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With fall weather dampening wildland fire conditions in Washington, officials are beginning to reflect on the fire season.
Washington state saw more individual fires than last season, but …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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10/13/25
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Fourteen health insurers have been approved to sell health plans in Washington’s 2026 individual health insurance market, a news release from the Washington State Insurance Commissioner stated.
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/13/25
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Washington Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove defended his decision to pause some timber sales and said he will seek 2026 legislation to diversify revenue from state trust lands, arguing the …
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By Paul W. Taylor / TVW
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10/13/25
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Washington’s innovative paid family and medical leave program could be hundreds of millions of dollars in the red within a few years, unless the Legislature acts.
This could mean reduced …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/13/25
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Washington’s new sales tax on services faces a second lawsuit that could undercut the state’s moves to bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
A Sequim-based security …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/10/25
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A Washington man suspected of breaking into and vandalizing the state Capitol is undergoing a mental health evaluation, an attorney confirmed Friday.
Authorities initially arrested Gunnar …
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By Emily Fitzgerald and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/10/25
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Washington has abandoned its effort to force Catholic priests and other religious leaders to divulge information on child abuse and neglect they learn of in confession.
With a pair of legal …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/10/25
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The Washington State Patrol (WSP) and the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) supported a multistate emphasis patrol in honor of fallen Trooper Christopher Gadd beginning on Friday, Sept. 26, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/10/25
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The Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board and the Puget Sound Partnership have announced more than $60 million in grant funding for over 150 restorative salmon habitat projects across the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/10/25
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Washington mothers and their babies will have access to food benefits through the end of the month, even though the federal government remains shut down, the state’s Department of Health said …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/10/25
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Employment data for Washington state won’t be published until after the federal government reopens, the state Employment Security Department confirmed this week.
The department …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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10/10/25
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Washington state’s public pension system is among the best funded in the nation, but concerns remain that long-term planning decisions could end up costing taxpayers in more ways than one.
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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10/9/25
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The Washington State Office of Financial Management has released cost estimates for the two recently approved Washington Public Employee Association contracts for fiscal year 2026: one for General …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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10/9/25
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Two teenage boys in Florida are being called heroes for their response to a five-second TikTok video last month that may well have averted disaster all the way across the country.
The video, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/9/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson celebrated the state’s award of a $715 million contract for three hybrid electric ferries in July as a milestone in his drive to improve the nation’s largest …
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By Tom Banse and Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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10/9/25
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Firearm-related deaths are up dramatically among middle- and high school-aged youth, according to a new study led by Washington State University researchers.
The researchers found …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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10/9/25
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An unnamed suspect escaped arrest Wednesday, Oct. 8, as he fled north on Interstate 5 — despite pursuit from Chehalis Tribal Police and Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders.
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/9/25
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In early January 2022, police officers in Sequim, a small northwest Washington town on the Olympic Peninsula, responded to a wrecked pickup truck partially submerged in water. A bystander reported …
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By Aspen Ford / InvestigateWest
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10/9/25
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A large solar farm proposed in eastern Washington appears on course to clear a critical regulatory hurdle this month, despite opposition from the Yakama Nation.
After that, it would go for …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/8/25
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Washington voters will soon receive ballots in the mail for the Nov. 4 general election.
The only statewide ballot measure is Senate Joint Resolution 8201 , which proposes a constitutional …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/8/25
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