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Ed Stanton of Chehalis passed away peacefully Aug. 16 at Swedish Hospital in Seattle. He was 84. So many lives were touched by Ed's infectious laugh, faith-filled optimism and genuine love for …
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8/22/25
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Somebody give Nora a hug: Her sister is leaving.
OK, probably don’t give a polar bear a hug, but maybe an extra fish or two?
Amelia Gray, Nora’s half sister, is heading to …
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Lizzy Acker / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/21/25
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President Donald Trump’s border czar made a quiet visit to Portland on Wednesday morning in a brief appearance that flew under the radar.
Tom Homan’s stopover came more than a month …
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Yesenia Amaro / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/21/25
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A young woman whose detransition story has been one of the most widely covered in the nation will soon learn if a judge in North Carolina will reinstate her medical malpractice and negligence claims …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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8/21/25
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Thurston County deputies found a homemade explosive device on a man sleeping at a propane fill station in Rochester Wednesday.
In a Facebook post, Sheriff Derek Sanders said deputies …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/21/25
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A gambler turned a $1.76 bet into a big jackpot prize at a Washington casino.
The player sat at a Big Hot Flaming Pots slot machine at the Lucky Eagle Casino & Hotel in Rochester, the …
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By Helena Wegner / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Last Friday, Michael Leon Palmer was convicted of four counts of child molestation in the first degree, one count of assault of a child in the second degree and one count of assault in the fourth …
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By Jerry Knaak / The Daily World
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8/21/25
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Exactly one year after losing the presidential election, former Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Portland.
Harris, who was the first woman to hold the office of vice president, will …
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Lizzy Acker / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Authorities announced up to $15,000 in rewards to anyone with information leading to an arrest in the April shooting that killed a 13-year-old boy sleeping in a Gresham apartment.
At a Thursday …
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Zaeem Shaikh / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Following a tense public hearing and weeks of discussion, Multnomah County will postpone voting on a proposal to change the tax that funds its tuition-free preschool program.
Commissioner Julia …
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Austin De Dios / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/21/25
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A federal judge Wednesday issued a split decision in the case of an Oregon education district employee who displayed books in his office that promoted a binary gender view.
U.S. Magistrate Judge …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Casual yard work took a dangerous twist for Stephanie Joy Mitchell when she found what may have been a Civil War-era weapon in her Vancouver backyard.
Mitchell, 48, was digging up stones to move …
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Maddie Khaw / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Voting is restricted to one entry per user each day. Thank you for voting in the Best of Lewis County!
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8/21/25
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On Aug. 19, detectives with the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET) assisted federal agents in locating and arresting a Centralia man suspected of multiple felonies.
The man was found off …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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8/21/25
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The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), a nonprofit study abroad and intercultural exchange organization, recently announced that Gunnar Morgan, a graduate of Rochester High School, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/21/25
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Washington state lawmakers long resisted routinely taking testimony from those not seated in a committee hearing room.
But when forced by the pandemic to operate remotely for two sessions, their …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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8/21/25
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President Donald Trump announced this week that he intends to sign an executive order to end mail-in voting — a statewide system that’s highly popular among Washington state voters.
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Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Thurston County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested two men on suspicion of animal cruelty after finding dozens of animals in extremely poor conditions at their home last week.
Chad Jon …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Summer hasn't lost its grip.
Unusually hot weather during the day and some mild overnight lows this weekend are going to make for “a fairly uncomfortable combination of …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/21/25
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A 2.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Western Washington awake Thursday, Aug. 21, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The 5.7-mile deep quake hit less than a mile from Mount Vernon at 1:01 a.m., …
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Helena Wegner / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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8/21/25
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