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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.

A shallow 7.7 quake off Flores Island triggered a tsunami warning and buried the main highway to the hardest-hit region under landslides, as the death toll climbed from 38 to 47 in a single day.

Hurricane Lala reached Category 1 strength Saturday, cutting power to nearly 24,000 Hawaii County customers and flooding parts of the Big Island in its first serious hurricane threat in 155 years.