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An incident on Joint Base Lewis-McChord prompted an active-shooter response Thursday, though that response was quickly called off.
There was an incident of some kind in the vicinity of Building …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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3/8/24
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A 29-year-old man wanted for multiple crimes led Thurston County deputies on a motor vehicle chase along the Chehalis Western Trail Wednesday morning.
The pursuit began on Rich Road Southeast, …
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3/8/24
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WENATCHEE — A Washington appeals court ruled in favor of a lower court's decision to dismiss a lawsuit against Confluence Health for enforcing the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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Oscar Rodriguez / The Wenatchee World (TNS)
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3/8/24
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Frat parties in Pullman are going dry for the foreseeable future.
The Greek fraternity and sorority councils at Washington State University have signed a joint executive order that puts a …
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James Hanlon / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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3/8/24
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Editor's note: This story includes graphic detail of alleged child abuse that readers may find disturbing.
A Fairchild Air Force Base active duty member and his girlfriend are accused of …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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3/8/24
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OLYMPIA — On their last day in the Capitol on Thursday, state legislators agreed to create a retirement savings program for Washington workers who don't have access to one through their jobs, …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/8/24
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President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address on Thursday may have been the most consequential of his term, and Northwest lawmakers believe it highlighted exactly why — or why not — he …
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Nick Gibson / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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3/8/24
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Janet Lee Nyberg (Bay) was born on March 12, 1941. She passed away peacefully in her sleep Feb. 18, 2024, surrounded by family. Janet had suffered from Alzheimer's for the last 11 years. She was 82 …
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Bruce Jay Powell passed away March 2, 2024, in Olympia, Washington. He was 69 years old. Bruce was one of 10 children of Keith and Nancy Powell (deceased), of Onalaska, Washington. He graduated …
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3/8/24
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Marjorie “Marge” Springer, a longtime resident of Toledo, Washington, died Feb. 29, 2024, in Olympia, Washington. She was born June 27, 1932, in Grandview, Washington, to Glenn and Edith …
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3/8/24
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Dorothy Gail Nelson passed away peacefully on Jan. 20, 2024, at Providence Centralia Hospital after she suffered a stroke. She was 90 years old.
Gail was born on March 7, 1933, in Olympia, …
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3/8/24
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Six area soccer teams got their first taste of game action this spring, as Centralia hosted a jamboree at Tiger Stadium on Thursday.
Centralia, Tenino, Black Hills, Rochester, W..F West, and …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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3/7/24
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Legislation dubbed by some as the "natural gas ban bill" and a " hot mess " by Lt. Gov. Denny Heck last week, passed the Washington State Legislature early Wednesday morning.
Engrossed …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/7/24
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Scott Smith, a former economist with the Washington State Department of Transportation, spoke out Wednesday morning about the hostility and retaliation he says he faced after refusing to keep quiet …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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3/7/24
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The 19-year-old Longview man who was part of a violent assault on a father and his teenage son outside the Kelso McDonald’s last month was sentenced to over 20 years Tuesday afternoon.
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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3/7/24
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An off-duty bartender who ordered a patron not to use the women’s bathroom and shoved the woman when she tried to explain her gender identity was found guilty of second-degree bias crime and …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/7/24
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OLYMPIA — Aidé Villalobos starts her mornings by greeting third graders in Spanish as they walk into her classroom.
Posters on the walls are in Spanish and English, helping students …
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Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/7/24
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Some of the beloved coastal cabins near Kalaloch Lodge in Olympic National Park will be demolished next week because of an eroding bluff, the National Park Service announced.
Ten rental units in …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/7/24
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A man in his early 30s was shot Tuesday evening and died at the scene, according to the Thurston County Sheriff's Office.
About 6:20 p.m., deputies were dispatched to the 11000 block of Morris …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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3/7/24
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SEATTLE — Not since 2015 has Washington's snowpack fallen so far below normal.
Some regions of the state are preparing for another drought this summer. Others are still enmeshed in the …
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/7/24
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