Emily Fitzgerald/Washington State Standard
Stories
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As Washington's wildfire season winds down, state officials take stock
With fall weather dampening wildland fire conditions in Washington, officials are beginning to reflect on the fire season.
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Gun deaths among high schoolers on the rise, WSU study finds
Firearm-related deaths are up dramatically among middle- and high school-aged youth, according to a new study led by Washington State University researchers.
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Lawmakers revisit WA’s plastic bag restrictions
Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any thicker for at least another two years as lawmakers fine-tune the state’s single-use plastic bag restrictions.
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Washington Discover Pass price going up $15 on Oct. 1
The price to visit state parks in Washington will rise on Oct. 1, with a $15 hike to the annual cost of a Discover Pass.
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WA woman found guilty of trafficking black bear parts
A Skagit County restaurant owner recently pleaded guilty to illegally buying black bear parts from an undercover Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officer during an investigation in late 2021.
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Washington’s K-12 standardized test scores still below pre-pandemic levels
Standardized test scores for Washington public school students improved slightly this year, according to data the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction released Wednesday.
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Homelessness still rising in Washington, state data shows
Homelessness is still on the rise in Washington, but data collected by the state Department of Commerce shows that the growth rate across much of the state slowed last year.
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Parts of rural WA pinched by lapse in federal payments to offset lost logging revenue
Washington’s rural counties and school districts are preparing to start the school year without millions of dollars from a program meant to offset reduced revenue from logging on federal lands.
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Another $122M from opioid settlements now available to Washington
More than 100 local governments in Washington are now eligible to claim their share of $122.2 million in settlements with Purdue Pharma and eight generic opioid manufacturers, the Washington state attorney general’s office said Monday.
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Plans to shoot thousands of barred owls in doubt after feds cancel grants
A controversial plan to kill up to half a million invasive barred owls to protect endangered spotted owls is in jeopardy after the Trump administration terminated three critical grants funding the program.