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State plans for pot-shop license lotteries coming later this month

State plans for pot-shop license lotteries coming later this month

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — The state will hold lotteries this month for its coveted legal marijuana retail licenses. The state Liquor Control Board on… Continue reading

State plans for pot-shop license lotteries coming later this month
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Engineers patch Quinault tribe’s sea wall

The Associated Press TAHOLAH — The Quinault tribe says the Army Corps of Engineers patched the seawall at Taholah with 4,500 tons of rock. The… Continue reading

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Medical investigator Deb Hollis

3rd UPDATE — (with 68 photos) — Quest to ID remains brings mystery after mudslide

By LISA BAUMANN The Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE — A list with photos of known victims of the 300-acre mudslide near Oso — persons confirmed… Continue reading

Medical investigator Deb Hollis
Medal of Honor recipients (from left) Capt. William Swenson

Medal of Honor recipients honored in ceremonies in Olympia

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — The three most recent Medal of Honor recipients from Washington state were recognized Wednesday in a public ceremony at the… Continue reading

Medal of Honor recipients (from left) Capt. William Swenson
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down limits on federal campaign contributions

U.S. Supreme Court strikes down limits on federal campaign contributions

c.2014 New York Times News Service via Peninsula Daily News WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a major campaign finance decision, striking down… Continue reading

U.S. Supreme Court strikes down limits on federal campaign contributions
Firefighters help unload publicly donated equipment to aid the search and rescue operations in the aftermath of the massive mudslide. Seattle Times/Marcus Yam via The Asociated Press

How to help the victims of the Oso mudslide

By Peninsula Daily News news services SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE helping support the Arlington, Oso and Darrington communities. Here's how you can give: • American Red… Continue reading

Firefighters help unload publicly donated equipment to aid the search and rescue operations in the aftermath of the massive mudslide. Seattle Times/Marcus Yam via The Asociated Press
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A search worker Tuesday walks near a camper shell in the debris from the deadly mudslide. The Associated Press

3rd UPDATE — Receding floodwaters at mudslide help with search for victims

By LISA BAUMANN The Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE — A list with photos of known victims of the 300-acre mudslide near Oso — persons confirmed… Continue reading

A search worker Tuesday walks near a camper shell in the debris from the deadly mudslide. The Associated Press
Liquefied natural gas vapors continue to leak Tuesday

2nd UPDATE — Officials seek clues in Columbia River natural gas facility blast that injured 5 workers

By JEFF BARNARD The Associated Press PLYMOUTH, Wash. — State and federal regulators looking for what caused an explosion at a liquefied natural gas facility… Continue reading

Liquefied natural gas vapors continue to leak Tuesday
Firefighters help unload publicly donated equipment to aid the search and rescue operations in the aftermath of the massive mudslide. Seattle Times/Marcus Yam via The Asociated Press

How to help the victims of the Oso mudslide

By Peninsula Daily News news services SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE helping support the Arlington, Oso and Darrington communities. Here's how you can give: • American Red… Continue reading

Firefighters help unload publicly donated equipment to aid the search and rescue operations in the aftermath of the massive mudslide. Seattle Times/Marcus Yam via The Asociated Press
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Firefighters help unload publicly donated equipment to aid the search and rescue operations in the aftermath of the massive mudslide. Seattle Times/Marcus Yam via The Asociated Press

How to help the victims of the Oso mudslide

By Peninsula Daily News news services SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE helping support the Arlington, Oso and Darrington communities. Here's how you can give: • American Red… Continue reading

Firefighters help unload publicly donated equipment to aid the search and rescue operations in the aftermath of the massive mudslide. Seattle Times/Marcus Yam via The Asociated Press
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from the Port Angeles air station

2nd UPDATE — More mudslide victims found as state seeks financial aid

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and LISA BAUMANN The Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE — A list with photos of known victims of the 300-acre mudslide near… Continue reading

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from the Port Angeles air station
A line of emergency vehicles line a roadway in sight of the Williams Northwest Pipeline plant in the distance. Tri-City Herald via The Associated Press

1st UPDATE — 4 hurt, 200 evacuated by in natural gas blast at plant on Washington-Oregon border

PLYMOUTH — A large explosion and fire today at natural gas processing plant near the Washington-Oregon border injured four workers and led to the evacuation… Continue reading

A line of emergency vehicles line a roadway in sight of the Williams Northwest Pipeline plant in the distance. Tri-City Herald via The Associated Press
A horse stands in the rodeo area of the Darrington Fairgrounds in Darrington. Horses displaced by the massive mudslide are being cared for by volunteers at the fairgrounds. The Associated Press

Beloved pets also lost, displaced, by Oso mudslide

By MAUEL VALDES The Associated Press DARRINGTON — After a rescue worker called her animal clinic saying dogs had been extracted from the destruction left… Continue reading

A horse stands in the rodeo area of the Darrington Fairgrounds in Darrington. Horses displaced by the massive mudslide are being cared for by volunteers at the fairgrounds. The Associated Press
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Taken before the mudslide

Baby rescued from the Oso mudslide is recovering

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — The 5-month-old baby rescued from the Oso landslide is listed in serious condition and improving at Harborview Medical Center… Continue reading

Taken before the mudslide
Rescue workers remove the body of a victim of the Oso mudslide from a wrecked home. The Associated Press

Could this have happened to you? There’s no national system that tracks the risk of landslides

By GOSIA WOZNIACKA, Associated Press PHUONG LE, Associated Press DARRINGTON — People living in the path of the deadly landslide in rural Snohomish County had… Continue reading

Rescue workers remove the body of a victim of the Oso mudslide from a wrecked home. The Associated Press
Clockwise from top left: Summer Raffo

Found in the mud: Precious links to loved ones lost in the Oso landslide

By JACK HEALY, KIRK JOHNSON and IAN LOVETT c. 2014 New York Times News Service DARRINGTON — Gently, Dayn Brunner reached into the mangled car… Continue reading

Clockwise from top left: Summer Raffo
A member of the congregation at Glad Tidings Assembly of God church in Darrington raises her hand as she sings during Sunday morning church services. Much of the music and speaking was devoted to reaction to the deadly mudslide that hit the nearby community of Oso. The Associated Press

3rd UPDATE — Death toll in Oso mudslide rises to 21; overworked search dogs take break from recovery work

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and LISA BAUMANN The Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE — A list with photos of known victims of the mile-wide mudslide near… Continue reading

A member of the congregation at Glad Tidings Assembly of God church in Darrington raises her hand as she sings during Sunday morning church services. Much of the music and speaking was devoted to reaction to the deadly mudslide that hit the nearby community of Oso. The Associated Press