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Prep basketball roundup (Feb. 7): Evergreen earns 3A GSHL’s final playoff berth with victory over Prairie
The Evergreen boys basketball team is playing its best basketball at the right time — just in time for the postseason.  The ...
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Hudson's Bay and Skyview both lead team standings heading into Saturday's baker games
For a second straight year, the 2A/1A girls bowling individual state championship was a battle between 2A Greater St. Helens League teammates. Sanaa Tyler of Hudson’s Bay edged out teammate MJ West ...
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Washington, two other Democratic states sue Trump administration over order to halt funding for gender-affirming care
Three Democratic states sued the Trump administration on Friday over its order to ban federal funding for gender-affirming care for transgender people under 19.
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Idaho House widely passes bill to make firing squad main execution method
The Idaho House on Thursday widely approved a bill to make death by firing squad the main death penalty method in Idaho.
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Young Blazers ride wave of 6 straight wins, defying expectations
The sullen faces that were so common after losses earlier this season have given way to chest-bumps and high fives as the Portland Trail Blazers ride a sustained — and somewhat surprising — winning st ...
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Trump administration tells states including Washington billions in EV charger money is on hold
The Trump administration on Thursday told states it was blocking money for electric vehicle chargers, including $71 million for Washington, one of the latest steps by the White House to halt Biden-era ...
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Senate GOP unveils $340B budget plan with Trump’s deportation and defense funds, as House stalls
As House Republicans missed another deadline Friday to produce a massive budget package of tax cuts and slashed spending, Senate Republicans jumped ahead, unveiling a more tailored $340 b ...
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Alaska Legislature asks Trump to retain Denali’s name instead of change it to Mount McKinley
The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it t ...
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Flu season in the US is the most intense it’s been in at least 15 years
NEW YORK — The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years.
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More active-duty troops will head to U.S.-Mexico border, bringing the total to 3,600
The Pentagon will deploy roughly 1,500 more active duty soldiers to the southern border to support President Donald Trump’s expanding crackdown on immigration, a U.S. official said Friday ...
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Democrats ask for an investigation into DOGE’s access to Treasury’s payment systems
Democratic lawmakers are seeking a Treasury Department investigation of the access that Elon Musk’s team was given to the government’s payment system, citing “threats to the economy and n ...
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Ariel man pardoned over Jan. 6 US Capitol attack
A Cowlitz County man charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on the U.S. Capitol has been pardoned following President Donald Trump’s sweeping clemency for the reported 1,500-plus people charged wit ...