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Gyms will need to triple distance for exercising indoors
Starting Aug. 10, gyms in the state will be required to provide about 17 feet of distance.
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Missing Maple Valley woman found alive near Index
She was in stable condition after bloodhounds found her about 1.2 miles south off U.S. 2.
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Murder, arson charges filed against man in Seattle fire
Anchorage man was charged Friday with two counts of murder, arson and three counts of assault.
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Federal investigators release report on Idaho plane crash
The mid-air accident over Lake Coeur d’Alene killed eight people July 5.
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King County moves to make Juneteenth an official paid holliday
A County Council committee voted 5-1 to add Juneteenth to the county’s slate of 10 paid holidays.
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Sex ed, local control at heart of race for state schools chief
Incumbent Chris Reykdal faces five foes who argue he’s pushing too many state policies on school districts.
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State psychiatric hospital has 21 new COVID-19 cases
Both workers and patients at Western State Hospital in Lakewood have tested positive.
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Trapped: A ‘murder hornet’ is captured near Canadian border
The state now plans to search for nests using infrared cameras and to place additional traps.
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Family of Bellevue teen who died at WSU frat house sues
Sam Martinez and another student consumed the bulk of a half-gallon of rum. He died within hours.
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Gov. Inslee slams military testing impact on orcas
The exercises include testing torpedoes, firing projectiles, piloting undersea drones and exploding bombs.
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Judge reaffirms allowing Seattle mayor recall petition
The petitioners accused Jenny Durkan of failing to ban the use of tear gas by police.
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Hundreds become lawyers in Washington without bar exam
An exemption, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, granted diploma privilege to hundreds of law students.
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Seattle mayor says U.S. agents have demobilized, left city
The agents had arrived Thursday after downtown and Capitol Hill businesses were vandalized.
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Whale beached in Ocean Shores died from blunt force trauma
Maybe it’s the one that was reportedly struck by a state ferry in Puget Sound earlier in July.
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Mayors want U.S. agents blocked from Portland and Seattle
A U.S. official said militarized officers will stay in Portland until attacks on a federal courthouse cease.
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Orca who carried her dead calf for 1,000 miles is pregnant
About two-thirds of all southern resident pregnancies are typically lost due to stress from hunger.
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On Portland’s streets: Anger, fear, and a fence that divides
Uncertainty has exploded in a surreal armed conflict that plays out every night.
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Judge rejects legal challenges to Inslee’s emergency orders
The legal challenge contended “the emergency has been contained.”
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Portland protesters breach fence around federal courthouse
Protesters paused outside a downtown hotel, where federal agents are staying, chanting “Feds go home.”
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No feds in view as Seattle protest covers familiar ground
Some in the crowd broke windows and started fires. Police declared the disturbances a riot.