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• Friday TV Picks: ‘Dateline’ talks to Cosby accuser Andrea Constand

  29-05-2018 23:59
  Celebrity “Undercover Boss” tries to find the best football coaches; season finale of “The Tesla Files.”
  
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• SUV driver arraigned in Portland crash that injured 3 pedestrians

  29-05-2018 23:16
  The crash happened Friday morning at Portland State University. Investigators arrested driver Greg Porter hours later. The three injured pedestrians are still in the hospital.
  
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• 2nd powered test flight for Virgin Galactic spaceship

  29-05-2018 22:05
  MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Virgin Galactic has conducted the second rocket-powered test flight of its tourism spaceship in the skies over California. The company says VSS Unity fired its rocket motor for 31 seconds and climbed to an altitude of 114,500 feet (34,899 meters) on Tuesday, then glided to a landing at Mojave Air and […]
  
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• Study estimates higher death toll in Puerto Rico post-Maria

  29-05-2018 21:55
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A new study contends that many more deaths than normal occurred in Puerto Rico in the three months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, mostly because of problems getting medicines or medical care. Researchers surveyed a small sample of neighborhoods and from that estimated that up to 4,600 more […]
  
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• Woman killed in Rogue River rafting accident

  29-05-2018 21:32
  GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a rafter died in a Memorial Day accident on the Rogue River near Grants Pass. KDRV reports dispatchers were alerted late in the afternoon that a woman had become trapped in the branches of a fallen tree. The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office identified the woman as 47-year-old Sharlene […]
  
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• Lander Street Bridge construction starts, shuts down Sodo-area road until 2020

  29-05-2018 21:23
  Drivers in the Sodo area will have to detour around South Lander Street until early 2020, after construction began Tuesday for the long-delayed overpass above freight and passenger rail tracks. Limited access to local businesses, along with a walking and bicycling passage, will be maintained, according to the Seattle Department of Transportation. The planned four-lane bridge […]
  
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• Student stabbed at Fife school; suspect in custody

  29-05-2018 21:17
  The stabbing happened at Columbia Junior High School.
  
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• Small hotspot found in area of Columbia Gorge fire

  29-05-2018 21:14
  HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) — Firefighters are trying to suppress a flare-up from last summer’s wildfire in the scenic Columbia River Gorge. U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Rachel Pawlitz says a glow from the small hotspot was reported Tuesday about a half-mile east of the Herman Creek Trailhead. It was found smoldering in heavy downed timber. […]
  
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• King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg says he’s now a Democrat

  29-05-2018 21:01
  Satterberg acknowledged the change was prompted in part by facing his first-ever reelection challenge this year, from longtime public defender Daron Morris.
  
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• Snowy plovers at Oregon’s Clatsop Spit for first time in decades

  29-05-2018 19:06
  ASTORIA, Ore. — Snowy plover nests have been spotted at Clatsop Spit for the first time in decades. The Daily Astorian reports that the sighting of the nests comes three years after Fort Steven State Park designated a half-mile portion of the beach as a special management area for the bird species. The sighting is […]
  
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• Snowy plovers at Clatsop Spit for first time in decades

  29-05-2018 19:06
  ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — Snowy plover nests have been spotted at Clatsop Spit for the first time in decades. The Daily Astorian reports that the sighting of the nests comes three years after Fort Steven State Park designated a half-mile portion of the beach as a special management area for the bird species. The sighting […]
  
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• Daughters say Portland man was stabbed 17 times

  29-05-2018 19:03
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Daughters of a Portland stabbing victim say their father was attacked after telling a homeless man not to camp in the neighborhood. Shawna Lebechuck and Kayla McNeel say their father, Kasey Lebechuck, was stabbed 17 times Sunday night. McNeel says her father was stabbed in the lungs, stomach, back, mouth, eye […]
  
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• Suspected arson closes Lake Stevens Boys and Girls Club indefinitely

  29-05-2018 16:05
  Officials say there is smoke and water damage throughout the club, including the newly renovated gym floor.
  
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• Canada to buy major pipeline to ensure it gets built

  29-05-2018 15:16
  TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s federal government said Tuesday it is buying a controversial pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific Coast to ensure it gets built. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government plans to spend $4.5 billion Canadian (US$3.4 billion) to purchase Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline. The pipeline expansion would triple the capacity […]
  
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• Pompeii: New find shows man crushed trying to flee eruption in 79 A.D.

  29-05-2018 15:12
  The archaeological site's general director, Massimo Osanna, called it "an exceptional find" that contributes to a better "picture of the history and civilization of the age."
  
