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A former top federal child protection official in Washington told the state Attorney General's Office that there is widespread fraud in child care programs a day after Attorney General Nick Brown put …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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4/16/26
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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that three defendants facing charges for their role in a protest in Spokane last June will go to trial in May, throwing out their motions to dismiss the case.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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4/16/26
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One of the groups that lobbied hard for the new income tax in Washington is touting the coming benefits for working families and small businesses across the state. But a lawmaker who opposed the tax …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/16/26
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President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, a move that offers to ease tensions more broadly in the region while the U.S. and Iran are in discussions to extend …
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Josh Wingrove, Patrick Sykes and Arsalan Shahla / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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4/16/26
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The Port of Pasco is pitching Big Pasco Industrial Park as an inland port offering direct rail connections to ocean ports on Puget Sound.
The inland port could be a cost-effective option for …
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Wendy Culverwell / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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4/16/26
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Just over a month since recertifying and after more than a year of inaction, Pacific County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) K-9 Kova has already chalked up a successful track.
PCSO Sgt. …
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By Jeff Clemens / Chinook Observer
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4/16/26
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On Tuesday, April 14, detectives with the Pacific County Sheriff’s Office, in close collaboration with the Pacific County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, traveled to Western State Hospital to take …
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By The Daily World
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4/16/26
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A Slovakian musher living in Tok filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and three Biden-administration officials in April over her denied immigration petition.
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By Haley Lehman / Alaska Beacon
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4/16/26
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After restoring public access to its courtyard, selling a chunk of its property for $17 million and laying off staff, Seattle’s Pacific Science Center is gearing up for more change.
PacSci …
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Margo Vansynghel / The Seattle Times / (TNS)
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4/16/26
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A hailstorm hit Seattle on Wednesday afternoon as a waterspout appeared over Puget Sound near Magnolia.
Logan Howard, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Seattle, said reports of …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/16/26
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Shaped by fire and ice, the Columbia River and its landscape have been forever changing.
Cataclysmic shifts of nature — massive eruptions, moving oceans and grinding tectonic plates — have …
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/16/26
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One day ahead of schedule, road workers cleared a massive landslide that blocked Interstate 5 south of Bellingham for a month, reopening both northbound lanes to regular traffic Wednesday.
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Caleb Hutton / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/16/26
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An early learning program designed to prepare children in Washington for kindergarten will soon shrink by nearly 2,000 slots due to cuts state lawmakers approved earlier this year.
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By Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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4/16/26
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The Timberland Regional Library (TRL) has agreed to rescind over 80% of the involuntary layoffs that were set to go into effect May 15, the library workers union announced Wednesday night.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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4/16/26
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4/16/26
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TUMWATER — Luke Overbay had his teammates’ jaws on the floor while the sun was still shining.
A brief spurt of rain was followed by the junior’s bolt of lightning off his bat by 5:30 p.m.
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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4/15/26
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The W.F. West girls golf team seemed to have no issues with the weather on Wednesday, as the Bearcats dominated Shelton in a 102-23 victory at Alderbrook.
Anabel Moeckel, Paige Duncan, Joelie …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/15/26
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It was a cold, windy, and rainy night in Chehalis on Wednesday, but the W.F. West softball team battled through the elements to pick up a 4-1 victory over Black Hills.
Taylor Tobin put together …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/15/26
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A pitcher’s duel quickly evolved into a late shootout at Fort Borst Park on Wednesday, but Centralia ended up on the wrong end of a 6-5 final against Shelton.
The Tigers got on the board …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/15/26
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