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Former Seahawks lineman pleads not guilty to assault

The alleged attack against the woman dislocated her arm among other injuries last month.

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Opponents appeal gravel mine expansion near Anacortes

The permit allows Lake Erie Gravel Pit to expand its operations from 17.7 acres to 53.5 acres.

Northwest

Girl, 16, arrested after other 16-year-old fatally stabbed

The victim was hospitalized in Bremerton before an airlift to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Washington state Auditor Pat McCarthy speaks during an online news conference about a massive data breach which exposed the personal information of 1.6 million state residents. (TVW) 20210201

Northwest

Massive hack: Info of 1.6 million who sought unemployment

It involved third-party software used by the state auditor’s office to transmit files.

Northwest

10 arrested after activists try to occupy Olympia hotel

Advocates for the homeless tried to occupy the Red Lion hotel.

People wait in line for the COVID-19 vaccine in Paterson, N.J., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Some hospitals around the U.S. are facing complaints about favoritism and line-jumping after their board members and donors received COVID-19 vaccinations or offers for the prized inoculations. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Playing favorites? Hospital boards, donors get COVID shots

Hospital board members, trustees and donors around the country got early access to the scarce drug.

Ken Turpin struggles to fit a box of PPE into the front compartment of his RV-8 plane as another pilot taxies to the runway as pilots deliver supplies to Native American tribes in Washington from the Arlington Airport on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 in Arlington, Washington. More than 35,000 pounds of necessities were flown by volunteers to Native American tribes in all corners of Washington. It’s a unique partnership between a tribal support network and about 100 local pilots, delivering resources while also training for an even worse crisis. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Local News

Small planes and generous pilots deliver food and PPE

A partnership at the Arlington airport is taking supplies to tribes while prepping for a big earthquake.

Northwest

UK COVID-19 strain detected in King County

The B117 variant has recenlty been discovered in Snohomish and Pierce counties, too.

A line stretched for several blocks outside UW Medicine – Northwest early Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 after a freezer failure prompted an all-night COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Seattle. Hospitals rushed out COVID-19 vaccines to hundreds of people in the middle of the night after a freezer they were being stored in failed. (Evan Bush /The Seattle Times via AP)

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Seattle hospitals rush out vaccines after freezer failure

Word of the more than 1,300 unexpected doses spread on social media in the middle of the night.

A large photo of slain federal prosecutor Thomas C. Wales is seen between his son Tom Wales, left and daughter Amy Wales as they talk after a ceremony in a courtroom at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle , Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006, held to observe the fifth anniversary of his slaying. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Northwest

DOJ to testify about improper questioning of Everett witness

Shawna Reid reportedly has knowledge about the shooting death of Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Wales.

In this photo taken Jan. 6, 2021 at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., two men stand armed with guns at a protest supporting President Donald Trump and against the counting of electoral votes in Washington, DC, affirming President-elect Joe Biden's victory. The open carry of guns and other weapons would be banned on the Washington state Capitol campus and at or near any public demonstration across Washington under a measure that received a remote public hearing Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 by the Senate Law and Justice Committee. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Senate committee approves open carry ban at Capitol, rallies

The bill would prohibit people from carrying weapons within 250 feet of a permitted demonstration.

Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a hearing to examine her nomination to be Secretary of Energy, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Northwest

Cleaning up Hanford is ‘urgent,’ says energy secretary nominee

Jennifer Granholm committed to requesting larger cleanup budgets than those of the Trump administration.

Brad Finnegan demonstrates the Washington Healthplanfinder website, where consumers will be able to shop for health insurance, following a news conference Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, in Seattle. The new site, which allows consumers to compare and purchase health insurance plans and to see if they are eligible for government subsidies, is Washington state's online answer to the Affordable Care Act, which is available to the public beginning Tuesday. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Northwest

Enrollment in Washington health exchange to reopen

The state is aligning with President Biden’s executive order for a 90-day Healthcare.gov enrollment period.

FILE - In this July 25, 2020, file photo, police pepper spray protesters, near Seattle Central College in Seattle, during a march and protest in support of Black Lives Matter. Washington state lawmakers and activists are setting an ambitious agenda for police reform in the upcoming legislative session. They say they hope to make it easier to decertify officers for misconduct, to bar the use of police dogs to make arrests, and to create an independent statewide agency to investigate police killings. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Northwest

Seattle ordered to pay $82,000 to Black Lives Matter lawyers

The fine covers the costs of pursuing contempt violations against the city’s police department.

Northwest

Lawsuit: State failing foster kids by frequently moving them

The suit accuses a state agency of moving children among placements, including short-term stays in hotels.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee poses for a photo, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. Inslee, a Democrat, is being challenged by Republican Loren Culp, police chief of the small town of Republic, Wash., in the Nov. 3 election. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Local News

With deal, Inslee lifts pause on local highway projects

The governor says he has an agreement with lawmakers to commit to finding money to fix fish-blocking culverts

A waiter from Ivar's Seafood packages up food inside the outdoor dining tent on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 in Mukilteo, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

Restaurant reprieve: State to relax some indoor restrictions

Starting Monday, folks can dine out, bowl and go to movie theaters in much of the Puget Sound…

Northwest

Access to vaccine for Overlake hospital donors draws rebuke

About 110 people who gave more than $10,000 to the medical center were invited make appointments.

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, Nick Brown, then-counsel to Gov. Jay Inslee, takes questions at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell are recommending a pair of firsts for Washington state's two U.S. attorney posts. Nick Brown, the former counsel to Gov. Jay Inslee, would be the first Black U.S. attorney in western Washington, and Vanessa Waldref, a Justice Department environmental lawyer and former prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Spokane, would be the first woman to run the shop there. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Northwest

Pair of firsts: Nominees for Washington’s U.S. attorney posts

Nick Brown is former general counsel to Gov. Jay Inslee. Vanessa Waldref is a federal environmental lawyer.

In this still image taken from video by TVW, Washington state's public affairs network, Washington Sen. Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue, is shown against a virtual background as she speaks, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, during a remote public hearing of the Senate Law & Justice Committee in Olympia, Wash. Kuderer is the sponsor of a measure that would ban the open carry of guns and other weapons on the Washington state Capitol campus and at or near any public demonstration across Washington state. (TVW via AP)

Northwest

Legislators consider open-carry gun ban at demonstrations

Guns would be banned on the state Capitol campus and at or near any public demonstration in Washington.