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In a media briefing on Thursday, state schools Superintendent Chris Reykdal unveiled a new plan that would allow Washington students over the age of 16 to earn an elective credit toward graduation …
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Griffin Reilly / The Columbian
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8/5/22
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As monkeypox cases double roughly every week in Washington, the United States on Thursday declared a public health emergency.
Washington has 166 confirmed orthopoxvirus cases, which are …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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8/5/22
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With only around 44% of the votes in Clark County alone having been counted, the most recent updated primary election results narrow the gap between third place Republican candidate Joe Kent and …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/4/22
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Lewis County officials have announced that they are finalizing the purchase of the Washington State Employees Credit Union building located at 2015 Northeast Kresky Ave. in Chehalis to be the new …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/4/22
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Bail has been set at $25,000 for a Level 3 sex offender living in Centralia who allegedly failed to report to the Department of Corrections in May to have an electronic home monitoring bracelet …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/4/22
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The city of Lacey has left a warning at Long Lake Park regarding the possible presence of a parasite in the water that could cause swimmer's itch.
Lacey officials said there have been two …
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Cayli Yanagida / The Olympian
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8/4/22
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Two men, both of whom are Black and Muslim, are suing Alaska Airlines for alleged racial discrimination and violations of their civil rights, saying they were kicked off a flight in February 2020 …
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Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/4/22
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Anthony Sims was making an early morning delivery to a downtown Seattle 7-Eleven on May 17, 2020, when he noticed a Seattle police cruiser following him. As he parked and stepped out of his car, the …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/4/22
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The makeup of this November's contests for the Washington Legislature came into slightly sharper focus as a second round of election results were released Wednesday afternoon.
The new ballots do …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/4/22
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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Navy violated the National Environmental Policy Act during its environmental review process for the expansion of the Growler jet fleet at Naval Air Station …
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Skagit Valley Herald (TNS)
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8/4/22
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Statistically, the Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine enrolls higher numbers of American Indian and Alaska Native students compared to other medical schools nationwide.
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Greg Mason / The Spokesman-Review
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8/4/22
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U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers voiced support on Wednesday for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, amid threats from Beijing of a military response.
"As soon as I learned that there …
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Sidiq Moltafet / The Spokesman-Review
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8/4/22
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A Providence St. Peter Hospital job fair is set for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 8 at the Lacey Community Center, 6729 Pacific Ave SE Lacey, WA 98503.
Some of the departments that are hiring: dietary, …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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8/4/22
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The Southwest Washington Fair on Thursday morning announced its finalists for Little Miss Friendly.
The announcement came after 14 candidates had been interviewed on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/4/22
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Thurston County reported 487 new COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths during the period of July 25 through July 31.
The deaths include two men in their 50s, two women in their 70s, two men and a woman …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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8/4/22
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Significant increases to Washington's minimum wage have not been enough to offset rising rent prices for scores of workers across the state.
A minimum-wage worker in Washington would need to work …
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Heidi Groover / The Seattle Times
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8/4/22
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As incumbent Rep. Dan Newhouse was poised to advance through the 4th congressional district primary despite voting to impeach former President Donald Trump, on Wednesday his fellow Republican Loren …
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Orion Donovan-Smith / The Spokesman-Review
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8/4/22
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BATTLE GROUND, Clark County — Three-quarters of voters, in early tallies, do not want Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler returning to Congress.
And yet, in a crowded field with fractured …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times
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8/4/22
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On the 108th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Eric Schwartz and Isabel Vander Stoep discuss the Aug. 2 primary with well-timed needle drops for each candidate, the big LC Republican recall …
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8/3/22
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A Chehalis man who was found passed out with a wide variety of narcotics and drug paraphernalia in his vehicle in June is now facing felony drug manufacturing charges in Lewis County Superior …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/3/22
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