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  While spring rains help most of Washington, parts still under emergency drought

  Eastern Washington is in for another hot, dry summer. But – spring rains mean the west side of the state will no longer face a drought.

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  Washington wants drivers to plug into clean cars by 2030

  Democratic-led states on the West Coast are setting ambitious timelines to phase out sales of gasoline-powered cars and light trucks. The Washington Legislature just approved a goal that all new cars sold in the state beginning with model year 2030 be electric. Oregon and California have 2035 as their target. Some of these dates are aspirational, but one has teeth.
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  Physician-assisted death in Oregon is no longer limited to just state residents

  Under a settlement reached in a federal lawsuit this week, terminally ill patients seeking physician-assisted death in Oregon are no longer required to be residents of the state.

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  A driver who killed 4 homeless people in Oregon was drunk, a prosecutor says

  Enrique Rodriguez Jr., 24, had roughly double the legal limit of alcohol in his blood when he allegedly plowed into a homeless encampment in Salem, Ore., early Sunday morning.

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  Washington House jettisons exported fuel tax proposal that angered neighboring states

  A proposed tax on gasoline and diesel delivered to out-of-state customers from Washington refineries has gone by the wayside. The Washington House of Representatives voted Tuesday night to jettison and replace the "exported fuel tax" after strong blowback from neighboring states.
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  8 wolves were poisoned in Oregon. Police are asking for help finding who killed them

  The animals, including an entire wolf pack, were found poisoned earlier this year. "All investigative leads have been exhausted," says Oregon State Police Capt. Stephanie Bigman.

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  Santa’s reindeer to get competition: Amazon flight-testing package delivery drones in Pendleton

  E-commerce giant Amazon confirmed to public radio that it has begun flight testing of package delivery drones at a test range in Pendleton, Oregon, as well as continuing near Seattle and elsewhere. Routine delivery of online orders to consumers by aerial drones remains a long ways off, though.
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  Craft brewing in the Pacific NW dates so far back that archaeologists are on the case

  The Pacific Northwest is rightfully proud of its thriving microbrewery scene. Most beer lovers probably consider the rise of craft brewing a phenomenon of the past few decades. But the first brewpubs in the Northwest date so far back that archaeologists were called in to excavate the remnants of one in Jacksonville, Oregon.
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  Crews From Alaska To Puerto Rico Are Trying To Control The Bootleg Fire

  Authorities warn current conditions are ideal for more fires. Officials say embers from the Bootleg Fire can travel long distances on the current 25 mph winds.

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  The West Coast Heat Has Killed Dozens And Hospitalized More In Canada And The U.S.

  Heat-related illnesses have sent hundreds of people to the ER across the region as temperatures hit unprecedented highs. British Columbia reported about 100 excess deaths from Friday to Monday.

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