths of five people, including a police officer. But several of their leaders, members and associates have become the central targets of the Justice Department’s sprawling investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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4 men linked to Proud Boys charged in plot to attack Capitol

One of the men, from Auburn, was a member of the group’s national “Elders Council.”

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Justices: Dead man’s brother can sue over handling of corpse

The Bellingham Fire Department had for decades used bodies to practice medical procedures.

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo a violent mob of Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. Violent extremists motivated by political grievances and racial biases pose an “elevated threat” to the U.S. homeland, officials said Wednesday, March 17, in a unclassified intelligence report released more than two months after a violent mob of insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/John Minchillo File)

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Court extends blocking the names of Seattle cops in DC riot

The officers have acknowledged attending the Jan. 6 rally as an exercise of “free speech.”

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Washington lawmakers get good news on state revenues

Updated numbers by the the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council were released Wednesday.

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Ethnic studies graduation requirement gains support in state

The goal is to help eradicate fear, racism and inequities by promoting knowledge and understanding.

Flowers and other items were placed at the front of Bainbridge High School Wednesday to honor the three students who were killed in a single-vehicle rollover Tuesday. Tyler Shuey/Bainbridge Island Review

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Three Bainbridge Island teens killed in rollover crash

The girls played together on the high school JV volleyball team.

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January unemployment rate in Washington drops to 6%

The biggest gains were in leisure and hospitality, education and health services, and government.

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Inslee signs order to get students back in classrooms

The directive requires districts to offer at least two days of on-campus instruction per week for all grades.

Initiative promoter Tim Eyman listens during a session of Thurston County Superior Court, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, in Olympia, Wash. Eyman, who ran initiative campaigns across Washington for decades, will no longer be allowed to have any financial control over political committees, under a ruling from Superior Court Judge James Dixon Wednesday that blasted Eyman for using donor's contributions to line his own pocket. Eyman was also told to pay more than $2.5 million in penalties. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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AG wants additional $2.8M in legal fees from Tim Eyman

State Attorney General Bob Ferguson claims Tim Eyman “frivolous” and “defiant” litigation tactics.

FILE - In this June 16, 2020, file photo, orchard worker Francisco Hernandez reaches to pull honeycrisp apples off a tree during a thinning of the trees at an orchard in Yakima, Wash. Many U.S. health centers that serve agricultural workers across the nation are receiving COVID-19 vaccine directly from the federal government in a program created by the Biden administration. But in some states, farmworkers are not yet in the priority groups authorized to receive the shots. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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Measure allowing overtime for farmworkers moves forward

The bill enjoys bipartisan support and even has the backing of farm employers.

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Seattle mother arrested 23 years after baby found in garbage

She was identified through the use of genetic genealogy and video-surveillance footage.

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First case of Brazil COVID-19 variant found in Washington

Three mutations have now been detected in the state.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during a news conference Thursday, March 11, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Inslee said that the Seattle Mariners baseball team, the Seattle Sounders MLS soccer team and the National Women's Soccer League's OL Reign will soon be able to welcome a limited number of fans to their stadiums under a 25% seating capacity when they open their seasons. The easing of restrictions will also apply to high school sports, and was one of several aspects of the state's ongoing re-opening plan developed during the COVID-19 pandemic that were announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Moving to Phase 3: Fans in stadiums and more indoor dining

Gov. Jay Inslee’s reopening plan will allow businesses to operate at 50% capacity starting March 22.

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Court overturns automatic life sentences for young killers

Judges must consider the youth of defendants while sentencing them.

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, the Legislative Building is shown partially shrouded in fog at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington state's richest residents, including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, would pay a wealth tax on certain financial assets worth more than $1 billion under a proposed bill whose sponsor says she is seeking a fair and equitable tax code. Under the bill, starting Jan. 1, 2022, for taxes due in 2023, a 1% tax would be levied not on income, but on "extraordinary" assets ranging from cash, publicly traded options, futures contracts, and stocks and bonds. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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House OKs bill expanding tax credit for low-income families

The state tax exemption was created in 2008, but has never been funded.

Tacoma Police and other law enforcement officials stand in a line as protesters approach in the street in front of the City-County Building during a protest against police brutality, late Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, in downtown Tacoma, Wash., south of Seattle. The protest came a day after at least two people were injured when a Tacoma Police officer responding to a report of a street race drove his car through a crowd of pedestrians that had gathered around him. Several people were knocked to the ground and at least one person was run over. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Lawmakers in Olympia on verge of major policing overhaul

The bills include measures limiting neck restraints and investigating police use of deadly force.

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, rioters storm the Capitol, in Washington. Capitol Police say they have intelligence showing a “possible plot” by a militia group to breach the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, nearly two months after a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the iconic building to try to stop Congress from certifying now-President Joe Biden's victory. The threat appears to be connected to a far-right conspiracy theory, mainly promoted by supporters of QAnon, that Trump will rise again to power on March 4. That was the original presidential inauguration day until 1933, when it was moved to Jan. 20. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Records naming Seattle officers in DC Jan. 6 can be released

But not yet.

Stations where COVID-19 vaccines will be administrated are shown set up at a mass vaccination site, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at the Lumen Field Events Center in Seattle. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and other officials announced Wednesday that the site would begin operation Saturday, and said it would be the largest civilian-led vaccination site in the country. Lumen Field is the home stadium of the Seattle Seahawks NFL football team and the Seattle Sounders MLS soccer team. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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COVID vaccination site in Seattle expected to operate daily

With enough supply, the site at the Lumen Field Event Center could inoculate 22,000 people per day.