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Families of 2 slain women claim concert organizer didn’t take actions that could have stopped mushrooms-tripping killer

The families of two women who were shot to death last summer at an outdoor music festival in the Columbia Gorge have sued the event organizer and security contractors, claiming the companies should … more

Fedor Zarkhin / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 4/12/24

Ben McLemore looks on as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Golden State Warriors at the Moda Center on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Golden State won 132-95.

‘I did not rape this woman,’ says former Trail Blazer Ben McLemore

Former Trail Blazer Ben McLemore adamantly denied charges that he raped and sexually abused an incapacitated woman in Lake Oswego in 2021. His denial came one day after McLemore appeared in … more

Aimee Green / oregonlive.com / (TNS) | 4/12/24

Man sabotaged brakes on Washington train with hazardous load as it stopped along Columbia River

A Goldendale man has pleaded guilty to tampering with the brakes of railcars after the train left Pasco and stopped at Wishram, Wash., on the Columbia River enroute to California. Forrest Ethan … more

Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS) | 4/12/24

Boeing employees work on the 737 Max on the final assembly line at Boeing's Renton plant, June 15, 2022, in Washington. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle TImes/TNS)

Airbus pulls further ahead as Boeing struggles

Airbus delivered more than twice as many commercial jets as Boeing in March, with the U.S. aerospace giant slowed by efforts to contain quality issues at its 737 Max assembly plant in Renton, … more

Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 4/12/24

Burien seeks new police chief after sheriff refuses to enforce camping ban

The Burien city manager is seeking a new police chief after the King County Sheriff's Office halted its enforcement of the city's anti-camping ordinance while a federal judge decides on the … more

Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 4/12/24

More transparency needed for Washington police asset seizures, audit says

OLYMPIA — A new state audit says that Washington police agencies could be more transparent about the process of seizing assets like cars, cash or guns in the course of criminal investigations … more

Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 4/12/24

Report: Washington state’s economic outlook continues to worsen

Washington remained in the lower half of U.S. states in terms of economic outlook, according to a new report that faults the Evergreen State’s high tax burden and rising labor costs for the … more

By Brett Davis / The Center Square | 4/12/24

Washington state Supreme Court to hear arguments next week in challenge to magazine capacity cap

The owner of the Kelso gun shop behind the legal challenge to the state’s ban on "high-capacity" magazines says business was brisk for a short time on Monday. They’re usually … more

By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square | 4/12/24

Brody Hamilton and his mom, Grace Hamilton, ride in the back of a truck past Onalaska students and community members at Onalaska Elementary and Middle School on Thursday, April 11. Brody was discharged from Seattle Children’s hospital after receiving inpatient care for a brain tumor.

Welcome home, Brody: Onalaska community celebrates boy’s return from hospital

Brody Hamilton was cheered on by family members, fellow students, residents, school staff and others on Thursday morning in Onalaska after returning home from Seattle Children’s Hospital where … more

By The Chronicle staff | 4/11/24

Tommy, Calista and Matthew Morgan Ripp at Providence Centralia Hospital in early April.

No Foolin’: Baby born in car on the way to Providence Centralia Hospital on April 1

Early the morning of April 1, Calista and Tommy Ripp started driving from Mossyrock to Capital Medical Center in Olympia for Calista to give birth. As the couple drove down U.S. Highway 12 … more

By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com | 4/11/24

Lewis County Veterans Service Officer Heidi Palmer takes Clyde, the official Lewis County Director of Fluff and the county's new therapy dog in-training, for a walk outside of the Veterans Memorial Museum on Wednesday, April 10.

‘Lewis County Director of Fluff’: Meet Clyde, the Lewis County Veterans Service Office’s new therapy dog in training

Lewis County staff members knew Clyde was a special dog from the moment they met him. He was originally picked up as a stray puppy, rescued on Twin Peaks Road in Toledo last January along … more

By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com | 4/11/24

Derek Condon (Bingham County Sheriff's Office)

85-year-old Idaho woman kills home invader who shot and handcuffed her to a chair

A feisty Idaho octogenarian is credited with killing a home invader who allegedly battered her, handcuffed her to a chair in the middle of the night and shot her multiple times. According to new … more

Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News (TNS) | 4/11/24

Chehalis detectives investigating ‘suspicious’ death of 84-year-old man

The Chehalis Police Department is investigating the death of an 84-year-old Chehalis male who was found at a residence in the 300 block of South Market Boulevard on Thursday. Officers … more

By The Chronicle staff | 4/11/24

A pair of guests make their way down Westport beach using tracked mobility chairs from David’s Chair, a nonprofit partnering with the city to help bring the beach to more people.

Nonprofit brings tracked mobility chairs to Grays Harbor County

“Living life on one’s own terms” is the foundation of David’s Chair, a nonprofit organization founded in 2017 that’s bringing beach trips to those whose physical … more

By Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World | 4/11/24

Gator's Custom Guns Owner Wally Wentz poses for a portrait in front of his store on Wednesday, April 10 in Kelso. People were briefly able to buy higher-capacity magazines at the Allen Street store Monday after a Cowlitz County Judge ruled the state's ban on the ammo unconstitutional. Editor's note: This photo has been blurred to conceal a curse word.

Sales at Cowlitz County gun shop skyrocket after brief legal window opens to buy higher-capacity magazines in Washington

For 88 minutes Monday, high-capacity magazines flew off the shelves at Kelso’s Gator’s Custom Guns after a Cowlitz County judge ruled unconstitutional the state’s ban on selling … more

By Matt Esnayra and Hayley Day / The Daily News | 4/11/24

1,200-pound tree stump falls, kills Oregon man trying to remove it

A Northeast Portland man was found dead in his yard Wednesday morning after firefighters said a 1,200-pound tree stump he was trying to remove from the ground fell on him. The man — who … more

Beth Slovic / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 4/11/24

Teen accused of planning to attack Idaho churches in name of Islamic State group pleads not guilty

The 18-year-old who was arrested last week just hours before the FBI said he planned to attack a Coeur d'Alene church pleaded not guilty at a hearing Wednesday morning. Alexander Mercurio was … more

Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review (TNS) | 4/11/24

Sandhill cranes jump and dance in a mowed-down corn field between Porter and Elma on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to monitor sandhill cranes with drones

RIDGEFIELD — Researchers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will conduct drone surveys over known locations of sandhill cranes in Klickitat County to assess the technology's … more

Gabriel Davis / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS) | 4/11/24

Comedian Kyle Kinane to headline show at McFiler’s Chehalis Theater Friday

Comedian Kyle Kinane will headline a comedy show at McFiler’s Chehalis Theater on Friday, April 12. Doors to the theater, located at 558 N. Market Blvd. in downtown Chehalis, will … more

By The Chronicle staff | 4/10/24

From left, Jim and Cindy Smith on Monday present members of the Adna football program — Ben Andrew, coach Tyler Shepherd, Jack Smith and Gavan Muller — with a check for $5,342.63, the total proceeds raised from the Adna Crab Feed fundraiser.

Adna Grocery owners raise $5,343 for Adna football program, plan fundraiser for girls basketball team

Jim and Cindy Smith presented members of the Adna High School football program with a check for $5,342.63, the total proceeds from the Adna Crab Feed fundraiser, on Monday, April 8, at the high … more

By The Chronicle staff | 4/10/24