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AP-Wapato officials say they'll try to do something about a home surrounded by gang violence that has taken three lives in five years.

The latest shooting Sunday killed 19-year-old Abel Velazquez and wounded a 17-year-old and a 26-year-old man

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Average retail gasoline prices in Yakima have risen 7.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.59/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 91 gas outlets in Yakima. This compares with the national average that has increased 1 cent per gallon in the last week to $3

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AP-Two Mexican nationals have been sentenced to federal prison for tending a remote illegal marijuana growing site in the Snoqualmie National Forest.

Fernando Chavez-Lopez was sentenced to five years and Socorro Trujillo-Silva to seven years by U

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ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Representative Dave Reichert has introduced a bill that would designate a stretch of scenic landscape from Seattle to Ellensburg as a National Heritage Area.

The Mountains to Sound Greenway encompasses about 1

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SEATTLE (AP) — The man who packed the parachutes used by infamous skyjacker D.B. Cooper has been identified as the victim of a homicide in Washington state.

The King County Medical Examiner's Office said Tuesday that 71-year-old Earl Cossey died April 23 of blunt force trauma to the head

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BOSTON (AP) — Prominent death penalty lawyer Judy Clarke is joining the team representing the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

The appointment of Clarke, based in San Diego, Calif., was approved Monday by U.S. Magist

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Tim Tebow has been waived by the Jets, the end of an unsuccessful one-season experiment in New York.

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is calling a special session in Olympia so that lawmakers can complete their work on a new two-year budget.

After a 105-day regular legislative session, the Legislature adjourned Sunday evening without coming to an agreement on a new budget

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SEATTLE (AP) - Students heading off to college in Washington state next fall will have to wait awhile to find out how much tuition they'll be paying.

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