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Whatcom legislator seeks end to Washington’s all-mail voting

Sen. Doug Ericksen wants to bring back in-person voting and make Election Day a holiday.

Horn Rapids Solar, Storage and Training conceptual graphic. (City of Richland)

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Triple-threat solar farm already powering up in Tri-Cities

Utilities by law must use an electricity supply free of greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.

Rodney Cawston, chairmen of the Colville tribe business council, stands at the site of the Enloe Dam on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, in Oroville, Wash. The Colville tribe wants the dam, which blocks fish from reaching the Similkameen River, removed. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times via AP)

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Tribes, utility consider old dam’s removal in NC Washington

Enloe Dam, originally built in 1906 to power mining camps, has not generated electricity since 1958.

Election workers organize ballots at the Multnomah County Elections Division Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Portland, Ore. Oregon is the first state in the nation to institute voting by mail and automatic voter registration (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)

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Oregon elections director fired after he details problems

The ousted official had claimed that verifications to prevent hacking of the system went unheeded.

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2 deputies hurt in Woodinville shooting that killed man

The officers’ wounds are described as serious but not life-threatening. One has been discharged from the hospital.

Dairy cows feed at a feedlot in Sunnyside, Wash., Monday, July 23, 2018. A divided Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, that the state's dairy workers are entitled to overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours a week, a decision expected to apply to the rest of the agriculture industry. For the past 60 years state law, like federal law, has exempted farmworkers from classes of workers who are entitled to overtime pay, but in a 5-4 ruling the court found that unconstitutional. (Jake Parrish/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP)

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Washington Supreme Court: Farmworkers to get overtime pay

Agriculture industry groups warned the ruling will mean vastly increased labor costs.

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2019, file photo, Washington Supreme Court Justice Steven González listens to testimony during a hearing in Olympia, Wash. González has been elected as the next chief justice of the Washington state Supreme Court. He was elected by his colleagues on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, according to a news release sent by the court. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Steven González will be next chief justice of Supreme Court

He will succeed current Chief Justice Debra Stephens, who will continue to serve as a justice.

In this photo taken March 23, 2020, cherry trees bloom next to the Capitol building in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Washington Legislature to mix in-person, virtual work

At least 25 members must be in the chamber in person to vote on changes to Senate rules.

Jamila Thomas

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Inslee announces new chief of staff

Jamila Thomas once held the same position for former Speaker of the House Frank Chopp.

Maia Espinoza (left) and Chris Reykdal

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Incumbent wins Washington state’s superintendent race

Chris Reykdal won another four-year term with 56% of the vote over challenger Maia Espinoza.

FILE - This June 26, 2020 file photo from video provided by the Yes on Measure 110 Campaign shows volunteers delivering boxes containing signed petitions in favor of the measure to the Oregon Secretary of State's office in Salem. The measure said the U.S., possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, LSD and other hard drugs would be decriminalized in Oregon. Election returns show the measure passed on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3. (Yes on Measure 110 Campaign via AP, File)

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Oregon leads the way in decriminalizing hard drugs

Voters passed a measure that decriminalizes possession of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD and more.

Republican Loren Culp, who is challenging Washington Governor Jay Inslee, a Democrat, in the upcoming election, greets a large crowd, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, at a rally near Graham, Wash. A record number of voters in Washington state have already returned their ballots as of Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, and other voters have until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, to drop off or mail their ballots or vote in person. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp loses cop job in Republic

“Not even a letter or thank you. Not a plaque for 10 years of service,” the former police…

Top (L-R): Ron Muzzall, Helen Price Johnson, Greg Gilday, Angie Homola, Kim Wyman. Bottom (L-R): Bill Bruch, Dave Paul, Mark James, April Berg, Gael Tarleton.

Local News

As ballots are counted, three legislative races tighten

Democrats Paul, Homola and Price Johnson saw their leads shrink in a trio of 10th District races.

Jerry Cornfield

Local News

Jerry Cornfield: Likely wins, probable losses, tight races

Our man in Olympia summarizes the early election results in Washington state and Snohomish County.

FILE - In this March 30, 2018, file photo, Kim Schrier, left, a Democrat and the representative for Washington state's 8th District, poses for a photo in Issaquah, Wash., and Jesse Jensen, right, the Republican challenging Schrier for the seat, poses for a photo outside his campaign office Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Pacific, Wash. Jensen is an Army veteran from Bonney Lake who did four combat tours in Afghanistan. Schrier is trying to hold on to her seat after becoming the first Democrat to represent the district since it was founded in the early 1980s. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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Schrier, Herrera Beutler hold early leads in House races

In the 10th District, Strickland had an early lead over state Rep. Beth Doglio, a fellow Democrat.

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Sex-education measure Referendum 90 leading in early returns

If it passes, Washington will be the first state to have voters approve a sex ed requirement.

FILE -In this Dec. 4, 2014 file photo released by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, a wolf from the Snake River Pack passes by a remote camera in eastern Wallowa County, Ore. Scientists tasked with reviewing the government's plans to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. say the proposal has numerous flaws. (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP, File)

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Washington to manage wolves within borders after fed action

Gray wolves in the Lower 48 states are set to be delisted from the federal Endangered Species Act.

Alex Stonehill gets a goodbye from his daughter Helenore, 2, as her brother Malcolm, 4, motions to a friend arriving at the Community Day Center for Children on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in Seattle. As more families make the jump back to group day care this fall in an attempt to restart lives and careers, many parents, pediatricians and care operators are finding that new, pandemic-driven rules offer a much-needed layer of safety but also seem incompatible with the germy reality of childhood. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Families, day cares feel strain of new COVID-19 health rules

Parents are weighing safety concerns that seem incompatible with the germy reality of childhood.

Sven Spichiger, Washington State Department of Agriculture managing entomologist, displays a canister of Asian giant hornets vacuumed from a nest in a tree behind him Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, in Blaine, Wash. Scientists in Washington state discovered the first nest earlier in the week of so-called murder hornets in the United States and worked to wipe it out Saturday morning to protect native honeybees. Workers with the state Agriculture Department spent weeks searching, trapping and using dental floss to tie tracking devices to Asian giant hornets, which can deliver painful stings to people and spit venom but are the biggest threat to honeybees that farmers depend on to pollinate crops. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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The man who had an Asian giant hornet nest near his house

It was a mere 40 feet from his children’s playset and about 50 feet from the kennel for…

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Portland police declare riot after windows smashed

No arrests were made but police said they were investigating the vandalism.