If you've been wanting to try a double-double with animal style fries to see what the hype is about, or if you're a transplant from California that wants a taste of home, then you're in luck. …
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Rosemary Montalvo / The News Tribune (TNS)
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3/9/24
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Olympia police found more than $70,000 in cash, drugs and other paraphernalia inside a car after receiving reports of two unconscious people outside of the vehicle.
One of those people is now …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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3/9/24
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A Sunnyside man is accused of using a Honda Accord to steal two dozen calves from a Mabton area ranch.
Deputies were called by a man who said his cattle were being stolen from Sagebrush Ranch on …
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Donald W. Meyers / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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3/9/24
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You've probably heard of libraries accepting book donations. But Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, made a very different kind of donation to libraries across Washington recently.
The …
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Daniel Schrager / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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3/9/24
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OLYMPIA — A bill requiring students to graduate with a financial literacy class ultimately failed by the time the Washington Legislature closed its 2024 session this week.
The bill …
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Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/9/24
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The investigation into the carbon monoxide death of a student at The Evergreen State College is expected to be released next week, the president of the four-year school told the board of trustees on …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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3/9/24
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A 22-year-old woman has been charged after a 10-year-old boy was hit with a gunshot during a drive-by shooting in a Lakewood parking lot.
The woman was with a group of people when an altercation …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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3/9/24
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Consider it a grand reveal of the motto for W.F. West High School’s softball team.
All it encompasses are two words and five syllables. It is something that has been bubbling since May of …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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3/9/24
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If the 2023 softball season was a rollercoaster, Centralia High School’s squad would earn a front row seat.
It started out unblemished, then hit a rough patch after spring break before …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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3/9/24
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With his final legislative session as governor in the rearview mirror, Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday he is “adamantly opposed” to initiatives that would repeal the capital gains tax, …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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3/8/24
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Got an axe to grind? Why not throw it instead?
Area residents and visitors can now challenge coworkers, friends and family in axe-throwing games at the newly opened PNW Axe House in downtown …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/8/24
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No injuries were reported after an abandoned structure fire caught fire along Harrison Avenue in Centralia Thursday night.
Personnel with the Riverside Fire Authority were dispatched to the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/8/24
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The Washington State Patrol issued a missing indigenous person alert on Thursday for a 17-year-old Toledo girl.
Katelyn McCloud was last seen walking to school in Toledo at approximately 7 a.m. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/8/24
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Following his first few months in office as Tenino’s new mayor, Dave Watterson recently talked with The Chronicle about his background and his time leading Stone City government thus far.
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/8/24
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When asked if there was anything he wanted to say after his elotes won first place in the 2024 Sodexo Future Chefs National Challenge at Orin Smith Elementary School in Chehalis on Thursday, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/8/24
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Criminal trespass
• A 34-year-old Centralia man was arrested for trespassing in the 200 block of Centralia College Boulevard just after 7:30 a.m. on March …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/8/24
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• STEPHEN RORIE, 52, Winlock, died Feb. 20 at Providence Centralia Hospital. Arrangements are under the care of Newell-Hoerling’s Mortuary.
• ALDEN STEVEN HOOPER, 70, Rochester, …
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3/8/24
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On Monday morning, Lewis County will take a step forward — literally.
At 9:30 a.m. a new public walking group will kick off weekly public group strolls through Centralia. The walk is open …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / bmittge@chronline.com
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3/8/24
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Four years ago, I introduced a bill to ban an income tax at any level in our state.
It was ignored.
Three years ago, Sen. Perry Dozier, the Republican senator who serves Walla Walla County …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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3/8/24
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