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The U.S. Forest Service announced this week that it will temporarily prohibit commercial picking of huckleberries this summer in Gifford …
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Josephine Woolington / High Country News / Washington State Standard
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4/3/25
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Some visitors could soon pay even more to visit Oregon state parks.
In a new proposal from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, visitors from out of state would pay a 25% surcharge on …
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Jamie Hale / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/3/25
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A husband-and-wife-owned forestry company is accused of duping an elderly New Jersey man into signing a bogus contract and then decimating his family’s 321 acres of forestland along the Pacific …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/3/25
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The next time one of Oregon’s U.S. senators dies or retires before the end of their term, the governor could get to appoint their temporary replacement.
That proposal, in Senate Bill 952, …
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Sami Edge / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/3/25
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Representatives from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained several dozen people during a raid at Mount Baker Roofing in Bellingham on Wednesday.
Employees told a Herald …
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Jack Belcher / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/3/25
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State Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind recently approved rules designed to limit the spread of chronic wasting disease.
The disease, which was first detected in the state …
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Vince Richardson / Skagit Valley Herald (TNS)
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4/3/25
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An Eatonville, Washington, animal clinic is treating a 5-month-old orphaned cougar cub found near Spokane earlier this month.
The cub is now in the care of Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, which is …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/3/25
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A 27-year-old man who brutally beat a woman in an unprovoked downtown Spokane attack and then killed an Eastern State Hospital patient six months later was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/3/25
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In what has become a grueling economic ritual, companies, farmers and other commercial players in Washington are again scrambling to assess the costs of another round of tariffs by President Donald …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/3/25
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Defying Olympia, the Spokane Valley City Council passed a resolution Tuesday explicitly opposing what many call Washington’s “sanctuary state” law, despite residents' pleas to …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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4/3/25
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A bill that gained bipartisan support in the Washington state Senate to strengthen online safety for children has failed to move forward in the House.
Senate Bill 5708 came at the request …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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4/2/25
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The two teenage boys arrested alongside a third subject after a seven-hour standoff in Chehalis on Tuesday have been identified as suspects in the violent beating of a man in Chehalis on March …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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4/2/25
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A Woodland woman who has two children with a teenager was sentenced to over a year for felony child rape.
Magali Victoria Ramirez, 22, of Woodland, pleaded guilty to a third-degree rape of a …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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4/2/25
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Lawmakers in the Washington House and Senate will have plenty of negotiating to do as they try to reconcile competing transportation budget proposals, which both depend on gas tax hikes.
The …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/2/25
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In January, unemployment throughout Washington state dropped slightly to 4.3%, according to the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD).
The agency reported Lewis County had a 6.4% …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/2/25
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The Lewis County Public Utilities District (PUD) Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, April 1, officially announced the board position representing District 1— formerly held by a man who has been …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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4/2/25
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The Lewis County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, April 1, passed a resolution aimed at protecting the installation of gas furnaces for heating and cooking in new home and commercial construction.
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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4/2/25
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The public is invited to downtown Chehalis to celebrate Earth Day with two community activities on Saturday, April 26.
Experience Chehalis will host its community clean-up event at the Lewis …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/2/25
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft
• A theft at a store in the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue reported just after 10:35 a.m. on March 31 is under investigation.
• An EBT card …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/2/25
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City of Centralia Public Works Water Department employees will begin flushing fire hydrants on Monday, April 7.
The hydrant flushing process is preventative maintenance that takes place twice a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/2/25
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