With nearly half of its theater students graduating this year, Rochester High School is using its spring production, “Out of Towners,” to highlight the drama program’s past …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/14/24
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A Chehalis man charged in late 2023 for voting twice — once in Oregon and once in Washington — during the 2022 general election was found guilty of a felony repeat voter charge in Lewis …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/14/24
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The Relay for Life of Lewis County will be held from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds.
All ages are welcome. Admission is free, though a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/14/24
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When Brooklynn Swenson, a junior shortstop at Rainier High School, steps up to the plate, she looks to her left for advice from the only person who has ever driven her to practice in any of her …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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5/14/24
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A man accused of plying his daughter’s sleep-over friends with sedative-laced smoothies must be monitored by GPS tracking, a Clackamas County judge ruled Monday.
The Clackamas County …
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5/14/24
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Killer in Oregon beat, strangled girlfriend’s father and then went on family vacation; gets 19 years
Zachary Hackman jogged down the Seaside beach, scooping up sand dollars and tossing them into the waves on a vacation with his girlfriend’s family in October 2022.
It didn’t appear …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/14/24
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SEATTLE — As Darcy Batura often wanders Cle Elum Ridge, she cherishes the ponderosa pine bark glowing red in the sunshine, releasing a sweet aroma that permeates the forest. A blanket of lupine …
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5/14/24
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A Riverside Elementary School paraeducator and high school coach admitted to recording himself engaging in sex acts with underage boys and sending the videos to other children, court records say.
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Alexandra Duggan and Elena Perry / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/14/24
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OLYMPIA — Drama that ensued last week when three people named Bob Ferguson all filed to run for Washington's governorship appeared to have settled down Monday when two of the trio of Bobs …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/14/24
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Yakima police are investigating the shooting death of a 71-year-old man during a dispute Saturday afternoon.
The accused shooter, a 27-year-old man, is not in custody, according to a YPD news …
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Donald W. Meyers / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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5/14/24
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Washington recorded another grim milestone this week, with numbers from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission showing yet another year of increasing fatalities on the state's roads.
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5/14/24
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SEATTLE — The evening of May 31, 2019, a troubled 26-year-old man and an Auburn police officer with a violent history came together in a fateful, fatal 67-second encounter outside a …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/14/24
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Like a thief in the night, the aurora borealis arrived suddenly — and seemingly unannounced, if you weren't paying close attention — across the upper half of the globe this past weekend.
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5/14/24
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After 13 years, Amboy-based Mount St. Helens Institute has a new director.
Ray Yurkewycz’s last day was April 30, after serving since 2011 as the executive director of the nonprofit that …
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By Hayley Day / The Daily News
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5/14/24
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Friday marks the sixth day of Boeing firefighters being locked out by the aerospace company in a contract dispute.
Negotiations between Boeing and the International Association of Fire Fighters …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/14/24
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At a Monday morning press conference regarding the results of the state’s Climate Commitment Act, Gov. Jay Inslee sought to make a thinly veiled case for why voters should reject an initiative …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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5/14/24
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Gun crime trends in unincorporated Pierce County have officials worried.
According to data presented to the Pierce County Public Safety Committee, in 2024, there have been 58 crimes …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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5/14/24
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5/14/24
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W.F. West’s Natalie Eklund was the best golfer on the course at Three Rivers in Kelso on Monday, as the defending district champion shot even par and leads by 13 strokes heading into Day 2 of …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/13/24
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The Napavine softball team’s season came to an unceremonious end on Monday, as the Tigers were defeated by Raymond-South Bend 12-3 in the opening round of the district tournament.
The …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/13/24
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