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    Cherry trees fully in bloom at the State Capitol Building in Olympia. Photo by Linda J. Smith
    I-1000 passes state Legislature as advocates hope to...
    By Aaron Kunkler • May 4, 2019 9:30 pm

    The initiative could allow affirmative action to return to Washington state after 20 years.

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    Muckleshoot Indian Tribe to develop luxury hotel at Auburn casino
    Muckleshoot Indian Tribe to develop luxury hotel at...
    By Mark Klaas • May 3, 2019 11:30 am

    Opening in 2021, dynamic resort experience to meet guest demand, the tribe says

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    King County International Airport, also known as Boeing Field. Photo courtesy of kingcounty.gov
    King County airport operators will stop serving ICE...
    By Aaron Kunkler • May 3, 2019 11:00 am

    Three companies at Boeing Field have indicated they will not service deportation flights.

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    Homelessness may be trending down after seven years
    Homelessness may be trending down after seven years
    By Aaron Kunkler • May 3, 2019 11:00 am

    A press release from the annual count showed a reduction in people living without a home.

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    Cherry blossoms bloom in April at the Washington State Capitol. Photo by Emma Epperly, WNPA Olympia News Bureau
    Legislature adjourns on time with new budget, more...
    By Emma Epperly • April 29, 2019 10:00 am

    Total spending is $52.4 billion; includes levy lid lift for school districts and some tax increases.

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    Architectural rendering of a modular congregate shelter. Modular housing is a type of dwelling where the components are manufactured in one location, then assembled at another location. Courtesy of kingcounty.gov.
    Modular housing in King County moves ahead
    By Aaron Kunkler • April 26, 2019 1:30 am

    Small, portable housing units are being explored by the county to address homelessness.

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    Gov. Jay Inslee shakes hands with Dinah Griffey after signing Senate Bill 5649 on April 19. The law revises the statute of limitations for sex crimes. Photo by Emma Epperly, WNPA Olympia News Bureau
    Hits and misses from Legislature’s 2019 session
    By Emma Epperly • April 25, 2019 12:30 pm

    New laws target vaccines, sex crimes and daylight savings; losers include sex ed and dwarf tossing bills.

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    Gov. Jay Inslee speaks to protesting nurses on April 24 at the State Capitol Building in Olympia. Inslee indicated he would sign the bill for meal and rest breaks into law if it passes both chambers. Photo by Emma Epperly, WNPA Olympia News Bureau
    Lawmakers approve ‘nursing bill’ for mandatory meal and...
    By Emma Epperly • April 24, 2019 7:30 pm

    Nurses show up in Olympia to support bill, protest Sen. Walsh’s remarks.

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    Colton Harris-Moore, known as the “Barefoot Bandit,” as seen on a GoFundMe page where he sought to raise $125,000 for flight training. (GoFundMe)
    ‘Barefoot Bandit’ asks judge to shorten his supervised...
    By Noah Haglund • April 24, 2019 1:30 am

    Colton Harris-Moore says travel restrictions are holding back a lucrative public-speaking career.

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    USPS district manager Darrell Stoke, Janie Hendrix and Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) unveil the plaque honorarily naming the Renton Highlands Post Office as the “James Marshall ‘Jimi’ Hendrix Post Office” on Friday, April 19. Photo by Haley Ausbun
    Highlands Post Office honors Jimi Hendrix
    By Haley Ausbun • April 24, 2019 1:30 am

    Postal Service connected Hendrix to family during his Army service.

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    Walkers rest amid the trees at Island Center Forest on Vashon Island, which is part of King County. Many trees around Western Washington are struggling, including Western hemlock on Vashon, likely from drought stress. Photo by Susie Fitzhugh
    King County forests are facing new challenges
    By Aaron Kunkler • April 18, 2019 1:30 pm

    Hot, dry summers are stressing native tree species in Western Washington.

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    Scott Barden stands at the bottom of the massive pit of the landfill’s newly-built eighth section. Work on the new section has been underway for around two years. Aaron Kunkler/staff photo
    Committee proposes amendments to address King County trash...
    By Aaron Kunkler • April 18, 2019 11:30 am

    King County Council to vote on plan.

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    Jim Pitts stands on walkway overlooking filtration chambers at the King County South Treatment Plant in Renton. Aaron Kunkler/staff photo
    Human waste: Unlikely climate change hero?
    By Aaron Kunkler • April 15, 2019 1:30 am

    King County treatment plant joins effort to counteract effects of carbon dioxide.

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    Washington State Capitol Building. Photo by Emma Epperly/WNPA Olympia News Bureau
    Legislation targets rape kit backlog
    By Emma Epperly • April 11, 2019 4:30 pm

    WA has about 10,000 untested kits; new law would reduce testing time to 45 days

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    DNA strikes again: Edmonds man, 77, arrested in 1972 killing
    DNA strikes again: Edmonds man, 77, arrested in...
    By Caleb Hutton • April 11, 2019 1:30 am

    Detectives searched for a Mill Creek killer for 47 years. Genealogy and genetics led to a breakthrough.

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    Mountains to Sound Greenway designated as a National Heritage Area
    Mountains to Sound Greenway designated as a National...
    By Katie Metzger • April 10, 2019 1:30 am

    1.5-million-acre landscape stretches from Ellensburg to Seattle

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    Federal Way resident competes for top 20 spot on ‘American Idol’
    Federal Way resident competes for top 20 spot...
    By Olivia Sullivan • April 9, 2019 11:00 am

    Todd Beamer senior Myra Tran previously won “The X-Factor Vietnam” in 2016.

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    Would rent control work in Washington?
    Would rent control work in Washington?
    By Aaron Kunkler • April 7, 2019 5:30 am

    Oregon’s new law could lay the blueprint for other states

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    Photo by Kayse Angel
    What’s next for the I-405 master plan?
    By Haley Ausbun • April 5, 2019 7:30 am

    New express toll lanes from Renton to Bellevue are coming soon.

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    The 2015 Wolverine Fire in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest near Lake Chelan. Photo courtesy of Washington Department of Natural Resources/Kari Greer
    Western Washington faces elevated wildfire risk in 2019
    By Aaron Kunkler • April 5, 2019 1:30 am

    Humans cause majority of fires in state

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