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In 2000, Adna resident Jim Smith began smoking and processing wild game meat for himself and his hunting buddies inside what was originally his home’s garage.
By 2005, he had officially …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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1/8/25
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A 53-year-old Montesano man is facing charges of driving under the influence and vehicular assault following a wreck near Elma Monday afternoon, according to Washington State Patrol.
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation that would require deportations of undocumented immigrants charged with minor crimes.
The 264-159 vote to pass the Laken Riley Act …
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Monica Carrillo-Casas / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/8/25
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The landscape of street drugs looked a lot different when University of Washington research professor Caleb Banta-Green began his career in drug epidemiology more than 20 years ago. There were just …
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/8/25
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Commercial net-pen aquaculture is history in Washington.
The state Board of Natural Resources on Tuesday adopted a rule banning the industry.
The ban is a victory for outgoing Commissioner …
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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A suspected drug dealer is being held in the Thurston County jail in lieu of $200,000 bail in connection with the overdose death of a 16-year-old Olympia High School student.
Son Thien Nguyen, a …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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An undersea volcano off Oregon’s coast will likely erupt in 2025, scientists say.
Known as Axial Seamount, it’s the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest — though one …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/8/25
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Several Oregon lawmakers are calling on the incoming administration to nix a plan to kill nearly half a million barred owls on the West Coast, citing the cost and infeasibility.
In a letter sent …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/8/25
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Oregon’s first woman grandmaster in chess is 16-year-old Zoey Tang, a junior at Westview High School in Beaverton.
“Woman grandmaster” is the highest chess title restricted to …
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Samantha Swindler / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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A prominent state senator indicated that fiscal reality could mean prioritizing and protecting substance abuse recovery programs that are already working over any plans to expand them. Washington …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/8/25
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Washington state Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, has introduced legislation to create scholarships for students via Education Savings Accounts, commonly called ESAs.
House Bill 1140 , co-sponsored …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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A Washington state-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via telehealth, a model that organizers hope other states will adopt to expand …
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By Kelcie Moseley-Morris / The Washington State Standard
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1/8/25
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Vandana Slatter moved from the House to the Senate in the state Legislature on Tuesday after the King County Council appointed her to replace Patty Kuderer, who was recently elected as …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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1/8/25
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State recovery funds are now available for some residents whose homes were severely damaged in the bomb cyclone that hit western Washington in November.
The powerful storm killed two, left …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington State Standard
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1/8/25
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Dolores May Larson passed away peacefully at her home on Christmas morning, Dec. 25, 2024, at the age of 96.
Dolores was born and raised in California. During World War II, her father moved the …
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The Pe Ell girls basketball team wasted no time building a lead on Tuesday against Oakville, and the Trojans never looked back in a 53-34 victory.
“We came out with better energy and got …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/8/25
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The Pe Ell boys basketball team shut down Oakville late on Tuesday night, allowing just nine points in the second half to come back for a 35-31 victory.
Oakville scored 22 points in the first …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/8/25
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The Adna boys basketball team did enough to hold off Morton-White Pass on Tuesday, as the Pirates defeated the Timberwolves 58-49.
It was a close game through three quarters, as the Pirates led …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/7/25
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The Centralia girls basketball team led going into the fourth quarter against Aberdeen on Tuesday, but the Tigers couldn’t hold on in a 47-44 loss.
It was 34-26 Centralia going into the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/7/25
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It was far from a wire-to-wire victory for the Onalaska boys basketball team on Tuesday, but the Loggers did enough late to pull away for a 52-36 victory over Toutle Lake.
It was a struggle for …
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By The Chronicle staff
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