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If you love spending time outside with a pair of binoculars, spying on adorable little critters, then this is the job for you.
The Oregon Zoo is once again seeking volunteer pika watchers to …
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Jamie Hale / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/18/25
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Jessica Kampfe, who has led the state’s troubled public defense system, was fired Thursday by Gov. Tina Kotek.
Kampfe had served as executive director of the Oregon Public Defense …
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Noelle Crombie / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/18/25
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The owner of La Popular, a chain of money transfer businesses in Oregon and Washington, laundered at least $18 million in drug proceeds from Honduran and Mexican drug traffickers, federal prosecutors …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/18/25
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A man was arrested after police say he threatened three teenage girls with a knife near a popular waterfront area in Seattle.
The 30-year-old man, whose name wasn’t released, was booked …
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Sara Schilling / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/18/25
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It’s spring again, and that means it’s time to be on the lookout for mysterious blue blobs scattered across Pacific Northwest beaches.
From California to British Columbia, the …
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Genevieve Belmaker / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/18/25
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Boeing employees don’t trust senior leadership and don’t feel their contributions are recognized or valued, according to the results of an internal survey that CEO Kelly Ortberg shared at …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/18/25
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Cuts to U.S. Department of Agriculture food assistance programs could hit local farmers, food banks and their users at a time when more families are reliant on them.
Northwest Harvest CEO Thomas …
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Questen Inghram / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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4/18/25
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Washington State Department of Transportation officials are seeking online comments on proposed updates to the state's rail plan.
From April 15 through June 24, WSDOT is asking for input on the …
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Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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4/18/25
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A person with measles may have exposed others to the virus this month at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and a Tukwila hotel, according to Public Health — Seattle & King County.
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/18/25
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An effort to help safeguard the coastal cities of Aberdeen and Hoquiam from future flooding has ground to a halt after the Trump administration ended a federal grant program.
Since a …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/18/25
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Lawyers and people across the Inland Northwest received a letter last week from the Department of Homeland Security telling them they have seven days to leave the United States or face legal …
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Monica Carrillo-Casas / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/18/25
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Spokane-based providers are cheering after the Washington State Supreme Court struck down one of the city’s most controversial laws on Thursday. While considered a win for the homeless …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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4/18/25
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THE DALLES, ORE. — Thomas Ogren stood on the dock at The Dalles Marina boat launch Monday, casting for Northern pikeminnow in the hopes of hooking a piece of the roughly $1 million anglers are …
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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4/18/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson balked at Democratic lawmakers’ latest tax package on Thursday, calling it “too risky” given the budget tumult that actions by the federal government …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/17/25
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Stem cells donated by a recent W.F. West High School graduate are on their way to Italy to treat a blood cancer patient, thanks to the National Bone Marrow Donor Program (NMDP).
Formerly …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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4/17/25
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The coworkers of a 19-year-old Chehalis man who suffered severe injuries Tuesday after he fell 30 feet from a roof he was working on have started a fundraiser to help cover the costs of his medical …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/17/25
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Pe Ell man charged with hate crime after he allegedly threatened to kill police officer in Centralia
A Pe Ell man is facing felony hate crime and harassment charges after he allegedly made racist remarks and threatened to kill an Asian police officer who contacted him while investigating a …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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4/17/25
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When the Trump administration announced in February that it would handpick the reporters who get access to the White House — stripping that power from the century-old White House …
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By Daniel Walters / InvestigateWest
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4/17/25
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The Fuchsia Fanciers, a Lewis County-based nonprofit gardening organization, will host a fuchsia plant sale on May 3 at the Centralia Outlets.
The Fuchsia Fanciers will display and sell a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/17/25
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Portland property manager Ron Garcia had at least four run-ins with squatters in the first three months of the year.
In North Portland, a woman moved out of a rental home his company manages …
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Sami Edge / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/17/25
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