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Washington’s elected officials reacted Wednesday to the fatal shooting of activist Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of conservative activist organization Turning Point USA.
Kirk, 31, was shot …
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By Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/10/25
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Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder and executive director and close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot in the neck on Wednesday at a Utah Valley University event, campus police have …
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Esther Wickham | The Center Square
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9/10/25
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A 37-year-old man accused of murdering a woman in 2021 is being held in the Thurston County jail without bail.
James Daniel Lewis, who was arrested over the weekend, attended his preliminary …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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9/10/25
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Ruinous fires across the West often lead to smoke-filled days with flames tearing through large swaths of natural land.
While most of these fires are started by people, many fires start …
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Mathew Callaghan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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9/10/25
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Nearly 60 Democratic legislators have signed an open letter calling on Washington lawmakers to restore funding to a state program that helps clinics and patients pay for abortion services after …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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9/10/25
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Microsoft will require employees to work in the office three days per week next year, a major shift for one of the last remote-work-friendly tech giants.
The policy will take effect Feb. 23 for …
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Alex Halverson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/10/25
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Washington tribal leaders and environmental advocates are speaking out against the Trump administration’s plan to repeal protections for 2 million acres of national forests in the state.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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9/10/25
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The very first sentence of a blockbuster King County auditor's report released last month contained an eye-popping finding: The county's Department of Community and Human Services awarded more than …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/10/25
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King County prosecutors believe a 60-year-old man in Kirkland stabbed his roommate’s mother to death and injured her daughter last week in retaliation for the daughter reporting a sexual …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/10/25
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A 37-year-old man accused of murdering a woman in 2021 is being held in the Thurston County jail without bail.
James Daniel Lewis, who was arrested over the weekend, attended his preliminary …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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9/10/25
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A man who was found unresponsive in the Thurston County Jail on Sunday and later died has been identified by the Thurston County Coroner’s Office.
About 12:20 p.m. Sunday, Sheriff’s …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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9/10/25
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Washington’s highest court heard a case Tuesday alleging that Amazon is responsible for the suicides of people who purchased a lethal chemical from the online marketplace.
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Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS)
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9/10/25
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Detectives are asking for help identifying suspects who allegedly burglarized the same business eight times since Aug. 25.
Betschart Mechanical, a mechanical contractor at 5508 128th St. E., …
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Julia Park / The News Tribune (TNS)
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9/10/25
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A 37-year-old Level 3 sex offender with nine previous indecent exposure convictions was back in Lewis County Superior Court Tuesday on allegations he exposed himself and assaulted a Centralia College …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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9/9/25
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Chehalis Tribe gets $1M for solar farm; Thurston County receives $1.4M for solar and battery storage
The Washington state Department of Commerce delivered $41.1 million to 49 Clean Energy Community Grants awardees in 22 counties this year, according to a news release from the Department of …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/9/25
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Despite pushback from the free-market Washington Policy Center think tank, the Washington State Department of Ecology is standing by its official rebuke of the Trump administration’s rollback …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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9/9/25
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Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services will remove references to gender ideology in federally-funded sex education programs following a federal threat to pull grants.
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By Micah Drew / The Daily Montanan
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9/9/25
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Truck drivers traveling through Washington are getting new technological tools to help find open parking spots in rest areas and weigh stations on Interstate 5.
A new program starting this month …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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9/9/25
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Oregon leaders say they are prepared to litigate and legislate against President Donald Trump’s potential mobilization of the National Guard in Portland following his comments last week vowing …
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By Shaanth Kodialam / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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9/9/25
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Lintott-Alexander Park in Chehalis is set to receive a new statue thanks to donations from former Chehalis Foundation President Mike Austin and his wife, Susan, as well as Chehalis City Councilor Bob …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/9/25
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