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A woman gathers flowers at Snofalls Lavender Farm outside Fall City on July 18, 2020. Aaron Kunkler/staff photo

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Finding farmland in King County is a perpetual struggle

An acre of farmland in King Co. averaged more than $35,000 in 2017. It was $19,332 in Snohomish…

Former Washington state Auditor Troy Kelley, right, arrives at the federal courthouse in Tacoma, Wash., with his wife Diane, left, Friday, June 29, 2018, for a sentencing hearing following his conviction in 2017 on several charges related to when he ran a real-estate escrow services business during the height of last decade's housing boom. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Ex-Washington state auditor exhausts appeals, faces prison

Troy Kelley was convicted for possession of stolen property, tax fraud and making false statements.

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Emergency rule bans credit scoring in Washington for 3 years

The insurance commissioner said the way insurance rates are factored is unfair.

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 Monday, March 22, 2021, at a news conference at Renton City Hall in Renton, Wash., south of Seattle. Nasu joined Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and other leaders Monday to denounce recent acts of violence and harassment targeted at Asians and Asian communities. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Inslee decries ‘horrendous surge’ of violence against Asians

The governor was joined Monday by leaders in Renton, where he criticized former President Donald Trump.

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U.S. House passes Yakima Rep’s immigrant farmworker measure

The bill benefits guest workers, farm owners and those who have worked in the U.S for 10 years…

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First federal vaccination site in Washington to be in Yakima

1,200 daily doses are expected to be administered over a six-week period starting on March 31.

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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.