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WSDOT wants public input for SR 164 improvements

This is your chance to tell the state how they can make improvements to a risky corridor.

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WSDOT wants public input for SR 164 improvements

This is your chance to tell the state how they can make improvements to a risky corridor.

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Cause of death ruled in officer-involved SeaTac shooting

The death of a man in the officer-involved shooting in SeaTac has been ruled a suicide by the…

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Kent man, 21, pleads guilty to plot to fight for ISIS

A 21-year-old Kent man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

A cleaver is a type of narrow ridge that splits the flow of a glacier (like a knife cleaver cutting through food). The Disappointment Cleaver divides the Ingraham Glacier and the Emmons Glacier. There are several other cleavers dividing the glaciers of Mount Rainier. NPS climbing ranger photo of a climber approaching Ingraham Flats (notice the tents set up on the glacier) with Disappointment Cleaver in the background, 8/9/25. Photo courtesy National Park Service

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One dead, three injured in Mount Rainier rockfall

The identity of the climber has not been released by the medical examiners office.

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Got junk? Enumclaw plans electronic recycling, extra garbage pick up events

Skip the dump and let your city take care of your trash.

A photograph of school buses used by the Olympia School District taken on Feb.18, 2026. (Moe Clark/InvestigateWest)

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WA schools chief eyes changes to sexual misconduct response

Washington’s K-12 education oversight agency is proposing a series of policy changes to improve the state’s handling of…

Cobber’s Pet Pantry employees Jeanne Roske, Vicki Dodge, and owner Tamie Waugh. Photo by Ray Miller-Still

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Enumclaw pet store named 2026 “America’s Coolest”

Nine stores across the country received the honor from PETS+. Only one comes from the Pacific Northwest.

Renton School District Superintendent Damien Pattenaude ranks as the highest paid in the state with a total salary of $477.693. Courtesy of Renton School District.

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Report reveals state’s highest paid school superintendents

Four of the top 11 highest paid superintendents in Washington are in South King County school districts.

A sign and fence at the Green Hill School for juvenile offenders, in Chehalis, Washington. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)

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Audit paints troubling picture of WA’s overcrowded youth prison system

The new report found steep turnover from staff who feel unprepared and myriad other issues amid a yearslong…

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An unconscious man who was pulled from the Green River Gorge near Frankling was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders.

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Man drowns in Green River Gorge

Bodies of water on the Plateau can be dangerously cold, even when it’s hot out, and hazards easily…

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SR 165 culvert repair in Burnett completed early | WSDOT

Work was expected to wrap up by the end of July.

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Violent sex offender released by state, moves to Enumclaw

Robert Lough was unconditionally released from McNeil island, despite report a that said “[i]t would not be surprising”…