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Thousands of union members will gather Monday at Oaks Park in Southeast Portland for the Northwest Oregon Labor Council’s annual Labor Day picnic, an annual event that showcases the strength of …
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Mike Rogoway / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/31/25
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A BASE jumper was found dead after leaping from the top of a 6,000-foot mountain peak in Washington, deputies said.
The incident happened at about 7 p.m. Aug. 19 at Mount Baring, the Snohomish …
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Helena Wegner / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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8/31/25
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A federal appeals court has found that Washington’s legislative map for a district in the Yakima Valley will stay in place after it was redrawn and adopted by a U.S. District Court last year.
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Shauna Sowers / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/31/25
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A man in his 20s died after falling more than 200 feet while climbing at Index Town Wall, a destination that draws expert climbers from around the world, according to Sky Valley Fire Chief Eric …
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Gregory Scruggs and Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/31/25
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After a protracted legal battle with President Donald Trump’s administration, AmeriCorps service and volunteer programs in Washington have been made financially whole again.
The federal …
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Greg Kim / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/31/25
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A smashed car window in Lacey led to a police pursuit early Saturday morning that had Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders chasing a suspect at 135 mph on Interstate 5 until the suspect went the …
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Peter Talbot / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/31/25
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King County has agreed to pay $21.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman attacked by dogs in Auburn in 2022, after a judge ruled it was the county's responsibility to enforce municipal …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/31/25
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Fifty members of Congress, including several Washington Democrats, are calling on the Department of Homeland Security for answers after two crew members fighting the Bear Gulch fire were arrested by …
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Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks and Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/31/25
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News broke earlier this week that Border Patrol agents had arrested two firefighters at the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula.
Now the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is criticizing …
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Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/30/25
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Under the gazebo in Longview’s R.A. Long Memorial Park, friends, family and supporters of Hailey Athay gathered not only to celebrate her 34th birthday but also to urge the public to share …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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8/30/25
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A motorcyclist from Oregon was airlifted to Tacoma General Hospital after crashing on Interstate 5 in Lewis County on Saturday morning.
Todd K. Campbell, 64, of Cloverdale, Oregon, was …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/30/25
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Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown recently described the 2020 death of Manny Ellis during a confrontation with Tacoma police officers as a “murder,” although the officers …
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By TJ Martinell | The Center Square
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8/30/25
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Border czar Tom Homan told reporters that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations will expand after Labor Day in sanctuary cities nationwide, including Seattle, Wash., and Portland, Ore.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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8/30/25
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Families and leaders of Evergreen Public Schools in southwest Washington hope students will return to school on Tuesday after a week-long delay due to a classified workers strike.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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8/30/25
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Thurston County Public Health and Social Services this week announced the release of the 2025 Community Health Assessment (CHA).
A CHA is a collection and review of local health data used to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/29/25
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All writers, those published and those who want to be, will find a variety of learning options at the Southwest Washington Writers Conference on Sept. 12 and 13 at Centralia College.
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/29/25
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“The Enchanting World of Garlic” comes to Chehalis Outfitters in Chehalis at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20.
This educational presentation will be held in the red building in the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/29/25
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A GoFundMe fundraiser has been set up for an area woman who was attacked by a large dog on July 8.
According to her friend, Don Wilson, Elizabeth Carne was helping an elderly neighbor bring a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/29/25
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In this installment of A Look Back in Time, the Thursday, Aug. 30, 1945, edition of The Chronicle featured a story about three unnamed local juveniles — a pair of brothers and their cousin …
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Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/29/25
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“Significant” lightning led to over a dozen fires in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest this week, according to a news release posted by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Thursday. The …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/29/25
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