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• Report: Washington state home to one of the largest cells of notorious white supremacist group

  23-02-2018 23:41
  A white supremacist group linked to multiple homicides has one of its largest chapters in Washington state, according to a report by the investigative-reporting nonprofit ProPublica. The neo-Nazi group, known as Atomwaffen Division, is known for its recruiting of young white men, attracted to a violent ideology that idolizes Adolf Hitler and Charles Manson. The […]
  
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• Within minutes of each other, Washington state Senate and House agree to shield many of their records from the public

  23-02-2018 22:49
  Ever seen legislation in Olympia move this fast? With no debate, the Washington state House and Senate approved a bill Friday that makes some legislative records public starting in July — but shields records that already exist.
  
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• Within minutes of each other, state Senate and House agree to shield many of their records from the public

  23-02-2018 22:49
  Ever seen legislation in Olympia move this fast? With no debate, the Washington state House and Senate approved a bill Friday that makes some legislative records public starting in July — but shields records that already exist.
  
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• Washington state lawmakers make speedy move to shield their records from the public

  23-02-2018 22:49
  Ever seen legislation in Olympia move this fast? With no debate, the Washington state House and Senate approved a bill Friday that makes some legislative records public starting in July — but shields records that already exist.
  
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• Lawsuit: Immigrant beaten for role in hunger strike at Tacoma detention center

  23-02-2018 22:41
  The inmate, Jesus Chavez Flores, is one of more than 120 immigrant detainees who began a hunger strike Feb. 7 to protest the quality of the food they're served and the $1 per day they're paid to perform janitorial, kitchen, laundry or other work at the Northwest Detention Center.
  
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• Lawsuit: Detained immigrant beaten for role in hunger strike

  23-02-2018 22:41
  The inmate, Jesus Chavez Flores, is one of more than 120 immigrant detainees who began a hunger strike Feb. 7 to protest the quality of the food they're served and the $1 per day they're paid to perform janitorial, kitchen, laundry or other work at the Northwest Detention Center.
  
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• Four skyscraper-like cranes pass through Elliott Bay on a ship headed for Tacoma

  23-02-2018 22:31
  The new cranes are the tallest of their kind on the West Coast and are part of a $250 million project at the Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Port of Tacoma.
  
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• Oregon search-and-rescue dog falls 30 feet, survives

  23-02-2018 21:41
  NEWBERG, Ore. — A search and rescue dog with Mountain Wave Search and Rescue fell 30 feet off a cliff while on a hike with her handler and survived. KPTV reports Friday that Opal, a yellow Labrador, has multiple fractures in her paws after falling on a trail above Siletz Bay earlier in the week. […]
  
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• We asked every Washington state lawmaker to comment before Friday’s quick vote to keep their records secret. Most weren’t talking.

  23-02-2018 21:10
  The Seattle Times asked all 147 state lawmakers to weigh in on a new bill that keeps their existing records secret. Only a handful responded with comments on Senate Bill 6617 as the measure headed for votes in the Legislature on Friday after just being announced Wednesday.
  
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• We asked every Washington state lawmaker to comment before Friday’s quick vote to keep many records secret. Most weren’t talking.

  23-02-2018 21:10
  The Seattle Times asked all 147 state lawmakers to weigh in on a new bill that keeps their existing records secret. Only a handful responded with comments on Senate Bill 6617 as the measure headed for votes in the Legislature on Friday after just being announced Wednesday.
  
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• We asked every Washington state lawmaker about the upcoming quick vote to their keep records secret. Most aren’t talking.

  23-02-2018 21:10
  The Seattle Times asked all 147 state lawmakers to weigh in on a new bill that keeps their existing records secret. Only a handful responded with comments on Senate Bill 6617, expected to come up for a vote in the Legislature on Friday after just being announced Wednesday.
  
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• Teen arrested after threat to shoot Bend students

  23-02-2018 20:35
  BEND, Ore. — Police arrested a 16-year-old boy who they say made statements on a social medial platform about wanting to shoot students at Bend High School. The Bulletin newspaper reports police learned of the threats Wednesday night and visited the boy’s home that night. Bend police Lt. Clint Burleigh says officers found guns at […]
  
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• 2 youths arrested amid threats to 2 Oregon high schools

  23-02-2018 20:35
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A high school in Oregon was placed on lockdown and a juvenile was arrested Friday after police were alerted to a threat on social media, and another youth remained in custody after allegedly threatening to shoot students at a high school in another part of the state. The cases have emerged […]
  
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• Connecticut students working to organize national walkout

