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By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after the Jan. 6 insurrection, some of the lawmakers who were trapped in the upper House balcony that day are still recovering from lingering trauma. They were the last group to be evacuated, after the rest of their colleagues had been ushered out from

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after the Jan. 6 insurrection, some of the lawmakers who were trapped in the upper House balcony that day are still recovering from lingering trauma. Those lawmakers were the last group to be evacuated, after the rest of their colleagues had been ushered out

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Senate is limiting the number of lawmakers allowed on the chamber floor and prohibiting public access to Senate facilities as part of its COVID-19 protocols for the 60-day legislative session that begins Monday. The move comes days after the House announced plans

GRAHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified Patricia Soto as the woman found dead inside a vehicle trunk in a Graham auto yard in December. The Seattle Times reports the medical examiner’s office has not released a cause or manner of death for the 41-year-old. King County Sheriff’s Office Sgt.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — In one of his first acts as Washington secretary of state, Democrat Steve Hobbs has told his some 300 staff to become vaccinated against COVID-19 by Feb. 25, or face losing their jobs. The Northwest News Network reports under the previous secretary of state, Republican Kim Wyman, her office was the

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell celebrated his inauguration Tuesday, promising to create “one Seattle” through a series of policy goals that prioritize public safety and housing. The Seattle Times reports Harrell held a small, private ceremony at City Hall because of increasing COVID-19 cases. Harrell is a former Seattle City Council president who

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a 30-year-old man who alleged that the image of him nude as a baby on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” is child pornography. Judge Fernando Olguin granted the motion by Nirvana’s attorneys to dismiss the case

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Doctor’s offices and urgent care centers are bracing for impact as they again face high patient demand and more staffers out sick from the the super-contagious omicron variant. The number of new COVID-19 cases across the U.S. reached a new record this week, and some primary

KENT, Wash. (AP) — An assistant police chief in Kent, Washington, has been disciplined for posting a Nazi insignia on his office door and joking about the Holocaust. The Seattle Times reports that Assistant Chief Derek Kammerzell was given two weeks off without pay by Kent Police Chief Rafael Padilla in July after an internal

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The explosive increase in U.S. coronavirus case counts is raising alarm, but some experts believe the focus should instead be on COVID-19 hospital admissions. And those aren’t climbing as fast. Each measurement has its value, health experts say. Keeping an eye on COVID-19 hospital admissions shows the virus

NORTH BEND, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state has received the highest snowfall in 20 years as of Jan. 3. The Washington State Department of Transportation says by Monday afternoon, 236 inches of snowfall was recorded, more than the 229 inches by Jan. 3 that was recorded in 2007 and 212

STEVENS PASS, Wash. (AP) — The winter skiing and snowboarding season at Stevens Pass ski resort east of Everett, Washington, has gotten off to a rough start with the area opening only about half its terrain amid a staffing shortage. The Herald reports customers have reported parking problems and long chairlift lines at the Vail

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — New Year’s Eve celebration turned to tragedy when a man lost his hand after picking up a homemade explosive thrown toward him in Longview, Washington. Longview Capt. John Reeves said Corey Bartlette threw a tennis ball filled with explosives around midnight Sunday in the direction of a 49-year-old transient man. Reeves

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Sound Transit has canceled its north line service between Seattle and Everett through Wednesday because of a landslide that has covered the tracks near milepost 19.6, just north of Edmonds. The transit agency plans to provide special buses that will supplant the rail service for passengers traveling to Edmonds, Mukilteo and

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Ben Mathurin scored 27 points, Christian Koloko added 22 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 9 Arizona returned from an extended break to beat Washington 95-79. The 12-1 Wildcats moved the ball well offensively in their first game in 16 days, shooting 55% and finishing

By The Associated Press Outfielder Cameron Maybin is retiring after 15 major league seasons. The 34-year-old had one hit in 28 at-bats from May 19-29 last season for the New York Mets. He was assigned to Triple-A Syracuse on June 3 and hit .182 with no homers and five RBIs in 44 at-bats for the

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Former New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof has told Oregon’s top election official that his having voted in New York state in 2020 doesn’t disqualify him from being a candidate for governor in Oregon. According to Oregon law, a candidate must have been a resident of

By ANDREW SELSKY and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — With masks stretched across their faces, students and faculty returned to schools across Oregon after the holidays. But there are worries a new wave of COVID-19 will force a return to online learning. The Oregon Department of Education and the Oregon Health Authority

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon reported more than 9,700 new cases of COVID-19 from the holiday weekend on Monday and smashed a previous record for weekly coronavirus cases with an average of about 2,400 new daily cases as the omicron variant took hold. The state also hit a single-day high for new cases on Thursday,

SEATTLE (AP) — Documents show three Republican lawmakers from Washington used taxpayer dollars to attend MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell’s summer election fraud symposium in South Dakota. Public records released to The Seattle Times last week show state Reps. Robert Sutherland, of Granite Falls, Vicki Kraft, of Vancouver, and Brad Klippert, of Kennewick, requested and