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Editor’s Note: This article is part of an ongoing series highlighting projects that have been completed as part of the Chehalis Basin Strategy. These projects are implemented in cooperation …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/31/25
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The Thurston County Auditor’s Office’s financial services team earned its 18th consecutive Annual Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting this month, according to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/31/25
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In an effort to address wildfires, severe storms and other disasters impacting Washingtonians each year, state Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia, has introduced House Bill 1656, a bipartisan proposal …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/31/25
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Thurston County Coroner Gary Warnock this week announced the appointment of Traci McCullah as the county’s chief deputy coroner.
McCullah will be the first to serve in the position since …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/31/25
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Thurston County is nearing completion of a key acquisition of the building located at 1111 Israel Road SW in Tumwater, which will serve as the new home for the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, …
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By The Nisqually Valley News Staff
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1/31/25
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SEATTLE — President Donald Trump's rapid-fire executive orders on immigration left many Washingtonians wondering what exactly would change here.
Among Trump's pledges and directives: mass …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/31/25
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Roughly 50 people rallied on the steps of the Washington Capitol Wednesday to protest a new rule that Republican lawmakers fear will limit their ability to speak against legislation on the House …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/31/25
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Planning a 2,650-mile trek on the Pacific Crest Trail from the U.S.-Mexico border to Canada? Prepare to turn around.
On Monday, the Canada Border Services Agency announced it will no longer …
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Gregory Scruggs / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/31/25
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Clouds broke over Seattle this month, pillars of sunshine crashed to the ground, and kaleidoscopes of light and color exploded through the waters of Puget Sound and Lake Washington.
People …
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/31/25
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Washington lawmakers this session are mulling a renewed push to drop the legal blood alcohol level for drivers from 0.08% to 0.05%.
Senate Bill 5067 was heard in the Senate Transportation …
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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1/31/25
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The Oregon Department of Human Services is investigating an Aumsville children’s learning center after its employees allegedly left a two-year-old girl alone on a bus for about three hours on …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/31/25
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It’s egg-laying season at the Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation, and two California condor couples are getting an early start.
The first two eggs of the year …
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Veronica Nocera / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/31/25
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Hundreds of Northern California investors who allege Umpqua Bank backed a $450 million Ponzi scheme will soon get their days in court.
A roughly three-week jury trial is scheduled to begin …
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Matthew Kish / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/31/25
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A Salem man faces a murder charge after he crashed his car while allegedly transporting the dead body of his former girlfriend.
Tyler Andrew Holman, 39, lost control of his car in the 10000 …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/31/25
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A bill designed to give Washington state renters more protections from service and fee increases and ensure tenants aren’t forced to forgo their right to bring legal action against a landlord …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/31/25
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The potential legalization of magic mushrooms is heading to Olympia next week as state lawmakers prepare to hear testimony on two bills that could change the landscape of mental health treatment.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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1/31/25
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Washington State Ferries completed the sale of the Elwha on Thursday, four months after a deal with a different buyer sank.
Everett Ship Repair bought the retired passenger ferry for $100,000 …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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1/31/25
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Despite threats that immigration enforcement agents might show up, more than 500 immigrant rights advocates from across Washington marched to the state Capitol in Olympia on Thursday.
They were …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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1/31/25
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Sandra Ramirez’s son Joseph was hanging out with friends last February at the home of a boy whose parents owned a gun.
One of the children found the gun in an unlocked safe, Ramirez told …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/31/25
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On the 221st episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz are joined by guest Kody Christen to discuss some awful crime, the latest in politics, …
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1/30/25
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