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Police have not said how many people died in Sunday’s shooting in Sandy nor have they named the man arrested around 8 p.m. in the incident.
But jail records show police booked Bryan Andrew …
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Beth Slovic / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/1/26
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Critics may not care for Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt’s plan to deal with the drug-addicted homeless population, but a taxpayers organization and an economist say it isn't a bad …
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By Chris Woodward / The Center Square contributor
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6/1/26
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A new ranking of how state agencies, utilities, school districts and other public agencies respond to public records requests show which ones are most responsive, and which ones have work to do.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/1/26
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging Washington state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
The case, Curtis v. Inslee, sought to challenge former …
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By Andrew Rice / The Center Square
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6/1/26
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The family of a 59-year-old woman who died when an oncoming driver crashed head-on into the car she and her family were traveling in has filed a $111 million lawsuit against both the driver and the …
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By Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/1/26
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LONGVIEW — More than 500 people Sunday packed into the Journey Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kelso for a memorial service for Gilberto Bernal, one of 11 workers killed in Tuesday’s chemical …
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By Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/1/26
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If you feel like you’ve been seeing a lot of reports lately about whales dying and washing up on Washington beaches — you’re not imagining it. Something unusual is happening. And it’s even …
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By Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times
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6/1/26
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On Tuesday, Steven Shay Smith was convicted of first degree murder in the August 2024 death of Bryce D. Bitar of Aberdeen after a five-day jury trial in Grays Harbor Superior Court.
The jury in …
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By Jerry Knaak / The Daily World
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6/1/26
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Vaccine hesitancy fed by misinformation is causing new surges of measles and whooping cough, while COVID-19 hotspots persist in some states and a new threat looms from an Ebola outbreak in central …
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By Tim Henderson / Stateline.org
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6/1/26
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The U.S. Postal Service on Friday took its first major step to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, proposing a rule that would require states to submit …
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By Jonathan Shorman / States Newsroom
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6/1/26
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Washington’s rural counties saw the largest drops in insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act after the Republican-controlled Congress failed to extend subsidies that helped consumers …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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6/1/26
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Response crews in Longview saw a major jump in the number of dead fish days after an implosion at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging pulp and paper mill released many gallons of harmful chemicals into the …
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By Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/1/26
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No state agency was responsible for inspecting the 900,000-gallon chemical storage tank that burst at a mill in southwest Washington this week, leaving 11 people presumed dead.
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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5/30/26
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The two remaining victims who went missing after a chemical tank implosion in Longview, Washington earlier this week have been recovered, raising the confirmed death toll to 11.
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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5/30/26
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On the 279th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz welcome on reporter Jacob Farmer to discuss the latest in the ongoing Tracy …
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5/29/26
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A former youth pastor accused of sexually assaulting minors at church functions in Thurston County in 2015 and 2019 is now facing charges.
Detectives with the Renton Police Department …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/29/26
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The Highly Capable program’s symposium was held at Fords Prairie Elementary in Centralia on Wednesday, May 27.
The night showcased individual projects that students in grades 3 through 6 in …
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Photos by Otto Rabe / otto@chronline.com
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5/29/26
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The annual W.F. West Crimson & Gray DECA Takeover Day at the wass held at Lewis County Coffee Co. headquarters in Chehalis on Thursday, May 28.
Lewis County Coffee Co. partners with the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/29/26
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LEWIS COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
Arraignments
• Craig A. Haselton, 36, Centralia, pleaded not guilty on May 28 to one count each of first-degree malicious mischief, hit-and-run and …
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The Chronicle staff
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5/29/26
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• VERONICA C. OETJEN, 90, Centralia, died May 27 at Silver Acres II. Service details are pending at this time. Arrangements are under the care of Newell-Hoerling’s Mortuary.
• VELMA R. …
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5/29/26
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