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A King County jury last week returned not guilty verdicts in the second trial of a volunteer coach who had been accused of repeatedly raping a former Garfield High School student.
After a …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/3/26
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Nearly two dozen rural Oregon hospitals in 17 counties will receive more than $37 million to strengthen and stabilize their maternity care services in the next few years following recent federal cuts …
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Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/3/26
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The spotlight is on Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, who must submit an initial review in just 13 days that will be a key determining factor on the future of the King County Regional Homeless …
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Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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6/3/26
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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin appeared before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Homeland Security panel Tuesday and defended his threats to cripple international air travel into some …
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Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom
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6/3/26
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Ah, spring. That time of year when young crows and other birds are leaving the nest and learning to fly.
Unfortunately, it’s also the time of year when adult crows will go to great lengths to …
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Joel Odom / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/3/26
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Emergency response crews retrieved another 337 dead fish Tuesday from around the Nippon Dynawave Packaging paper mill in Longview, where a chemical tank failed last week, killing 11 people .
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By Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/3/26
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WASHINGTON — As federal investigators descend on Longview to make sense of the catastrophic implosion at a pulp and paper mill, Congress is weighing a proposal to cut the investigating agency’s …
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By Anumita Kaur and Rebecca Moss / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/3/26
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A week after the disaster at Longview’s Nippon Dynawave site, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) finally has full access to the property to begin the agency’s …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/3/26
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In about a month, Idaho’s new law banning transgender people from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity will take effect.
Advocates are calling it the most extreme …
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By Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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6/3/26
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Despite passing some of the nation’s first laws barring federal law enforcement agents from concealing their identities, Oregon and Washington have yet to receive the same response from the Trump …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / States Newsroom
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6/3/26
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The state of Washington on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to accept a challenge against the state’s political maps, then remand it to a lower court to determine if the way the lines were …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/3/26
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The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation is looking into allegations that Chehalis Tribal Chairman Dustin Klatush engaged in unprofessional conduct while in Arizona this week.
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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6/2/26
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George “Punk” Ball of Glenoma, Washington, passed away May 30, 2026, at St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington.
Punk was born June 18, 1944, in Morton, Washington, the son of Clara and …
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6/2/26
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Peter’s life began with both hardship and strength. His father, George, passed away before Peter was born, and Peter was raised as an only child by his mother, Joan. During his youth, Peter spent …
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6/2/26
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The driver who died in a head-on collision with a dump truck in Tenino on May 18 has been identified as 75 year-old James “Jim” Emerson of Rochester.
His cause of death was due to …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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6/2/26
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The Tenino School District is once again accepting nominations for their 2026 Athletics Hall of Fame Class.
Last fall saw the induction of three former Beavers: Jessica Brathovd, Matt Whitmire, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/2/26
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The co-leader of a national drug-trafficking ring, who reportedly planned to kill a Centralia police officer, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/2/26
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Seniors from area schools and beyond took the field one final time in Centralia on Monday evening, when Centralia College hosted a senior All-Star Baseball game at Bob Peters Field.
Players from …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/2/26
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The Chronicle sports staff is all on board to congratulate Napavine on a state baseball title and discuss the myriad of state track champions. The staff went on one last road swing before summer. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/2/26
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A Chehalis woman faces multiple felony charges after she allegedly kicked a state trooper in the chest and then sped away during a traffic stop, knocking the trooper to the ground.
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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6/2/26
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