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A new online work zone and first responder course becomes mandatory Nov. 1 for first-time Washington drivers under 25, the first piece of a training overhaul that phases in through 2030.

A new 7.31-acre park at Koura and Miller roads preserves the history of the family who ran Bainbridge Island's largest strawberry farm before being forced from their homes in 1942.

Washington's Legislative Ethics Board found Rep. Tarra Simmons, D-Bremerton, personally benefited from a $1 million grant that helped fund her $120,000 nonprofit salary, and that she retaliated against the employee who complained. She denies wrongdoing and will appeal.

Ukraine sent hundreds of drones into Russia overnight, killing six and hitting a rocket-fuel plant and a retailer's warehouse tied to military supply, as Russia struck back at Kyiv and a Spanish F-18 downed a drone over Romania.

A CENTCOM commander's visit, a defense secretary's dismissal and a president's remark deepened a Washington, D.C. fight over the carrier's conditions. The Navy has said it is likely to become Bremerton's second permanent carrier.

The Legislature let a March deadline pass on two Let's Go Washington initiatives, one restoring parental access to school records, one requiring sex verification for girls' sports, sending both straight to voters.

DNR and Kitsap County scrapped 27 aging boats in a Port Orchard event this month, a year after two Sinclair Inlet sinkings spilled thousands of gallons of oil into the same water.

David Hector Garcia Flores, 38, surrendered to Washington State Patrol and faces a felony charge in the death of motorcyclist Jeff Woods on SR 525, as state data shows a mixed picture for rider safety.