  23-02-2018 20:26
  HARTFORD, Conn.  — A trio of Connecticut high schoolers, led by a 15-year-old student who was inspired to act after the recent Florida school shooting, is working to organize a national school walkout to demand an end to gun violence. The effort began last week with an online petition started by Lane Murdock, a sophomore […]
  
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• Connecticut students organizing national walkout about guns

  23-02-2018 20:26
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — What started with a Connecticut student’s online petition and a meeting at a coffee shop last week has quickly grown into a planned national high school walkout on April 20 to demand action on gun violence following the deadly Florida high school shooting. More than 150,000 people by Friday had signed […]
  
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• CDC seeking $400 million to replace lab for deadliest germs

  23-02-2018 20:18
  NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen years after building a state-of-the-art lab for the world’s most dangerous germs, the nation’s top public health agency is asking for more than $400 million to build a new one. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the current lab building in Atlanta is quickly wearing down, […]
  
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• Group seeks investigation into Zinke’s ties to gun company

  23-02-2018 19:38
  BILLINGS, Mont. — A political watchdog organization says U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke appears to have violated a conflict of interest law by meeting with executives of a Montana firearms company in which he holds stock. The Campaign Legal Center on Friday asked the Interior Department’s Inspector General to investigate Zinke’s actions in relation to […]
  
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• Sound Transit light-rail riders increasing by the millions

  23-02-2018 18:32
  Sound Transit’s light rail carried 4 million more passengers in 2017 than the previous year, boosted by a full year of newly opened stations at University of Washington, Capitol Hill and Angle Lake. Tacoma’s light-rail service and Sound Transit’s commuter-rail and transit services for people with special needs also saw more ridership, contributing to an […]
  
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• Flu cases fall for the first time this awful influenza season

  23-02-2018 18:18
  Flu activity is on the decrease for the first time in this fierce flu season, suggesting that the worst may be over, according to a federal health report released Friday. But the intensity of illness caused by the respiratory virus, the worst since the swine flu pandemic of 2009-2010, continues to take its toll. Another […]
  
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• 3 die in early morning Anchorage house fire

  23-02-2018 17:56
  ANCHORAGE — Three people have died in an early morning house fire that burned an Alaska home. Anchorage television station KTVA reports the fire Friday burned a home in Anchorage’s Fairview neighborhood. Anchorage Fire Department fire marshal Cleo Hill says multiple callers reported the house on fire at about 1:30 a.m. Fire crews arrived to […]
  
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• Oregon girl accused of making false report of school threat

  23-02-2018 17:41
  CORVALLIS, Ore. — A 14-year-old girl who reported a possible threat of violence at an Oregon school has been charged with disorderly conduct and initiating a false report. Lt. Daniel Duncan of the Corvallis Police Department says the student was arrested Thursday afternoon and taken to a juvenile detention center. The Corvallis School District reported […]
  
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• 2 men from Oregon say they plan to run for Kansas office

  23-02-2018 17:31
  TOPEKA, Kan. — The arts editor and theater critic at an Oregon weekly paper say they plan to run for governor and lieutenant governor of Kansas. Editor Bob Keefer and critic Rick Levin of the Eugene Weekly say they mailed a notarized affidavit of candidacy to the state on Feb. 14. If 5,000 Kansas voters […]
  
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• Several Washington state school districts react to shooting threats

  23-02-2018 16:18
  Officials said they were shuttering the schools as a safeguard while police investigated online threats.
  
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• Bremerton High closed Friday while police investigate ‘unverified threat’

  23-02-2018 16:18
  Classes were canceled at Bremerton High School in Kitsap County on Friday after school-district officials learned of “an unverified threat” that needed to be investigated by police. On the school’s website, officials said they are closing school for the day as a safeguard. “Because safety is our top priority, we are evaluating the situation and […]
  
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• At least 3 Washington state school districts react to shooting threats

  23-02-2018 16:18
  Officials said they were shuttering the schools as a safeguard while police investigated online threats.
  
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• Massive container cranes, welded to a ship, will cruise through Puget Sound Friday: here’s how to watch

  23-02-2018 16:12
  Sometime Friday afternoon, a ship will cruise into Commencement Bay carrying unusual cargo — the largest container cranes on the West Coast. The Hong Kong-flagged Zhen Hua 28 will slowly pull in with four huge cranes welded to its frame, bound for the Port of Tacoma’s Husky Terminal. At 295 feet tall, the cranes are […]
  
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• These homeless people take better care of their pets than themselves, and this clinic helps them

  23-02-2018 15:00
  Homeless people with pets are usually criticized and sometimes turned away from shelters. But that’s starting to change.
  
