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A $100 million grant program funded by Washington taxpayers in 2025 to boost law enforcement hiring and training has yet to be accessed by cities and counties across the state.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/3/26
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British Columbia is leaving Washington state in the past this fall. Literally.
The Canadian province will stay one hour in the future come November after adopting year-round daylight saving time …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/3/26
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Washington’s proposed income tax (AKA “millionaires’ income tax,” Senate Bill 6346) is being promoted as a measure aimed at the ultra-wealthy. But for many small and mid-sized construction …
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By Jeff Tiegs / Associated General Contractors of Washington
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3/3/26
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Columbia River shipping industry leaders say there is a growing risk the Lewis and Clark Bridge between Rainier and Longview could be hit by a large vessel and possibly collapse.
About four …
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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3/3/26
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Big technology companies scored a win in Olympia on Monday, as a sweeping bill to regulate data centers lapsed in the Washington state Legislature.
House Bill 2515 would have required data …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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3/3/26
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We’re in the home stretch of Washington’s 2026 legislative session.
It means a near-constant culling of the legislation that lawmakers are considering. Monday and last Wednesday marked …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/3/26
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The United Arab Emirates and Qatar are privately lobbying allies to help them persuade President Donald Trump to reach for an off-ramp that would keep U.S. military operations against Iran short, …
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Alex Wickham and Ben Bartenstein / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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3/3/26
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The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran reverberated across the region for a fourth day, with oil and gas prices surging and the world adjusting to a conflict that President Donald Trump says has no fixed …
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Patrick Sykes and Christine Burke / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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3/3/26
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Mat Rats Rebooted Wrestling opened the freestyle and Greco season in dominant fashion over the weekend, finishing first place overall at the Washington State Wrestling Association Concede Nothing …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/2/26
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The Chronicle sports staff (Zach, Dylan, Dylan and Aaron) preview the state tournaments, discuss the intricacies of the beautiful Yakima SunDome, lay out each of the local teams’ state playoff …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/2/26
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A dozen Washington tech sector leaders have released a letter warning that a proposed income tax on people making $1 million or more a year could undermine their industry's development and …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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3/2/26
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Republicans in the Washington State House of Representatives pushed back with all they had on Saturday, offering amendments and objections to majority Democrats' supplemental operating budget .
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/2/26
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A Washington state politician who went topless at a rally for transgender individuals won’t be kicked out of office, after a ruling by the state Supreme Court.
A recall petition sought to oust …
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By John O’Brien / Legal Newsline
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3/2/26
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will host two virtual public meetings on long-term management of the Olympic-Willapa Hills Wildlife Area Complex, which consists of the Johns …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/2/26
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The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will host a virtual public meeting next week as part of developing new rules governing the use of motorized vehicles on WDFW-managed lands, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/2/26
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The Washington state House-proposed supplemental capital budget includes just over a quarter of a million dollars in funding for American Legion Veteran Housing and Resource Center, among other …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/2/26
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Lewis County Hospital District No. 1, doing business as Arbor Health, recently elected Commissioner Wes McMahan to serve as board chair and Commissioner Chris Schumaker as board secretary.
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/2/26
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Lewis County is considering permitting the sale of cannabis within the county’s unincorporated areas as it looks for new revenue options to shore up its budget in the future.
Lewis County …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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3/2/26
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An interment ceremony was held at Tahoma National Cemetery for the unclaimed remains of veterans who died in Lewis County on Friday, Feb. 27.
A procession departed the Veterans Memorial Museum …
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Otto Rabe / otto@chronline.com
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3/2/26
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