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Seattle police arrested a 25-year-old man Saturday evening after allegedly ramming his car into a van with two children inside during a suspected road rage incident in North Seattle.
A van and …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/5/25
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A man reported to be one of Tacoma’s most prolific – and popular – taggers has been charged for allegedly spray-painting a wall and concrete barrier along area freeways last year.
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Adam Lynn / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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10/5/25
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A 48-year-old former Oregon State University employee was sentenced to prison for a series of crimes involving peering into young women’s windows over a seventh-month span.
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Cody Mann / Albany Democrat-Herald (TNS)
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10/5/25
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‘Justice has been served’: Gov. Tina Kotek, others praise judge’s ruling blocking troops to Portland
Gov. Tina Kotek praised U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut’s ruling Saturday that found President Donald Trump’s federal mobilization of Oregon National Guard troops to Portland violated …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/5/25
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An elderly couple says they were charged and knocked down by federal agents as they peacefully protested on Saturday in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/5/25
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Oregon’s labor market has been anemic recently, with the manufacturing, construction and hospitality sectors all struggling.
But growth was robust in one segment of the economy: Jobs …
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Mike Rogoway / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/5/25
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T-shirt weather is out, and camp fires are in.
At least that’s according to Pierce County officials who lifted the countywide Stage 1 burn ban in unincorporated Pierce County on Oct. 1. …
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Isha Trivedi / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/5/25
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The arrest of Nicholas Sortor, a 27-year-old right-wing influencer from Washington, D.C., was quiet and quick.
A bike patrol officer from the Portland Police Bureau handcuffed Sortor shortly …
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/5/25
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Olympia has a longtime plan to reconfigure the lanes on Capitol Way to Capitol Boulevard, from near the Capitol Campus to Tumwater.
The $14 million project will bring bike lanes, crosswalks and …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/5/25
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Washington’s push to cut greenhouse gas emissions, expand electric vehicles and grow a clean-energy economy faces new hurdles as the Trump administration rolls back federal climate policies …
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By Paul W. Taylor / TVW
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10/4/25
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Patrick Connor, Washington state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, fears that tax increases passed by the state Legislature this session will translate into job losses.
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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10/3/25
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WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials on Friday defended the decision to cancel federal projects in regions of the country that have voted for Democrats, saying the move isn’t …
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By Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom
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10/3/25
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Lewis County projects are set to lose out on more than $46 million in federal funding after the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) terminated more than $1 billion in grant funds already committed to …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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10/3/25
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The new Lewis County night-by-night homeless shelter has finally received a certificate of occupancy, opening the door for the Salvation Army to begin its transition from the county’s current …
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10/3/25
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arrests
• Joel Melzer, 45, Centralia, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree theft in the 1000 block of South Yew Street at …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/3/25
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Woodland Village in Chehalis will host “Beyond the Myths: What Hospice Really Means” through a presentation by Lindsay Giberson, account executive with Assured Hospice, and featuring a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/3/25
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The public is invited to weigh in on longer-term hunting season planning as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) begins its latest three-year season-setting effort, a news release …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/3/25
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Three Green Hill School juvenile detention center inmates faced drug-related charges in Lewis County Superior Court during their preliminary hearings on Tuesday.
All three young men face …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/3/25
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Cathy Murphy, who helped create the Onalaska Alliance (OA) and its signature grand event, the Apple Harvest Festival, was outvoted in a recent important decision by the group she loves.
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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10/3/25
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In this installment of A Look Back in Time, the Thursday, Oct. 4, 1945, edition of The Chronicle featured a story about Centralia resident Hazel Mitchell Savage who had been informed by the U.S. War …
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10/3/25
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