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• Proposals in Olympia would erase gap in aid for state’s low-income college students

  23-02-2018 15:00
  Proposals in the state House and Senate would eradicate a gap in funding for the State Need Grant, the state’s financial-aid program for low-income students, and one proposal would make it an entitlement.
  
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• Podcast: Why should Washington state impose carbon tax after rejecting one in 2016?

  23-02-2018 15:00
  Washington voters soundly rejected Initiative 732 in 2016, which would have made the state the first in the U.S. to create a carbon tax on emissions from refineries, vehicles and power plants. In a strange bit of political infighting, the state’s major environmental, labor and Democratic Party groups largely opposed the initiative. This year, the […]
  
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• Podcast: why should Washington state impose a carbon tax after rejecting one in 2016?

  23-02-2018 15:00
  In 2016, Washington voters soundly rejected Initiative 732, which would have made the state the first in the U.S. to create a carbon tax on emissions from refineries, vehicles and power plants. In a strange bit of political infighting, the state’s major environmental, labor and Democratic Party groups largely opposed the initiative. This year, the […]
  
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• Homeless people sometimes take better care of their pets than themselves; this clinic helps them

  23-02-2018 15:00
  Homeless people with pets are usually criticized and sometimes turned away from shelters. But that’s starting to change.
  
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• State lawmakers advance legislation to encourage schools to make better use of student data

  23-02-2018 14:00
  The Washington state Senate unanimously passed a bill that would encourage schools to identify and support students on the verge of dropping out or who are ready for advanced courses to earn college credit in high school.
  
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• BNSF sent crews into a treacherous Stampede Pass blizzard, union tells WA lawmakers

  23-02-2018 05:15
  “While waiting, we could hear the two crews ahead of us talking about hitting numerous trees and how much snow was coming down,” conductor Mark McGaffey, of Tacoma, testified to the state Senate Labor & Commerce Committee Thursday.
  
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• Class sizes could be issue for union talks in Oregon

  23-02-2018 04:35
  Under a proposal in the Legislature, collective-bargaining negotiations would be required to cover class sizes along with things like pay.
  
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• Boeing, Snohomish County hold key to Future of Flight as aviation center faces turbulent times

  23-02-2018 04:18
  The Future of Flight center at Paine Field in Everett, the starting point for the Boeing jet assembly plant tour and the county’s largest tourist attraction, faces uncertainty as Boeing and the county seek to revamp the visitor experience.
  
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• Seattle City Light requests details after federal immigration authorities seek customer information

  23-02-2018 03:54
  A state law restricts law-enforcement access to City Light’s customer records, the utility said.
  
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• Meteorologists expect up to an inch of snow Friday in Seattle as cold-weather records fall

  23-02-2018 02:31
  The National Weather Service says an inch or less of snow accumulation is possible in Seattle, while the mountains may get between 6 and 12 inches.
  
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• Brace yourself — meteorologists expect more snow across Western Washington Friday

  23-02-2018 02:31
  The National Weather Service says an inch or less of snow accumulation is possible in Seattle Friday, while mountainous areas may get between 6 and 12 inches.
  
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• Teacher dismissed student’s threat of shooting at Seattle’s Garfield High

  23-02-2018 02:25
  Police arrested a Garfield student for investigation of harassment after he allegedly made threats to shoot his classmates.
  
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• Student threat of Garfield High shooting dismissed by teacher

  23-02-2018 02:25
  Police arrested a Garfield student for investigation of harassment after he allegedly made threats to shoot his classmates.
  
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• Suspected car prowler killed by Seattle police identified

  23-02-2018 02:17
  The 41-year-old is originally from Tennessee, but it's unclear when he came to Seattle.
  
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• Cold-weather shelters in King County may close by the weekend: Here’s where to go

  23-02-2018 02:06
  The King County administration buildings at 420 and 500 Fourth Avenue in downtown Seattle will add 50 more beds on Thursday and Friday nights for men 18 years and older.
  
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• Cold-weather shelters in King County likely to close by the weekend — here’s where to go

  23-02-2018 02:06
  You can find updates to the list of cold-weather shelters here and a list of overnight shelters here. For information on other shelters, call 2-1-1.
  
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• Man pleads guilty to throwing Molotov cocktails during 2016 Seattle May Day protest

  23-02-2018 01:09
  A Seattle police officer suffered a burn to his lower right leg after one of the Molotov cocktails ignited when another officer dropped a flash-bang device.
  
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