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Runner-up in statewide pageant takes on sexual assault

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Runner-up in statewide pageant takes on sexual assault

Chloe Furnstahl will be partnering with the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center to continue talking about her…

The public files into the City Council Chambers to voice their opinions prior to the vote to repeal the head tax. Photo by Melissa Hellmann

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Head tax repealed By Seattle City Council

After pressure from big businesses, city leaders cave on their plan to fund homeless services.

Neah Bay seeing rise in green crab catches

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Neah Bay seeing rise in green crab catches

Neah Bay European green crab total nearly 10 times more than Dungeness

Charles Pillon sits inside one of the several buses on Iron Mountain. Photo by Caean Couto

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The likely last days of Iron Mountain

After battling King County government for decades, Charles Pillon may have finally lost the fight over his illegal…

Competitors gear up for Race to Alaska

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Competitors gear up for Race to Alaska

The race, now in its fourth year, features competitors from the U.S., Australia, British Columbia, and France.

The Neighborhood Action Coalition and Transit Riders Union projected its support of the head tax on May 10, 2018. Photo by Jennifer Durham/Flickr

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Seattle City Council plans to repeal head tax

Less than a month after passing the controversial measure to fund homeless services, the councilmembers appear to have…

Titus Will of Snohomish received a bill from The Everett Clinic for $1.36 million for a visit to a walk-in clinic. Other Everett Clinic patients also received bills with miscalculated balances that were corrected. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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$1.36 million for a doctor’s visit to the Everett Clinic?

Some patients got sticker shock when they opened their May bills. Another was for $3.6 million.

County prosecutor says police shooting of sailboat gunman justified

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County prosecutor says police shooting of sailboat gunman justified

Robert D. Yeiser died after a four-hour standoff in Eagle Harbor last July.

Clinton resident and picker John Norris poses for a photo with some of the items he found last year in a purchased storage unit. Inside the white sack are the remains of the skull. Photo by Justin Burnett

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Storage unit skull deemed Native American

“Everywhere I go everyone asks me about the skull.”

Five deaths in Brinnon cabin explosion, fire shock Peninsula

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Five deaths in Brinnon cabin explosion, fire shock Peninsula

The family regularly vacationed at the 250-square-foot cabin.

This photo was taken by a drone from the east side of the Armory Building, which caught on fire Saturday morning. Several fire trucks can be seen attacking the fire from different angles. Courtesy of Eric Timmons

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Raging fire guts Armory building in Aberdeen

The building housed much of the city’s history.

Dockless in Seattle

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Dockless in Seattle

In the year since a new kind of bikeshare was launched in Seattle, the bikes have been found…

Everett’s free gun locks are aimed at weapon thefts

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Everett’s free gun locks are aimed at weapon thefts

More than 100 were reported stolen last year. The locks are part of an anti-gang-violence initiative.

Bikini baristas’ lawyer seeks to bow out of Everett lawsuit

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Bikini baristas’ lawyer seeks to bow out of Everett lawsuit

Derek Newman says his clients aren’t listening to him or paying their legal bills.

Langley Chief of Police David Marks sat with his girlfriend, Tara Hoflack, during Monday’s city council meeting. Photo by Patricia Guthrie/Whidbey News Group

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Langley police chief faces critics at council meeting

David Marks called a bully, liar and unfit to be top cop.

Video: A gray whale stops by Hat Island to spout off and eat

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Video: A gray whale stops by Hat Island to spout off and eat

The 35-foot mammal came within feet of the beach, giving humans and a couple of dogs quite a…

Everett nurses say staffing so bad, no time for the bathroom

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Everett nurses say staffing so bad, no time for the bathroom

Health-care provider contracts have expired, or will soon. They took to the picket line on Wednesday.

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State money for postage-paid ballots might not be enough

Snohomish County gets $166,000, but if turnout is high this year, it might cost more.

Photo submitted                                Tom Hellinger stands next to a halibut he caught in Puget Sound.

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Whidbey Island man reels in the ‘fish of a lifetime’

The halibut was 79 inches long and was estimated to weigh around 260 pounds

300 roosters confiscated, two men charged with cockfighting operation

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300 roosters confiscated, two men charged with cockfighting operation

The rural South Kitsap residential site has been under lengthy investigation.