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John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow aboard a U.S. military C-17 on Tuesday for meetings neither government would confirm, the first CIA director visit since William Burns warned Russia against invading Ukraine in 2021.

Dolly Parton died Tuesday in Nashville after a brief battle with cancer, her family said. The singer-songwriter behind "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" leaves an 11-Grammy catalog, Dollywood, and a literacy program that has mailed more than 300 million free books to children.

Washington's SNAP Market Match dropped from $25 to $10 this year. Bremerton kept its full match through a giving-circle donation; Port Orchard is fundraising to get back there. A look at how four Kitsap markets are handling the same cut four different ways.

A 6-3 Supreme Court ruling lets the Trump administration begin building a federal voter list ahead of Washington's Nov. 3 election. Washington's governor, a senator, its top elections officials and AG Nick Brown say the fight is far from over.

Victor Garcia, appointed to Washington's Fish and Wildlife Commission in a contested 2025 shake-up, has died. Gov. Bob Ferguson must now fill the seat on a commission still under investigation.

Scott Bessent announced sanctions on nearly 60 Iran-linked targets as the rial hit a record low and the six-month U.S.-Israel-Iran war deepened its economic toll.

A windshield sighting in Vancouver led to Washington's first confirmed emerald ash borer detection, triggering a statewide firewood quarantine and a race to protect Puget Sound's ornamental ash trees before the beetle spreads.

Joshua Aviles is more than 250 days into a record deployment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln when Border Patrol arrested his father in Key West. The Navy has said the carrier is likely bound for Naval Base Kitsap.