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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are throwing nearly every tool in their arsenal, including a proposed $28 million in taxpayer dollars, at the baby formula shortage. But it isn’t clear how quickly …
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By Ariel Cohen / Roll Call / Tribune News Service
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5/18/22
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Editor’s Note: The following article was published last month by WDFW.
The spring Chinook salmon hatchery program on the Cowlitz River does double duty: not only does it provide angling …
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By The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
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5/18/22
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In 1965 — the heyday of kitschy roadside attractions — Lee Hobbs had an idea to advertise his Army surplus store in Medford.
Though he had no artistic background, Hobbs thought his …
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By Samantha Swindle / The Oregonian
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5/18/22
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The U.S. Department of the Interior released the first volume of its Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report on last week, highlighting 150 years of mistreatment in federal …
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By Shaun Goodwin / The Idaho Statesman
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5/18/22
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Heidi MacDonald, 51, was “a little busy” last Friday morning as she prepared for her first time at the Centralia Farmers Market.
For MacDonald, the experience of selling produce at a …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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5/18/22
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The Cooper Point Village Starbucks was closed to customers on Monday, as employees, past and present, as well as supporters went on an unfair labor practice strike from 4:30 to 10 a.m.
The store …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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5/18/22
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Thurston County coronavirus activity continued its upward trend last week, but hospital capacity has been holding steady.
Public Health and Social Services added 631 COVID-19 cases the week of …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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5/18/22
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A man was taken to a Seattle hospital Monday after he was burned in a garage fire near Rainier, according to Southeast Thurston Fire District officials.
About 1:25 p.m. Monday, fire crews were …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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5/18/22
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Olympia police are looking for a robbery suspect who stole a purse out of a shopping cart, then flashed his gun at those chasing him.
Police were dispatched to the Capital Mall JC Penney in west …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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5/18/22
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An autopsy this week confirmed that the body found near Wallula Junction south of Pasco last week is a missing Moses Lake mother of three.
Yanira Cedillos was celebrating her 30th birthday when …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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5/18/22
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Washington has taken a significant step toward expanding health and dental insurance coverage to nearly all residents, particularly those who are undocumented.
The Washington Health Benefit …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times
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5/18/22
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A Kent man who is an experienced boxer was charged Tuesday with beating his roommate to death 13 days after he was last released from prison, according to King County prosecutors.
Kent police …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times
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5/18/22
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Boarding the Tai Honesty off Longview earlier this month, U.S. Coast Guard inspectors found the 623-foot-long bulk cargo ship to be unseaworthy.
The problem had nothing to do with leaks, engine …
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Hal Bernton / The Seattle Times
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5/18/22
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Vancouver police say a man "loosely" grabbed a 13-year-old girl and tried to pull her into some bushes with him while she walked to school Tuesday morning in the North Image neighborhood.
Police …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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5/18/22
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On the 99th episode of News Dump, area man Aaron VanTuyl, Chronicle editor Eric Schwartz, reporter Isabel Vander Stoep and Nightcrawler discuss filing week posturing, the Aussies bringing sweet clean …
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5/17/22
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A 49-year-old Centralia man is facing felony charges for allegedly slapping a 9-year-old boy in the face in February then breaking into the child’s mother’s residence in April.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/17/22
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The stench emanating from 275 Lone Yew Road in Toledo quickly overwhelmed the three Lewis County Animal Control officers who toured the property alongside a veterinarian on March 31.
They …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/17/22
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OLYMPIA — The Washington State Department of Agriculture is asking owners of chickens, ducks and other domestic birds to be vigilant following an outbreak of avian influenza in six …
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Staff Report / Columbia Basin Herald
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5/17/22
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New cases of COVID-19 in Thurston County increased in the health department’s latest report as 631 cases were tallied during the period of May 9 through May 15.
The prior week there were …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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5/17/22
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Gas prices started to decrease after the shock of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but prices are now on the rise again in the Evergreen State.
In Washington, the average of gas recently rose …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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5/17/22
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