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Seattle Councilwoman Debora Juarez atoned to residents of North Aurora Avenue Tuesday for the city’s slow response to gun violence tied to sex trafficking that has increased over several …
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By Randy Diamond / The Center Square
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7/1/26
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North Dakota’s leaders spent decades building up former President Theodore Roosevelt as a hero, highlighting his Badlands experience and conservation efforts.
But for Native Americans, …
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By Jacob Orledge / North Dakota Monitor
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7/1/26
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Oregon’s landmark effort allowing adults older than 21 to access psilocybin has evolved beyond “strictly medical uses” and may be allowing more people to enroll in the program than is safe, …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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7/1/26
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A bipartisan group of 11 Western governors signed a letter endorsing the establishment of a multi-state task force to develop a study and action plan to update the region’s energy grid.
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By Alixel Cabrera / States Newsroom
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7/1/26
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A wildfire sparked by lightning has been burning for nearly a week in the Olympic National Park.
The 86-acre Mount Tom Creek Fire is long and narrow, burning slowly and creeping up steep …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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7/1/26
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It’s a landmark moment for the endeavor known as WA Cares, envisioned as a means to help Washington’s workforce afford long-term care and services as they age.
Starting Wednesday, insurance …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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7/1/26
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Convergent Energy & Power has withdrawn its proposal to build a controversial lithium-ion battery storage facility in Rochester.
The move comes a month after the Thurston County Board …
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'Pause the BESS': Community celebrates project’s end but continue to ask for county moratorium
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6/30/26
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Pressure builds diamonds.
Janess Blackburn, a 2025 Rainier High School graduate and rising sophomore at Saint Martin’s University, has faced a handful of high-pressure situations in her short …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/30/26
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A pedestrian died Saturday after he was struck by a pickup truck while walking in the on-ramp lane of Interstate 5 in Chehalis, according to a press memo from the Washington State Patrol (WSP).
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/30/26
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Following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday that upheld states’ rights to ban biological males who identify as females in girls’ and women's sports, Washington athletes and activists …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/30/26
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A Centralia police officer arrested a Toledo suspect in May after the suspect allegedly gave a false name before attempting to flee on foot.
Weeks later, Brody A. Rice, 27, was charged …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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6/30/26
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More than 26,000 Washington state public school teachers finally won a decades-long class action lawsuit last week, in a fight over their retirement accounts.
Thurston County Superior Court …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/30/26
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The King County medical examiner's office has found that a man in Federal Way police custody at a local hospital died as a result of a heart attack and prolonged restraint in prone position."
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/30/26
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An unexpected visitor turned a Pasco woman’s fireplace into an unusual rescue scene Friday morning.
Pasco Police Department received a 911 call, but no one could be heard on the other end of …
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Ellie Conover / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/30/26
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A Winlock man has been accused of rape following an alleged assault earlier this month.
Caleb S. Hylton, 24, is charged with one count of second-degree rape (domestic violence), a Class A …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/30/26
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Columbia Basin Dive Rescue returned to the Columbia River on Sunday to assist federal investigators searching for additional aircraft debris from last week’s fatal floatplane crash near the cable …
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Scott Hunt / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/30/26
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6/30/26
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On Friday, June 26, at approximately 1:49 p.m., Aberdeen Police officers responded to the Aberdeen City Jail after on-duty jail staff reported that two inmates were experiencing separate medical …
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By The Daily World
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6/30/26
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The Timberland Regional Library (TRL) Board of Trustees has launched the process to recruit TRL’s next permanent executive director and is seeking proposals from qualified executive search firms to …
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By The Daily World
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6/30/26
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A 40-year-old man who fatally stabbed his father in 2024 at an East Central Spokane apartment was sentenced to 21 years in prison.
Damian C. Eiffert pleaded guilty to second-degree murder …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/30/26
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