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Visitors heading to Mount Rainier National Park in 2026 will no longer need a timed entry reservation to enter during peak summer hours, according to an announcement made last week.
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By Sofia Schwarzwalder / By The Seattle Times
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1/26/26
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Longtime Castle Rock Public Works Director Dave Vorse retired at the end of 2025 after 44 years with the city.
He joined not long after Mount St. Helens’ 1980 eruption that sent about 1 …
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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1/26/26
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Authorities say an intoxicated driver on Saturday hit three people helping with a previous fatal crash on Spirit Lake Memorial Highway.
The two separate vehicle accidents, which occurred about …
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Hayley Day / The Daily News
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1/26/26
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The town of Wilkeson knows it may take years before the state puts real money behind rebuilding the Fairfax Bridge — or tearing down the historic gateway to Mount Rainier National Park and buying …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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1/26/26
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Majority Democrats in the state Legislature are pushing changes they say will restore integrity to Washington’s venerable initiative process.
Opponents contend the moves will effectively block …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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1/26/26
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A phone tipster who would insist on remaining anonymous reached a special agent in the FBI’s Little Rock office in the summer of 1972.
The caller, the resulting investigative report stated, …
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Douglas Perry / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/24/26
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Skamania County smashed its previous record for the number of search and rescues in 2025, Sheriff Summer Scheyer said.
“We ended the year with 73 search and rescues in 2025,” she said.
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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1/24/26
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Thurston County Public Health and Social Services has issued a hazardous weather advisory to increase shelter-in-place efforts and extend overnight shelter capacity for Saturday, Jan. 24 and Sunday, Jan. 25 …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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1/23/26
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The two suspects arrested Thursday following a multi-agency pursuit through Thurston County were charged in Lewis County Friday for allegedly stealing over $100,000 from the Cowlitz Indian …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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1/23/26
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The Grays Harbor County Coroner’s Office was called to the beach at Half Moon Bay in Westport shortly after 3:30 p.m. Thursday for a report of a suspected drowning.
Fifty-two-year-old Keith C. …
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By Jerry Knaak / The Daily World
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1/23/26
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On Friday, U.S. Rep. Emily Randall (D, 6th District) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to follow up on the Trump administration’s decision to terminate the …
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By The Daily World
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1/23/26
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The Washington state Department of Health (DOH) this month released a list of health care professionals practicing in Thurston County that were subject to recent disciplinary action.
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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1/23/26
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A new local group announced Thursday a petition to expand the Lewis County Board of Commissioners to five members.
The Lewis County Citizens for Commission Reform (LCCCR), as they identified …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/23/26
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For many in Washington state, the disastrous 2007 flood that hit the Chehalis River Basin was a headline. For the youngest generation in Lewis County, it's a story. For those who lived and worked in …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/23/26
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“What would you do if you discovered a state agency was contributing to contamination of drinking water?”
This was one of the pointed questions state Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Chehalis, asked …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/23/26
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A 36-year-old Winlock man was charged Thursday with one count each of second-degree burglary, second-degree vehicle prowl and third-degree theft after being accused of entering a resident’s fenced …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/23/26
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Washington state Rep. Hunter Abell, R-Inchelium, has introduced bipartisan legislation to establish a permanent Global War on Terror memorial on the Washington state Capitol campus to honor service …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/23/26
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In the first Port of Centralia Commission meeting under new President Peter Lahmann Wednesday, the commissioners revisited a previously tabled motion to terminate the port’s two appeals of State …
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1/23/26
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Sophia Stellmacher, 14, served as a page in the Washington state House of Representatives for the first week of the 2026 legislative session from Jan. 12 to 16.
Rep. Ed Orcutt of the 20th …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/23/26
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Washington state Rep. Matt Marshall, R-Eatonville, said in a Thursday news release that a citizen initiative now officially before the Washington Legislature would protect fairness and safety in …
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1/23/26
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