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On Jan. 12, 202 ballots will be mailed to all military and overseas voters registered in Lewis County for the Feb. 11 special election.
The ballots are mailed 30 days in advance, as required by …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/8/25
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A 100th birthday party for Dale Rutherford will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Jan. 18 at Swiss Hall in Frances.
Rutherford was born in South Bend, Washington, on Jan. 17, 1925.
He is a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/8/25
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As the hunting season continues, health officials in Washington state are issuing a reminder regarding the ongoing threat posed by avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, according to a …
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By The Columbia Basin Herald
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1/8/25
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A 26-year-old Kirkland woman who died Sunday after jumping from a bridge on the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway near Mount St. Helens has been identified, according to the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/8/25
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Lawmakers paid their respects to Jimmy Carter as the former president’s casket arrived at the Capitol on Tuesday, with both Republicans and his fellow Democrats remembering the one-term leader …
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By Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/8/25
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Last week, the EXPLORE Act was signed into law by the president, including provisions of the bipartisan Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act supported by U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/8/25
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The family of Karen Bodine, a 37-year-old mother of three from Thurston County who was found dead near a gravel pit in Rochester on Jan. 22, 2007, will host a candlelight vigil to honor her memory …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/8/25
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In 2000, Adna resident Jim Smith began smoking and processing wild game meat for himself and his hunting buddies inside what was originally his home’s garage.
By 2005, he had officially …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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1/8/25
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A 53-year-old Montesano man is facing charges of driving under the influence and vehicular assault following a wreck near Elma Monday afternoon, according to Washington State Patrol.
A …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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1/8/25
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation that would require deportations of undocumented immigrants charged with minor crimes.
The 264-159 vote to pass the Laken Riley Act …
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Monica Carrillo-Casas / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/8/25
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The landscape of street drugs looked a lot different when University of Washington research professor Caleb Banta-Green began his career in drug epidemiology more than 20 years ago. There were just …
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/8/25
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Commercial net-pen aquaculture is history in Washington.
The state Board of Natural Resources on Tuesday adopted a rule banning the industry.
The ban is a victory for outgoing Commissioner …
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/8/25
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A suspected drug dealer is being held in the Thurston County jail in lieu of $200,000 bail in connection with the overdose death of a 16-year-old Olympia High School student.
Son Thien Nguyen, a …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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1/8/25
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An undersea volcano off Oregon’s coast will likely erupt in 2025, scientists say.
Known as Axial Seamount, it’s the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest — though one …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/8/25
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Several Oregon lawmakers are calling on the incoming administration to nix a plan to kill nearly half a million barred owls on the West Coast, citing the cost and infeasibility.
In a letter sent …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/8/25
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Oregon’s first woman grandmaster in chess is 16-year-old Zoey Tang, a junior at Westview High School in Beaverton.
“Woman grandmaster” is the highest chess title restricted to …
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Samantha Swindler / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/8/25
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A prominent state senator indicated that fiscal reality could mean prioritizing and protecting substance abuse recovery programs that are already working over any plans to expand them. Washington …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/8/25
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Washington state Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, has introduced legislation to create scholarships for students via Education Savings Accounts, commonly called ESAs.
House Bill 1140 , co-sponsored …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/8/25
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A Washington state-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via telehealth, a model that organizers hope other states will adopt to expand …
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By Kelcie Moseley-Morris / The Washington State Standard
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1/8/25
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Vandana Slatter moved from the House to the Senate in the state Legislature on Tuesday after the King County Council appointed her to replace Patty Kuderer, who was recently elected as …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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