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Washington state lawmakers long resisted routinely taking testimony from those not seated in a committee hearing room.
But when forced by the pandemic to operate remotely for two sessions, their …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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8/21/25
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President Donald Trump announced this week that he intends to sign an executive order to end mail-in voting — a statewide system that’s highly popular among Washington state voters.
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Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Thurston County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested two men on suspicion of animal cruelty after finding dozens of animals in extremely poor conditions at their home last week.
Chad Jon …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Summer hasn't lost its grip.
Unusually hot weather during the day and some mild overnight lows this weekend are going to make for “a fairly uncomfortable combination of …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/21/25
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A 2.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Western Washington awake Thursday, Aug. 21, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The 5.7-mile deep quake hit less than a mile from Mount Vernon at 1:01 a.m., …
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Helena Wegner / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Developer Walter Bowen, whose company developed the tower with Portland’s Ritz-Carlton, claims a former top lieutenant took advantage of Bowen’s advanced years, affixing his signature to …
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Jonathan Bach / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Nike and plaintiffs in a sweeping sex discrimination lawsuit have been unable to finalize a class settlement and have asked a judge to step back in.
The lawsuit, filed in August 2018, described …
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Matthew Kish / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Rancher Jack Field, who raises more than 100 head of mostly black Angus cattle near Yakima, said he remembers the first time he got more than $1 a pound when he sold his calves. That was in the early …
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Thomas Clouse / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Hundreds of law enforcement agencies and fire departments spanning Montana, Idaho and Washington gathered at the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex on Wednesday to honor fallen Spokane County Sheriff's …
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Nick Gibson and Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Al Merkel is not the only Spokane Valley City Council member who will undergo an investigation while on the council.
Councilwoman Jessica Yaeger, who was elected in November 2023, is being …
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Emily White / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Fall and winter in Bellingham, and the rest of Western Washington, could be closer to seasonal norms, as last winter’s La Niña weather pattern — now in a neutral phase — is …
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Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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8/21/25
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As the Trump administration lines up ever more countries to accept deported immigrants, a report to be released Thursday documents Washington has more extensive ties than previously known to migrants …
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Nina Shapiro and Lulu Ramadan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Washington Army National Guard soldiers descended on Southwest Washington rivers and lakes for back-to-back weekends earlier this month in a recently announced large-scale training exercise.
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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8/20/25
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White Hawk Carriers, an interstate freight carrier in Ceres, Calif., is under investigation along with one of its drivers facing three charges of vehicular homicide in Florida.
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By Alan Wooten / The Center Square
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8/20/25
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This week, the Trump administration’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an effort to check the immigration status of people who get their health insurance through …
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By Anna Claire Vollers / States Newsroom
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8/20/25
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Washington’s Department of Ecology fined the U.S. Postal Service $33,000 this week for improperly storing and disposing of packages containing dangerous wastes at its Seattle Bulk Mail …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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8/20/25
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Washington state should be allowed to enforce health and safety standards at the embattled immigrant detention center in Tacoma, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The decision overturns a …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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8/20/25
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Since the High Rock Lookout Trail’s closure in early July, volunteers with the Sand Mountain Society have been working to restore the lookout — now with less than a month until its …
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By Ridley Hudson / ridley@chronline.com
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8/20/25
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arrests
• Baylee S. Palmer, 25, of Centralia, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for fourth-degree assault, domestic violence, after she …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/20/25
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Unemployment throughout Washington state remained at 4.5% in July, according to the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD).
The agency reported Lewis County had a 5.6% …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/20/25
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