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Television crews set up in front of the Supreme Court, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. President Donald Trump is expected to announce his choice on a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Monday evening.

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Trump picks Kavanaugh for court, setting up fight with Dems

Trump chooses Kavanaugh for Supreme Court.

Mother confronts EPA Director Scott Pruitt at Washington restaurant

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Scandal-plagued EPA Administrator Pruitt resigns

Scandal-plagued Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has resigned.

Customers dine at the Costco food court in Issaquah. Costco is planning to tweak its food court menu so that it can add some healthier choices. While the Polish dog is expected to go away, the $1.50 hot dog-soda combo will remain.

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Costco food court is dumping the Polish dog, but here's what to expect on the menu

Costco is planning to tweak its food court menu so that it can add some healthier choices. While the Polish dog is expected to go away, the $1.50 hot dog-soda combo will remain.

Seahawks strong safety Kam Chancellor announced his retirement online Sunday, the end to a starring, hard-hitting career forced by his serious neck injury in November.

Seattle Seahawks four-time Pro Bowl safety Kam Chancellor writes his neck injury from November increased to an unacceptable level his risk of paralysis and thus doctors have not cleared him to play again. "P.S. Pray for your boy," Chancellor concluded. But there's a reason he didn't write "retired."

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I know the Annapolis shooter

The distance between Annapolis, Maryland, and Olympia, Washington is 2,778 miles. But with each shotgun blast that ripped through the newsroom of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis Thursday, the distance between the two capital cities shrank, then disappeared. Thursday’s horror marked the 154th mass shooting in the United States this year.

Thurston Conservation District’s board members at Tuesday's meeting. From left: Paul Pickett, Eric Johnson, Linda Powell and Richard Mankamyer.

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Already under scrutiny, Thurston Conservation District board faces allegation by member

Thurston Conservation District faces complaints about its board members, a lawsuit by the board’s chairman, a state investigation and now an allegation of an unlawful meeting by the board’s newest member.

DSHS secretary: 'I know that you are all disappointed'

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Washington's largest psychiatric hospital loses $53 million in annual funding after failing survey

The loss of certification is the latest black eye for Western State Hospital, the struggling psychiatric hospital in Lakewood, which has been plagued by assaults on staff and patients, long wait times, patient escapes, aging facilities and staffing shortages for years, particularly in the wake of budget cuts during the Great Recession.

Noctiluca scintillans bloom at Saltwater State Park in Des Moines on June 4.

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Puget Sound waters are turning orange and Cascade snow is becoming pink. Neither are good signs

A live bat discovered by preschoolers this week has tested positive for rabies, according to Thurston County’s public health department.

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Bat found at preschool tests positive for rabies, Thurston County says

A live bat discovered by preschoolers this week has tested positive for rabies, according to Thurston County’s public health department.

The men's area of the Salvation Army's shelter in downtown Olympia, pictured in 2013. The shelter will close next month and reopen as a 24-hour facility in September.

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Salvation Army's overnight shelter will close for the summer, reopen as 24-hour option for homeless

The Salvation Army in Olympia plans to close its homeless shelter next month and reopen it as a 24-hour facility in September. Right now the shelter opens at 6 p.m. and closes at 7 a.m., meaning most people staying there are on the streets during the day.

Flanked by his defense attorneys, Larry Jefferson (left) and Kevin Griffin, James Stidd views a projected image of Gail Doyle Wednesday during opening statements in his second-degree murder trial.

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James Stidd found guilty of murder in disappearance of Gail Doyle

James Stidd, accused of killing an Olympia woman whose body was never found, has been found guilty of all charges against him, including second-degree murder.

Crews have started removing the windows and exterior of the long-vacant Capitol Center Building on Fifth Avenue Southwest. A judge last week dismissed a legal challenge to the building project.

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Challenge to Views on Fifth development dismissed as project ramps up

A judge has dismissed a legal challenge to the controversial building project on the isthmus between Capitol Lake and West Bay in Olympia. The city’s hearing examiner signed off on the project, called Views on Fifth, in February.

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Missing Bonney Lake girl found safe, police say

The missing Bonney Lake girl has been found safe, police reported Sunday. Lily Christopherson, 15, was found in Puyallup and reunited with her family, Bonney Lake police announced on Twitter.

Ed Galligan resigned Thursday as Port of Olympia's executive director as part of an agreement with the Port Commission.

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Galligan's time leading the Port of Olympia ends

Ed Galligan is officially out as executive director of the Port of Olympia. The Port Commission unanimously approved an agreement with Galligan that had him resign Thursday. Rudy Rudolph, director at the port’s Olympia Regional Airport, will serve as interim executive director.

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