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Washington ban on flavored vape products stands, as CDC says it found link to vaping illness

By Arielle Dreher

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Washington voters favoring I-976 to slash car-tab fees

By Heidi Groover

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State’s voters narrowly rejecting affirmative action referendum

OLYMPIA — With Referendum 88 trailing by a slim margin, Washingtonians appeared like they might, for the second…

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Better food and health care needed at Washington state prisons, new report finds

OLYMPIA — Washington corrections officials should improve health care and food quality in state prisons and provide more…

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EPA proposes eased regulations on coal-ash pollution

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed to make it easier for power companies to…

Visitors photograph Snoqualmie Falls, a 270-foot-high waterfall east of Seattle where tribal leaders announced a deal on Friday to block development of the surrounding land, considered sacred by the tribe. (Richard Read/Los Angeles Times)

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Tribe saves Snoqualmie Falls land, held sacred, from development

SNOQUALMIE — For years, Native Americans who revere a towering waterfall in the misty hills east of Seattle…

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A proposed Trump rule could make it harder for thousands of Washington state kids to access free lunch

By Dahlia Bazzaz

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This is one of the most colorful autumns in years in the Pacific Northwest. Here’s why

By Craig Sailor

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Affirmative-action measure: Are Washingtonians voting on Referendum 88, Initiative 1000, or both?

OLYMPIA — Over the next few days, Washington voters will mark their ballots to approve or reject Referendum…

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Region’s firefighters head to California to battle blazes

By Sara Gentzler

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Nooksack Tribe convinces the state to change this creek’s name because it’s offensive

By Kie Relyea

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Washington marijuana businesses report glass jars, packaging seized by U.S. Customs agents

By Kip Hill

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Wall Street seeks a valuable resource from state’s aging farmers: their water

COLUMBIA COUNTY — Decades ago, John Andrews’ late father went broke farming potatoes. He lost the family farm,…