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More Americans are going “cashless” these days, meaning they’re ditching dollars and coins in favor of other payment options.
A Pew Research Center survey from 2022 found 41% …
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Sara Schilling / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/27/25
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A lower South Hill house fire that left a man critically injured Monday started from a window air conditioner plugged into an unsuitable power source, according to the Spokane Fire Department.
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/27/25
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On Aug. 16, Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office deputies began investigating the theft of approximately $50,000 worth of copper wire that was reported missing by the Grays Harbor PUD just outside of …
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By The Daily World
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8/27/25
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The Walla Walla County Republican Party is collecting signatures to require proof of citizenship as part of the voter registration process in Washington.
Initiative to the Legislature 126, or …
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Kate Smith / Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Wash. (TNS)
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8/27/25
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Gov. Bob Ferguson is tapping the brakes on a controversial solar farm proposed in south-central Washington to allow more time to appraise concerns of Yakama Nation leaders.
Ferguson on Friday …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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8/27/25
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Activists protesting Microsoft's work for the Israeli government breached one of the tech giant's buildings at its headquarters Tuesday afternoon as part of ongoing demonstrations.
The security …
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton and Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/27/25
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A new “tree equity” map is giving Washington residents another way to see how their neighborhood’s tree canopy stacks up to others across the state.
“Tree equity” …
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Rachel Showalter / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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8/27/25
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After repeated delays, more than $30 million spent and little to show for it, a decadelong effort to upgrade the state’s antiquated workers' compensation system has been put on hold.
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/27/25
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Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove on Tuesday signed an order to conserve 77,000 acres of mature and older state forests across Western Washington.
Upthegrove, who took charge of the …
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Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/27/25
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On the 248th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Eric Schwartz discuss the final recording (probably) in the hot old studio, commissioner raises, bats with rabies, sharing a …
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8/26/25
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration demanded Tuesday that dozens of states remove from sex education materials any references to a person’s gender departing from …
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By Shauneen Miranda / States Newsroom
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8/26/25
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Eight months after Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove entered office and paused logging sales in older forests on state land, Washington’s Department of Natural Resources has identified …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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8/26/25
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A convicted California burglar was arrested in Lewis County Aug. 25 after surveillance of a “known drug house” led to a traffic stop and discovery of multiple firearms, according to an …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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8/26/25
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The Freedom Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Olympia, Wash., is making a final push to inform Washington teachers that only a few days remain to opt out of paying union dues to the …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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8/26/25
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An Island County election observer won't serve jail time for refusing to wear a mask in 2024, according to a court ruling on Monday.
Island County Auditor Sheilah Crider imposed a mask mandate …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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8/26/25
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Yelm High School class of 2004 graduate Sgt. Sean Collins will soon be honored through a mural at local Yelm business Longshot as the fundraiser to raise $6,900 in order to complete the project has …
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By Jacob Dimond / For The Chronicle
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8/26/25
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In the nearly 120 years following Henry and Katherine purchasing a farm in the Wishkah Valley, the Lentz Family has built a legacy of growing vegetables, flowers, and trees and raising cattle.
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By Andrea Watts / The Daily World
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8/26/25
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On Aug. 14, Grays Harbor College honored 74 graduates at a commencement ceremony at Stafford Creek Corrections Center.
In the past six months, students at Stafford Creek earned 93 educational …
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By The Daily World
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8/26/25
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Despite threats over federal funding, the Spokane City Council voted Monday to ban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from entering permitted events without a warrant.
The move …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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8/26/25
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Three states are at risk of losing some federal transportation funding because they are not enforcing President Donald Trump’s executive order that commercial truck drivers must be proficient …
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By Jacob Fischler / States Newsroom
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8/26/25
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