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Gov. Jay Inslee signed the bill to hasten Puget Sound Energy’s shift from natural gas to clean energy. Critics contend it will lead to higher energy bills for ratepayers.

A collision on Interstate 5 just north of Everett has caused a 6-mile backup for drivers traveling south, the Washington State Department of Transportation said Monday morning.

The department first posted about the closure on X shortly before 7 a.m. WSDOT’s real-time traffic map showed the backup stretching through Marysville around 8 a.m.

Drivers should avoid the area if possible or prepare for delays, the department said.

A Washington State Ferries crew on Saturday helped the Coast Guard rescue six people and two dogs from a boat in Rosario Strait.

A 37-foot cabin cruiser called for assistance during “nasty weather” near Decatur Island just before 1 p.m., the Coast Guard station in Bellingham said. A wave over the bow shattered the boat’s front windshield, injuring some of the boaters and causing the vessel to take on water.

The boaters shared their GPS position before their radio shorted out and they lost communications. The Coast Guard issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast — a radio message for all boaters in the area — and dispatched vessels and a helicopter.

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Tuesday marked a sure sign of the approach of the forthcoming season: For the first time this year, the sun set after 6 p.m. in Seattle.

As things outside are blooming and brightening, we’ll continue our ride of increasing daylight through June 21, when we’ll have nearly 16 hours of daylight and a 9:11 p.m. sunset.

But if you can’t wait until June for later sunsets, you’re in luck. Just around the corner, on Sunday, we’ll all spin our clocks one hour forward due to daylight saving time. The sun will set that day at 7:08 p.m., according to Time and Date.

Winter will have us in its frigid grasp a little longer this week before making room for springlike conditions.

It will be a “very quiet” start to the day Wednesday in Western Washington, according to the National Weather Service, although a large swatch of clouds over the Olympic Peninsula may seep eastward into the Interstate 5 corridor by the morning commute.

Renton police said Tuesday that detectives suspect foul play in the disappearance of Reyna Hernandez, who was last seen Feb. 26. Friends reported two days later that Hernandez hadn’t returned home, answered her phone or shown up to work at her hair salon in the Renton Highlands.

Detectives found evidence indicating Hernandez was taken against her will, according to police.

A friend told police he spoke with Hernandez as she was running errands the morning of Feb. 26 and told him she was going to a home in south Renton.

Police said family and friends still hadn’t heard from Hernandez on Tuesday, which is highly unusual. She isn’t answering her phone.

Hernandez has black hair and hazel eyes, and she stands 6 feet tall and 210 pounds, according to police. Detectives are also searching for her car, a white and maroon Ford Flex with Washington plates APR9503, though they don’t believe the vehicle is in the area.

Police ask anyone who sees Hernandez or her vehicle to call 911 immediately.