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Shoreline candidate leaves King’s Schools over LGBTQ stance
Several teachers and students also departed in protest of what they consider an anti-gay position.
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Vape death leads Oregon to ask pot shops to review products
Store owners are asked to voluntarily review pot products on their shelves and pull any they feel might…
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US wants $100,000-plus from immigrant who sued over forgery
The Seattle man won, but wasn’t able to hold the government liable for its lawyer’s faked document.
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Proposal would buy one-way bus tickets for Seattle’s homeless
San Francisco, New York, and West Palm Beach, Florida, all have such programs.
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Starbucks clashes with small Alaska company over trademark
The apparel company last year applied to trademark the term “Siren’s Brew” for its products.
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Teachers quit over anti-gay policy at Christian high school
Several left King’s in Shoreline after administrators reaffirmed a doctrine of heterosexual-only marriage.
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Report: No sign of sexist, racist comments by Democrats
The inquiry was launched after a Democratic senator reported “hate, sexism, racism and misogyny.”
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Broken Columbia River barge lock means commerce chokehold
Closure comes at the peak of wheat harvest and could be devastating for farmers.
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Todd Palin files for divorce from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
Cites an “incompatibility of temperament between the parties.”
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Police fatally shoot armed man during traffic stop in Tacoma
The dead man had multiple warrants out for his arrest at the time of the shooting, police say.
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Suspects sought in attacks on Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Halls
Six fires have been set since March 2018, and a Kingdom Hall in Yelm was allegedly shot at…
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That Saturday night storm was definitely a bolt from the blue
The electrifying thunderstorms were highly unusual — and not likely to repeat any time soon.
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Everett woman linked to possible hit man in attorney’s killing
She’s accused of lying about the 2001 death of Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Wales in Seattle.
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Ex-Starbucks CEO Schultz rules out independent 2020 bid
He faced resistance from Democratic activists who feared it would give Trump a path to reelection.
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Federal judge: Oregon pot racketeering lawsuit can proceed
Vineyards and other agricultural businesses have fought the presence of cannabis farms in their back yards.
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Small plane crash kills two as fly-in set to start in Oregon
One of the people killed was Ben Davidson, chief pilot for a museum of antique planes and cars.
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Pentagon takes $89M from Naval Base Kitsap for border wall
The Bangor cut is one of 127 military construction projects that will lose funding.
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Scientists monitoring new marine heat wave off West Coast
The expanse of warm water from Alaska to California could disrupt salmon, whales and sea lions.
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Jury to decide compensation for injured in 2017 Amtrak crash
The train was on a new route from Tacoma to Portland when it plunged onto I-5, killing three…
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Oregon death is 2nd linked to vaping, 1st tied to pot shop
Officials have not determined what sickened the middle-aged adult.