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Wild Olympics legislation gets hearing in Senate subcommittee

Controversial Wild Olympics legislation, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in late February, was heard by the…

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Jon Gallie, pygmy rabbit biologist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, enters a rabbit breeding enclosure in April that was destroyed along with all the rabbits in a 2020 wildfire in the Sagebrush Flat Wildlife Area in Douglas County, setting back the breeding program for years.

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Washington heads into wildfire season with a drought and 410 blazes so far on state land

As he makes the rounds on his Okanogan County ranch, Joel Kretz watches for moisture with fire on…

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California offers $100 million to rescue its struggling legal weed industry

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Legislature on Monday approved a $100 million plan to bolster California’s legal marijuana…

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Olympia, Tumwater consider replacing city fire departments with RFA

Presentations have been made, interlocal agreements approved and now the cities of Olympia and Tumwater are putting the…

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Thousands of service members, veterans ineligible for state’s vaccine lottery

Abbie Shull

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Spokane lawmakers think statewide wildlife feeding ban is good idea

Eli Francovich

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Driver, ducks blamed for Columbia Gorge crash

Craig Brown

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City of Forks pays $333,000 to family of man killed by police

Mike Carter

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Job search required again for collecting unemployment

By Paul Roberts

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Is latest setback the end for long-planned resort near Mount Rainier NP?

Debbie Cockrell

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State high court hears arguments in challenge of Inslee veto powers

OLYMPIA — Petty disputes at the statehouse often confine themselves to negotiating rooms or floor speeches, or perhaps…

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The Electron Dam on the White River with Mount Rainier in the backround. The dam has been polluting Puget Sound with rubber and plastic debris from a recent retrofit in which old Astroturf was used as a liner for the project.

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Dam operator fined $501,000 for polluting Puyallup River with artificial turf, crumb rubber

Lynda V. Mapes

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State to halt driver’s license suspension for unpaid tickets, failure to appear

Michelle Baruchman