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Sean Scheans had already cashed four phony checks and was on his fifth in Chehalis Monday when police arrived to stop him, according to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office.
Scheans, 59, …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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4/8/26
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The former Jane Doe accused of slapping a medical assistant at the Cascade Community Health Evaluation and Treatment Center in Centralia on April 5 is reportedly a fugitive from Oregon.
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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4/8/26
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Thurston County has awarded four agencies with a combined $710,000 in grants for one-time projects aimed at providing innovative mental health and substance use disorder services to county residents.
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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4/8/26
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Thurston County last week announced the recipients of the 2026 Lodging Tax Awards.
The Lodging Tax is a sales tax paid by people who stay overnight in a lodging establishment such as a hotel, …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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4/8/26
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The Thurston County Auditor’s Elections Division has mailed more than 10,000 ballots to voters in the Rochester School District in Thurston and Lewis counties for the April 28 Special Election.
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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4/8/26
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The Lewis County Parkinson's Disease Support Group will hold a meeting on April 9.
In addition to this meeting, the group will hold meetings on the second Thursday of each month.
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/8/26
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Caring Hearts 4 Paws, a local dog rescue, will hold a “Spay-ghetti and No Balls Dinner” to support spaying and neutering.
The annual fundraiser will be held on April 18 at the Fraternal …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/8/26
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Nature Nurture Farmacy invites the community to celebrate at the eighth annual Earth Day Celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 25, in downtown Chehalis on Northeast Boistfort Street.
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/8/26
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For the most part, reading or evening viewing the comments on our paper’s Facebook page is an activity I rarely do. Just for mental sanity and peace of mind, it’s for the best.
Yet once the …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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4/8/26
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The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association announced its newest Hall of Fame class last week, and Pe Ell alum Alissa Brooks-Johnson will be one of the eight inductees.
At Pe Ell, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/8/26
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A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck off the Oregon coast on Tuesday. The quake hit in the early afternoon about 250 miles west of Newport at a depth of about 6 miles. Few people appear to have felt it …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/8/26
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Three people were killed in a separate shooting and stabbing in Kent on Tuesday night, police say.
Police are searching for the suspects in both killings.
In a social media post Wednesday …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/8/26
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The Seattle City Council approved a landmark $4 billion agreement Tuesday laying out a road map for the city’s next half-century of hydropower on the Skagit River.
After a century of …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/8/26
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In back-to-back hearings on federal agents’ use of excessive force and chemicals on crowds outside the Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility, three federal appeals judges seemed …
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By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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4/8/26
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Washington state health inspectors have been trying for months to enter the Tacoma immigrant detention center amid longstanding concerns about the conditions there.
A federal appeals court …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/8/26
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WASHINGTON — Washington state’s federal lawmakers swiftly denounced President Donald Trump as “reckless” and “unhinged” after he warned Tuesday morning that “a whole civilization will …
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By Anumita Kaur and Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/8/26
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The gray whale found dead in the Willapa River over the weekend was malnourished and had suffered internal injuries, biologists said Tuesday.
The whale was already in a “very debilitated …
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By Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/8/26
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The Spokane Valley City Council will consider banning cryptocurrency kiosks on Tuesday night as fraudsters scam victims out of their hard-earned savings with made-up emergencies.
The proposal …
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Tim Clouser | The Center Square
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4/8/26
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Bail was set at $250,000 on Tuesday for a Tri-Cities paraeducator accused of using AI to turn images of a girl he “friended” on Facebook into sexually explicit videos and photos.
Kevin R. …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, Wash.) (TNS)
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4/8/26
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The Pe Ell/Willapa Valley softball team picked up a pair of victories in Forks on Tuesday, winning 14-1 and 10-8 in two ends of a road doubleheader.
The Titans were able to build a 5-0 lead in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/8/26
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