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Firefighters and public lands managers are urging Washington residents to use extra caution when setting off fireworks this Fourth of July due to dry conditions.
“We’ve already …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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7/2/25
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A new trial date has been set after a mistrial was declared in the case of a 51-year-old woman accused of forcing a teenage boy to touch her genitals at gunpoint in Ryderwood.
Jenny Laurel …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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7/2/25
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Firefighters put out several brush fires they consider suspicious near Interstate 5 at Ground Mound Tuesday night, West Thurston Fire Authority Fire Chief Nathan Drake said.
“As of …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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7/2/25
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The Chehalis Foundation is spearheading a fundraising campaign to install turf, resurface the track and expand the facility to include a regulation-size soccer field at W.F. West High School’s …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/2/25
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arrests
• Heaven C. Wilcox, 25, of Benton City, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for criminal impersonation at about 8:51 a.m. June 30 in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/2/25
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• ARTHUR L. SPITZMILLER, 83, Tenino, died June 28 at Providence Centralia Hospital. Arrangements are under the care of Cattermole Funeral Home.
• RUFUS “SONNY” MCCLESKEY, …
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7/2/25
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Jesus Name Pentecostal Church (JNPC) in Chehalis puts on a massive fireworks show every Fourth of July known as the Freedom Celebration.
Along with the fireworks show in the evening, church …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/2/25
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Recent articles in The Chronicle concerning stifling, ever-increasing state taxes give me great trepidation. According to my dictionary, that means “a state of agitation from fear or confused …
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7/2/25
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With high school and college commencements wrapping up, employers now worry about the graduates’ preparedness to enter the work world.
This year, 3.9 million students graduated from our …
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By Don Brunell
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7/2/25
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Every month, more than 300 new residents move to Thurston County. You can see the impact: rooftops rising, traffic thickening and housing costs climbing. When I took office as a Thurston County …
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Commentary by Wayne Fournier
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7/2/25
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Local baker Grace Robinson needed something to do.
The Michigan native was living at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in 2019 with her husband and firstborn when she got the idea to start making sugar …
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By Jacob Farmer / For The Chronicle
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7/2/25
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Thurston County Commissioner Wayne Fournier, who is also a full-time firefighter in Grays Harbor County, found himself in the right place at the right time to assist victims of a crash in Centralia …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/2/25
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By The Chronicle staff
The fourth annual Darian Paige Atkinson Memorial 5K, named in honor of Atkinson, a White Pass High School graduate who died in 2021 at the age of 25, is scheduled for …
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7/2/25
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Four Centralia Middle School track and field athletes set new school records this season, and the quartet was presented with labels recognizing the new records last week.
Wyatt Oliver ran the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/2/25
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8.99 seconds.
Brooklynn Bell traveled over 1,800 miles and over 28 hours from Rainier to Des Moines, Iowa, for just that seemingly miniscule amount of time.
But in the junior high breakaway …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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7/2/25
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Bryan Kohberger admitted in court Wednesday that he killed four University of Idaho students in 2022, finally bringing some closure to the 2 ½-year case that brought national attention to the …
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By Alex Brizee and Kevin Fixler /The News Tribune
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7/2/25
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Donations are being accepted for firefighters shot in an ambush in Coeur d’Alene.
Memorial funds for the two killed firefighters, a support fund for the injured firefighter, …
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7/2/25
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The U.S. Senate, with help from Vice President J.D. Vance, passed President Trump’s “big beautiful” budget bill, but Washington’s public lands will not be up for sale.
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Ann Duan / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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7/2/25
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The former pastor of a Pasco church is back in jail after accusations he committed fraud and tampered with witnesses while awaiting trial in a multi-million dollar cryptocurrency fraud case in …
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Annette Cary / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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7/2/25
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Washington state legislators had an action-packed 2025 session, leaving Gov. Bob Ferguson to sign loads of bills into law.
Some new laws took effect immediately while others had a longer wait …
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Simone Carter / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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7/2/25
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