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Mike Yestramski has enjoyed a low profile through much of his six years leading Washington state’s largest public sector union.
Not anymore. His very public clashes with the governor …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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6/12/25
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Washington’s Department of Commerce is dissolving its standalone equity team, the state’s commerce director said Tuesday in an all-staff email.
Commerce Director Joe Nguyễn said in …
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Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/12/25
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Rafters found the body of a 46-year-old man the morning after he plunged from a cliff into a river while riding a motorcycle, Oregon officials said.
Brock Andrew Ewers, from Grants Pass, lost …
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Sara Schilling / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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6/12/25
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An 18-year-old slipped on rocks and fell to his death over a popular 50-foot waterfall in Washington, officials said.
Witnesses saw the man go over the Sol Duc Falls June 8 in the Olympic …
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Helena Wegner / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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6/12/25
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If U.S. trade policy seems to shift by the week, the economic costs for trade-dependent states like Washington are steadily piling up.
At the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, inbound container …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/12/25
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Above the ruckus of the ferry's car deck, the chattering of passengers pressed up against windows and the thrum of engines, Adam Knutsen watched the sea unfold from a place few ever get to stand.
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Dahlia Bazzaz / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/12/25
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Olympia Police Chief Rich Allen, who has spent 31 years with the department, including serving as chief since 2021, will retire, effective June 16.
Allen was on hand for Tuesday’s City …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/12/25
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A 29-year-old skier from Washington died in an avalanche in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, making it the second death this season, officials said.
Nicholas Vizzini was caught …
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Helena Wegner / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/12/25
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A 28-year-old father allegedly admitted to a “pattern of violent and aggressive” outbursts that left his 2-month-old son with several broken bones.
Deven J. Cooper of Kennewick told …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/12/25
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A woman was arrested after being accused of an attack that left a 65-year-old man dead nine years ago, Washington police said.
In March 2016, George Cecil David, of British Columbia, was staying …
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Paloma Chavez / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/12/25
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The Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) laid out major penalties and fines against Roosevelt High School and the Seattle Public Schools athletic office this week, as a result of …
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Shane Lantz / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/12/25
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State and local leaders in Washington are watching warily as the federal government ramps up immigration enforcement and has responded to protests by deploying the military.
Amped-up immigration …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/12/25
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Two major immigration protests erupted in Spokane on Wednesday, sparking a massive police response leading to more than 30 protestor arrests.
Mayor Lisa Brown issued a 9:30 p.m. curfew for …
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Nick Gibson / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/12/25
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Washington state could soon be responsible for a bigger share of disaster relief response, a possibility state officials have spent months preparing for.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/12/25
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As Washington grapples with a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall, some state agencies are starting the largest wave of layoffs since the Great Recession.
The state worker layoffs come as the …
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Shauna Sowersby / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/12/25
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6/12/25
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For the second summer in a row, the Twin Cities Babe Ruth League is hosting a Home Run Derby for kids aged 10 to 16.
The Derby will take place at Stan Hedwall Babe Ruth Field in Chehalis on June …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/12/25
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A former director at Washington state’s schools agency alleges the state superintendent fired her after she voted as a local school board member in support of barring trans girls from competing …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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6/11/25
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A Lewis County Superior Court judge issued a $100,000 bench warrant on Wednesday for a woman accused of crashing into a Centralia home while under the influence of controlled substances in June …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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6/11/25
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As the Tuesday night Centralia City Council meeting wound down, Councilor Adrianna Garibay used her routine council report time to address the nationwide tension surrounding the Trump …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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6/11/25
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