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• Pompeii: New find shows man crushed trying to flee eruption

  29-05-2018 15:12
  MILAN (AP) — Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site have announced a dramatic new discovery, the skeleton of a man crushed by an enormous stone while trying to flee the explosion of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Pompeii officials on Tuesday released a photograph showing the skeleton protruding from beneath a large block of stone […]
  
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• Washington’s 8th District race: Lawyer accuses doctor foe of not treating many poor kids

  29-05-2018 15:00
  Attorney Jason Rittereiser’s accusations over his opponent’s medical practice come as Kim Schrier is viewed by some as the Democratic front-runner in the 8th Congressional race, generating national media attention and an early endorsement from EMILY’s List.
  
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• Single-family home rents leveling off — and that could be good for buyers, too

  29-05-2018 15:00
  Single-family home rents are barely budging after years of steep increases, and those declining returns could persuade some landlords to sell their houses, adding much-needed inventory to the home-buying market.
  
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• Seattle-area rents for single-family homes stop their sharp climb, with potential ripple effects

  29-05-2018 15:00
  Single-family home rents are barely budging after years of steep increases, and those declining returns could persuade some landlords to sell their houses, adding much-needed inventory to the home-buying market.
  
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• ‘Nature can do most of the work for you’: Once-flooded Elwha land becomes forest

  29-05-2018 15:00
  Now the site of the largest dam-removal project in the world, the Elwha is also home to a first-of-its-kind revegetation program. Mature trees will take 100 years to grow, but the National Park Service is already seeing a strong start.
  
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• Elwha revegetation effort plants forest on once-flooded land

  29-05-2018 15:00
  Now the site of the largest dam-removal project in the world, the Elwha is also home to a first-of-its-kind revegetation program. Mature trees will take 100 years to grow, but the National Park Service is already seeing a strong start.
  
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• App-based startup connects Seattle-area commuters with unused parking spaces

  29-05-2018 15:00
  GarageHop is one of several businesses trying to make better use of empty parking spaces in residential buildings. As many as 40 percent of parking spaces in multifamily buildings in King County may be going unused, according to a 2015 study.
  
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• This Washington school district aims to close its learning gaps early — and at night

  29-05-2018 14:00
  With traditional preschool classes filled to capacity, Vancouver Public Schools in southwest Washington offered an evening option for families. Demand for the program has since grown to nine campuses in three years.
  
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• 3 climbers rescued after 300-foot fall on Mount Hood

  29-05-2018 10:57
  MOUNT HOOD, Ore. (AP) — Three climbers who fell about 300 feet (90 meters) on Oregon’s Mount Hood have been rescued. Portland Mountain Rescue says it keeps rescue teams ready on the mountain for emergencies and went to the mountain’s Hogsback area at around 10,750 feet (3,275 meters) elevation on Monday morning. The three climbers […]
  
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• Man shot in leg at Seattle tent encampment

  29-05-2018 04:24
  Seattle police found a gun in the victim’s tent and one in the alleged shooter’s car.
  
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• Daughters of man killed by Pasco police to split $500K in settlement

  29-05-2018 04:22
  Antonio Zambrano-Montes, 35, an orchard worker, died Feb. 10, 2015, after being shot at 17 times by officers responding to reports of a man throwing rocks at traffic. The officers were not charged.
  
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• Swimmer feared dead after jump into Eagle Falls, a swimming hole on Skykomish River’s South Fork

  29-05-2018 03:52
  Northwest rivers are running high and cold with spring snowmelt.
  
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• Lakewood moves to stop release of some Western State Hospital psychiatric patients within its borders

  29-05-2018 03:17
  As Washington looks for more places to discharge patients, Lakewood OKs a moratorium on business licenses for new adult family homes and a lawsuit to end what it calls the unsafe release of people with histories of violence or sexual offenses into its city.
  
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• Japanese-American veterans remembered in Capitol Hill service

  29-05-2018 01:23
  Wreaths were placed in front of the obelisk with names of the Japanese Americans who died in the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War and Granada.
  
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• Lava flow stops after covering 2 wells at geothermal plant

  29-05-2018 00:40
  HONOLULU (AP) — Lava from the Kilauea volcano oozed over two wells at a geothermal power plant on Hawaii’s Big Island, but county officials say the flow has stopped. Officials say there was no release of any dangerous hydrogen sulfide gas after lava crept over the plugged wells Sunday. Some feared a breach if lava […]
  
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• Hawaii officials order some residents to flee from fast lava

  29-05-2018 00:40
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii County officials are knocking on doors on several streets in the Leilani Estates subdivision alerting residents to flee fast-moving lava from Kilauea (kih-luh-WAY’-uh) volcano. Evacuation orders were issued Monday evening for anyone in the area east of Pomaikai Street to avoid being isolated by the flow. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center […]
  
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