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Thurston County Sheriff’s Office deputies will get to try out GPS trackers and grapple nets in vehicle pursuits later this year.
The Board of County Commissioners approved purchases of …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/3/24
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A 43-year-old man accused of raping two people he lured from downtown Olympia is being held in the Thurston County jail in lieu of $750,000 bail.
Jerome Lamont Shumate attended his preliminary …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/3/24
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A Clarkston man arrested in an online child-sex sting was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in federal prison.
David Elmo Curry's sentence was less than the 25 years prosecutors asked for, but …
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Donald W. Meyers / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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5/3/24
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The fight to change warehouse working conditions that has been playing out in state legislatures is now headed to Washington, D.C.
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/3/24
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Protesters at The Evergreen State College in Olympia agreed to remove their week-old encampment Tuesday night after striking a deal with administrators that includes the school publicly calling for a …
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/3/24
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Fifteen or more parked police cars were badly damaged in a fire at a training facility early Thursday morning, the Portland Police Bureau said. The bureau said an arsonist set the fire, but it did …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/2/24
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The last time Washingtonians elected a state schools leader was in 2020, when most school buildings were empty because of the pandemic.
Running an all-online campaign, incumbent Chris Reykdal …
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Dahlia Bazzaz / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/2/24
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The owner of a Vashon Island landscaping company was sentenced on Tuesday in federal court for smuggling people across the U.S.-Mexico border and forcing them into servitude while living a lavish …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/2/24
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A 43-year-old driver was injured in a Mason County rollover crash on U.S. Highway 101 early Wednesday morning.
The crash occurred at 1:21 a.m. May 1 as the driver was approaching U.S. 101 from …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/2/24
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Deputies have arrested a 43-year-old man accused of raping two people at knifepoint.
After a months-long investigation, the man has been booked into the Thurston County jail on suspicion of …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/2/24
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The mother of a 4-year-old who died from a fentanyl overdose pleaded guilty Tuesday to her daughter getting into her drugs.
Judy Bribiescas, 39, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/2/24
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The 2024 northern pikeminnow bounty season on the Columbia and Snake rivers opened May 1, with decent money to be made.
"Catch cash, save salmon," says the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/2/24
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OLYMPIA — The public comment period on proposed changes to cougar hunting seasons will be open through June 21, according to a press release from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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5/2/24
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Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems and one of the first whistleblowers to allege Spirit leadership had ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX, died …
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Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/2/24
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A 51-year-old man was shot to death with a pellet rifle in Graham on Wednesday.
Pierce County sheriff's deputies were dispatched at 6:35 p.m. to a call of a shooting at a home off of 252nd …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/2/24
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A 25-year-old father of three who pleaded guilty to murder for the death of his youngest, a 4-month-old boy who died of blunt head trauma, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Samuel Bryon …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/2/24
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The parking lots at the vacant Yard Birds shopping mall in Chehalis have been mostly empty for most of the last 21 months following the mall’s permanent closure.
This week, the lots were …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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5/1/24
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Are you interested in serving your community? Now’s your chance.
The window to file as a candidate for public office in Washington state officially opens on Monday, May 6, and will run …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/1/24
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Sweet Dough Cookie Co. — a business known for its sweet treats, long lines and an owner who has been featured on the Food Network — is preparing to reopen in a new location.
Bakery …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/1/24
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The stories of Washingtonian war heroes going back to before World War I can now be found in a book released earlier this year.
“Beyond Belief: True Stories of Washington State Heroes that …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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5/1/24
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