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With a virtual 2021 session, a phone call or email will be your primary means of reaching them.

Initiative promoter Tim Eyman talks to reporters, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in front of the Temple of Justice at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously struck down Eyman's Initiative 976, a measure that would have steeply discounted the price of car registrations at $30 while gutting transportation budgets across Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Eyman’s legal battle with state is nearing an end

Closing arguments got under way Thursday in trial to decide if Eyman broke campaign finance laws

Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. (House Television via AP)

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Delegation Dems call for Trump’s ouster under 25th Amendment

Murray, Jayapal, Larsen and DelBene want the president removed to prevent him from inciting more harm.

Protesters square off with law enforcement officers on the front porch of the Governor's Mansion after a group of people got through a perimeter fence, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., following a protest against the counting of electoral votes in Washington, DC, affirming President-elect Joe Biden's victory. The area was eventually cleared by police. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Amid riot fears, state lawmakers plan in-person session

Leaders from both sides said the state constitution requires it and that they wouldn’t be intimidated.

U.S. Capitol Police with guns drawn watch as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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‘Stop this now’: Congressional delegation takes cover in D.C.

Members from Washington tweeted from inside the Capitol after pro-Trump demonstrators invaded.

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Jail escapee note cites fear of COVID-19 as reason for escape

Police are searching for a Rock Island man and a Bellingham man who fled the Okanogan County Jail.

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Man who threatened to bomb Spokane office faces prison

The charge carries a minimum prison sentence of 5 years, and could be punishable by up to 20…

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State health officials lay out next steps for vaccines

Vaccination efforts have moved more slowly than officials would like, with the logistics complicating rollout.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks at a news conference, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Inslee said some COVID-19 restrictions in Washington will be eased beginning next week and the state will change its reopening plan to move from a county-based oversight system to one focused on regions. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Inslee’s new path for reopening economy could be long, bumpy

Snohomish County’s fate is linked to King and Pierce counties. Regions can move forward — and backward.

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Inslee announces new COVID-19 reopening plan for Washington

Some restrictions will be eased beginning as soon as next week, the governor said.

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Longview restaurant hit with fine for COVID-19 violations

Stuffy’s II received official notice Monday of a temporary restraining order and $126,000 fine.

This Jan. 23, 2020, photo shows the National Archives on Sand Point, Wash., that has about a million boxes of generally unique, original source documents and public records. More than two dozen Native American tribes and cultural groups from the Northwest and Alaska are suing the federal government to stop the sale of the National Archives building in Seattle, a plan that would force the relocation of millions of invaluable historical records to California and Missouri. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP)

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Washington, Oregon, 29 tribes sue over plan to move archives

The Seattle-based trove contains documents dating to the 1840s and is used all the time for research.

FILE - In this July 11, 2018, file photo, rancher Dwight Hammond Jr., left, is embraced by his wife, Susie Hammond, after arriving by private jet at the Burns Municipal Airport in Burns, Ore. Hammond and his son Steven, convicted of intentionally setting fires on public land in Oregon, were pardoned by President Donald Trump. The federal government has proposed awarding grazing allotments to the Hammonds, whose case sparked the takeover of a federal wildlife refuge by right-wing extremists in 2016. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP, File)

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Ranchers whose case sparked standoff may get grazing rights

The proposal in favor of the Oregon ranchers has angered environmental groups.

FILE - In this July 31, 2015 file photo, an orca leaps out of the water near a whale watching boat in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Wash. Habitat protections for an endangered population of orcas would be greatly expanded under a proposal to be advanced by NOAA Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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New whale-watching restrictions enacted for resident orcas

New rules were several years in the making and created the state’s first licensing system for the industry.

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Winds and heavy rain could lead to landslides, flooding

Harsh weather conditions are predicted this weekend. Travel over the passes could be challenging.

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145 employees at Costco near Yakima positive for COVID-19

The store remains open. More positive test results are expected.

FILE - In this May 8, 2020, file photo, respiratory therapist Neeru Kaur, right, and other medical staff work on a patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at Harborview Medical Center, which is part of Seattle-area health care system UW Medicine, in Seattle. The COVID-19 pandemic was Washington state's top story for 2020. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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Pandemic, protests and ‘murder hornets’ top state stories

The coronavirus outbreak was voted Washington’s top news story of 2020 by the Associated Press staff.

LaRae Munns, left, a nurse in the Emergency Department at Madigan Army Medical Center, receives one of the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 from nurse Goldie Martin, right, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, south of Seattle. Vaccinations are scheduled to continue in the coming weeks for front-line medical workers and and others in high-priority positions at the base. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Only a fraction of vaccine has been used in Washington

Health officials estimate that about 500,000 people qualify for vaccination in the top priority group.

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2020 file photo, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. State lawmakers across the country will be convening in 2021 with the continuing COVID-19 pandemic rippling through much of their work — and even affecting the way they work. After 10 months of emergency orders and restrictions from governors and local executive officials, some state lawmakers are eager to reassert their power over statewide decisions shaping the way people shop, work, worship and attend school (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Gov. Inslee extends ban on indoor dining, other restrictions

An updated reopening plan for stores, restaurants and gatherings will be released next week.

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Washington state vaccinates high-risk inmates, prison staff

At the Monroe Correctional Complex, the state DOC reported 79 inmates tested positive for COVID-19.