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An Eastern Washington state man died Wednesday evening after a young child fired a pellet gun, hitting him in the neck, according to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were dispatched …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/29/26
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In September 2016, officials with Tokyo-based Nippon Paper Industries gathered in Longview to christen a decades-old pulp and paper mill they'd recently purchased from Seattle-based Weyerhaeuser.
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/29/26
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A 41-year-old man who spent nearly three months secretly living in the crawlspace under a family’s Happy Valley townhouse has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Beniamin Bucur was …
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Douglas Perry / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/29/26
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The massive tank failure this week at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill in Longview released hundreds of thousands of gallons of “white liquor,” a highly corrosive chemical that’s now …
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Kristine de Leon, Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/29/26
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A convicted sex offender is accused of cutting into the tent of two women camping near a public trail in Tillamook County, covering their eyes, binding them and threatening to sexually assault them.
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/29/26
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A Tukwila-based immigration attorney who gave up her law license this week to avoid discipline following a misconduct complaint and federal lawsuit had more than 35,000 clients, including potentially …
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Yesenia Amaro / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/29/26
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Two floating homes were destroyed – and a floating home under construction was damaged – in a fire that swept through a small community along the Columbia River early Friday morning, Portland …
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Douglas Perry / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/29/26
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Cheryl Poxleitner, 71, grew up on farms in North Central Idaho’s Lewis County.
When she was 8, her family moved to Craigmont — a small town near Grangeville, where her dad raised dairy …
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By Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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5/29/26
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The Trump administration sued four Democratic-led states Wednesday over the states’ refusal to grant undercover license plates to federal agents, marking the latest escalation between state …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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5/29/26
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A ginormous cost increase to construct a new bridge linking Washington and Oregon is forcing state leaders and program managers to rightsize public expectations for the megaproject.
And, some …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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5/29/26
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TACOMA — First try: 22 feet, 5 inches.
Immediately, a new personal record for Tumwater senior long jumper Jaxon Budd Thursday at the 2A/3A/4A state championships at Mount Tahoma High …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/28/26
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YAKIMA — Another Freeman has landed on the awards podium in Yakima.
First it was Karlee, the all-classification record-holder for the shot put and the Class 2B record-holder for shot and …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/28/26
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YAKIMA — From the moment Adam Kruger landed in the sand pit on his final jump last May, his goals for his senior season were already set.
The Toledo High School senior envisioned a state …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/28/26
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Six employees missing after a southwest Washington chemical tank blast have been recovered, authorities said Thursday afternoon.
This brings the confirmed death toll to eight, and leaves three …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/28/26
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In the months since Timberland Regional Library (TRL) announced a $3.8 million budget deficit in January and made drastic moves to rectify its budget, current and former TRL staff, patrons and …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/28/26
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The son of a longtime Toledo community member and current clerk for the City of Napavine may be among those who were caught in the Nippon Dynawave Packaging paper mill chemical implosion on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/28/26
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Editor’s note: The Chronicle was invited to join the tour detailed in the following news release but, citing the tragedy in Longview, Sen. Patty Murray’s office canceled press access to the …
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5/28/26
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A California man was sentenced to prison in a Tri-Cities insurance fraud case that involved an elaborate scheme to buy cars and stage crashes to collect on fake injuries.
As part of the case, he …
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By Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/28/26
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The controversial lithium-ion battery storage proposed for Rochester will go forward, the Thurston County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) ruled this week.
The board, acting in a …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/28/26
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The U.S. Department of Justice filed separate federal lawsuits Wednesday against Washington, Oregon, Maine and Massachusetts, escalating a clash between the Trump administration and Democratic-led …
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By Andrew Paxton / The Center Square
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5/28/26
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