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SUNNYSIDE (AP) -- Police say a man who fired a shotgun in the emergency room of Sunnyside Community Hospital hoped to provoke an officer into "suicide by cop."

The shotgun blast Saturday didn't hit anyone, but an officer working as a security guard suffered a cut on his head in the fight to disarm the man

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TENINO (AP) -- The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries has fined a fireworks plant $1,200 for safety violations after investigating a fatal explosion this past June.

Entertainment Fireworks produces professional fireworks shows around the region. A

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OLYMPIA (AP) -- People and businesses in Washington state recycled less in 2013 than the year before.

The Washington Department of Ecology says the state's recycling rate fell to 49 percent last year, down from just above 50 percent in 2012

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TACOMA (AP) — The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office says it has confirmed the identity of a snowshoer killed in a severe storm on Mount Rainier over the weekend.

The man was identified Tuesday as 37-year-old Louis Landry of Puyallup

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SEATTLE (AP) -- Forecasters say Arctic air moving into the Northwest will push temperatures below normal in many areas into New Year's Day, and the Yakima Valley will not be spared.

But the National Weather Service says the air is dry, and clear skies should keep significant snow away from Washington and Oregon until possibly next weekend

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SEATTLE (AP) — Sound Transit did not run Sounder train service Sunday for Seahawks fans because of the weather forecast calling for heavy rains.

Their precaution turned out to be warranted after another mudslide fell Sunday morning on the tracks about a mile south of Mukilteo

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Marshawn Lynch scored on a 9-yard run with 12:07 remaining, Bruce Irvin returned an interception 49 yards for a touchdown and the Seahawks wrapped up home-field advantage through the NFC playoffs with a 20-6 win over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday.

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Farmers already scrambling to find workers in California fear a greater labor shortage under President Barack Obama's executive action to protect some 5 million people from deportation.

Manuel Cunha of the Fresno-based Nisei Farmers League said that 50,000 California farmworkers may leave seasonal field jobs for year-around work building homes, cooking in restaurants and cleaning hotel rooms

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More than 150 property owners are preparing to sue the state of Washington over wildfire damage claims that have been denied by the state Department of Natural Resources.

Brewster attorney Alex Thomason told the Capital P

A soldier assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord fired several shots into the air from a parking lot early Sunday.

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