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Woman takes on cleanup of west Olympia eyesore

15 people were living on the property in old school buses, campers and vehicles.

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Attorney General Bob Ferguson to challenge Trump administration on national monuments

The Hanford Reach is the only Washington monument subject to review as of now.

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Tacoma might sue opioid makers as part of battle against homelessness

The City Council voted Tuesday night to declare a public health emergency.

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Workers begin to fill collapsed radioactive tunnel at Hanford

Radiation levels within the tunnels were lethal within an hour, according to Heart of America NW, a Hanford…

Seattle mayor ends re-election campaign amid allegations of sex abuse

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Seattle mayor ends re-election campaign amid allegations of sex abuse

Murray’s decision comes a month after he was sued for alleged child sexual abuse dating to the 1980s.

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We’re living longer — but just how long varies across Washington, study shows

Grays Harbor had the state’s lowest life expectancy and among the smallest increases in life span over the…

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Lawmakers need to fix schools. So why aren’t they at the Capitol?

The marble halls of the Capitol are eerily empty.

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Hanford workers take cover after cave-in of tunnel with radioactive waste

More than 3,000 workers were initially told to take cover indoors.

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A year’s supply of birth control? Washington lawmakers say insurance should cover it

Women receiving a one-year supply of birth control were 46 percent less likely to have an abortion, a…

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Windows broken, nine arrested in Olympia May Day protest

A fight began between protesters and onlookers, and police stepped in.

FORTERRA PHOTO                                A large section of cross laminated timber is hoisted from a truck to be used as a load bearing wall in one of four new classrooms going in at Greywolf Elementary School in Sequim.

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Cross laminated timber used as new Sequim classroom installation begins

Manufactured wood product will be used in new classrooms in five school districts

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Trump imposing tariffs on some lumber imports from Canada

About one-third of U.S. market comes from Canada

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Researcher: Fukushima Daiichi radiation levels low off West Coast

University of Victoria research