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A state revenue forecast released Wednesday shows a drop in tax collections, sobering news for Washington state lawmakers and Gov. Jay Inslee, who were already weighing options for spending cuts and …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington Standard
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11/21/24
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On the 212th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz discuss what they would have done if their parents had announced to the whole town …
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11/21/24
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The Smurfit Westrock paper mill in Longview “likely contributed” to the mysterious odor that wafted through southwest Washington and northwest Oregon in September, the Washington State …
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Fedor Zarkhin / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/20/24
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Officer Eli Arnold was hiding on Nov. 1, watching a man in a black rain jacket, khakis and a fanny pack hand out what he thought was fentanyl to people in exchange for cash.
Many of the people …
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Fedor Zarkhin / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/20/24
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Trained weather spotters spotted some weather Wednesday afternoon when they saw “a well-defined waterspout just west of the Long Beach peninsula in Washington," according to the National …
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Lizzy Acker / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/20/24
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SEATTLE — Hours after a massive windstorm howled with gusts up to 74 mph in the lowlands, crews in Western Washington were working Wednesday to restore electricity for over 640,000 customers …
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Seattle Times staff / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/20/24
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SEATTLE — In the early hours of Nov. 6, as it became clear that Donald Trump was poised to win his reelection bid for the presidency, the LGBTQ+ youth chat and text line for crisis line …
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Jayati Ramakrishnan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/20/24
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The Idaho State Board of Education will consider a resolution this week to eliminate diversity and equity offices from universities.
The board's draft resolution, which will be taken up in a …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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11/20/24
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University of Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger can face the death penalty if convicted in the four students' deaths, an Ada County judge ruled Wednesday.
Kohberger, a former Washington State …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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11/20/24
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SPOKANE — Nicholas Andrew Anardi, 33, of Moses Lake has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison after setting off an explosive device. Chief Judge Stanley A. Bastian of the U.S. District …
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By The Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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11/20/24
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Tacoma police seized a large collection of narcotics with a street value of about $625,000 in an investigation of an alleged narcotics dealer that ended Nov. 14, according to a news release.
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Julia Park / The News Tribune (TNS)
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11/20/24
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Thurston County promoted two women into permanent directorships for its public health and planning departments on Monday amid of year of transition and departures.
Jennifer Freiheit has been …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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11/20/24
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The gun-buying background check process is underway again after a two-week delay tied to a statewide computer system outage, the Washington State Patrol announced Monday.
The Administrative …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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11/20/24
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Pierce County has agreed to pay more than $1 million to six current or former employees who alleged the county condoned a culture of racism inside the Facilities Management Department, court records …
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Shea Johnson / The News Tribune (TNS)
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11/20/24
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A Green Hill School inmate accused of striking and threatening to kill at least five staff members during an altercation on Aug. 8 is now facing felony charges in Lewis County Superior Court.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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11/20/24
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With Thanksgiving and Christmas quickly approaching, the Centralia Downtown Association (CDA) is preparing to spread holiday cheer with a slate of upcoming festive events in the Hub City’s …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/20/24
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An outside agency is conducting an administrative investigation on behalf of the Centralia Police Department into complaints alleging that a Centralia police commander responded to a domestic assault …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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11/20/24
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The Evergreen State became a smidgen more red in 2024, though it seems unlikely to become a battleground state anytime soon.
Across the country, Republicans saw broad growth during the election, …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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11/20/24
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Four business owners in the West were indicted by a federal jury last month for allegedly smuggling illegal devices meant to skirt federal emissions standards across the border and distributing them …
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By Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review
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11/20/24
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