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SEATTLE — The Pacific Northwest saw a dramatic spike in Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests at the end of 2025, particularly in the Portland area and in less populous parts of Washington …
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Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks and Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/11/26
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SPOKANE — One conversation with Adrik Jenkin and you’d never be able to tell what his life has been like for the last week prior to the Class 2B state championship.
He’s all of 6-foot-5 …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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3/11/26
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On the 269th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz discuss pot taxes, columns about bills and having a little self-awareness about writing them, …
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3/10/26
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The rain and wind didn’t stop Centralia from getting in a softball game against Rochester on the turf at Fort Borst Park on Tuesday, and the Tigers rolled to a 13-2 run-rule victory in its season …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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3/10/26
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It took over 24 hours of grinding floor debate, but Democrats in the Washington House approved an income tax Tuesday on households earning over $1 million a year.
The state is now closer to …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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3/10/26
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A Randle man with 24 prior warrants and a lengthy criminal history faces allegations he broke into someone’s shop in Onalaska and stole a bag of tools and a generator.
Jeremy D. …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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3/10/26
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Biologists with Yellowstone National Park reported seeing the first grizzly bear of the spring season on Monday, according to a National Park Service press release.
The griz was seen in the …
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By Daily Montanan Staff
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3/10/26
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The Idaho House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its 2015 landmark ruling that legalized gay marriage nationwide.
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By Laura Guido / Idaho Capital Sun
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3/10/26
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A Rochester man faces allegations he strangled a woman after entering her Centralia home through a second-story window.
Christian Pantoja-Martinez, 24, is charged with two counts of …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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3/10/26
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ELOCHOMAN RIVER VALLEY — Hunters across Wahkiakum and Pacific counties say they have reached a breaking point as financial giants make their way of life increasingly expensive and dangerous — and …
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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3/10/26
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Authorities say a six-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 South in Kelso sent five people to the hospital on Monday afternoon.
The accident occurred at about 1:53 p.m., south of the exit for the Three …
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By The Daily News
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3/10/26
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An incumbent Washington Republican state lawmaker is facing an intraparty challenge from an associate pastor of a Wenatchee church who’s raised close to $300,000.
Adam James, who helped …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/10/26
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The Washington State Legislature passed a bill that expands the scope of the statewide Office of Independent Investigation, which recently began its initial work on police deadly use of force …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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3/10/26
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A federal judge in Tacoma on Tuesday ruled that Washington state lawmakers were within their rights to decline press passes to media figures Brandi Kruse, Jonathan Choe and Ari Hoffman.
Earlier …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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3/10/26
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Eric L. Dunham, 72, died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, at the Hospice of the Valley – Sherman House facility on the campus of Mayo Clinic/Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.
He was born July 9, …
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3/10/26
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Reverend Verda Mae “Pat” Smith, 90, Centralia, Washington, passed away March 3, 2026.
With deep sorrow and much love, we mourn the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother, aunt and …
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3/10/26
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The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office Captain’s Association (TCSOCA) formally endorsed challenger Kevin Burton-Crow for sheriff on Tuesday in a statement that heavily criticized incumbent Sheriff …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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3/10/26
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The first two grants from Washington’s new $100 million effort to boost law enforcement hiring have been awarded to local police departments, after months of frustration over the program’s …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/10/26
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Multiple senior-level employees who work in administrative roles for Portland Public Schools were told Monday that they will have to reapply for their jobs for the upcoming school year — and that …
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Julia Silverman / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/10/26
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A 36-year-old woman whose toddler overdosed on fentanyl in her Spokane Valley home was given credit for the three months she served in jail, according to a Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney's …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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3/10/26
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