In 2017, I wrote a column titled “America needs more welders and fewer philosophers.” It was a slogan Florida Sen. Marco Rubio used in his 2016 presidential campaign to call attention to …
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By Don Brunell
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2/21/24
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A recent statement by the Senate Majority Leader asserts that passage of Initiative 2109, an initiative from the people to the Legislature to repeal the capital gains income tax, would “result …
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By Paul Guppy
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2/21/24
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Democrats are telling us Initiative 2109 will blow a $5.6 billion hole in the state budget. That’s the initiative to repeal the state’s new income tax on capital gains.
They say it …
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By Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview
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2/21/24
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Everyone has their own history and, for the Lewis County Historical Museum, it's time to tell some of those stories.
The Chehalis museum is sponsoring a project conducted by a University of …
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By Brandon Hansen / For The Chronicle
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2/21/24
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A Chehalis woman is facing a felony child assault charge after Chehalis School District staff reported a child abuse complaint last week.
A counselor at a Chehalis elementary school reported …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/21/24
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The Washington state Senate’s supplemental operating draft proposal released Monday includes funding for a “legislative-led audit” into the executive branch’s juvenile …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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2/21/24
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Musicians are invited to participate in the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Assocation’s acoustic music jam this Friday, March 1, at Faith Baptist Church in Chehalis.
Faith Baptist Church is …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/21/24
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Keiper’s Cards — a trading card and sports memorabilia store in downtown Centralia — will be hosting its third card and memorabilia show at the Tower Plaza Mall located at 320 N. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/21/24
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Chronicle photographer Ridley Hudson captured these photos of Mount St. Helens last weekend from the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway.
To submit photos to The Chronicle for possible …
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2/21/24
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Eleven area basketball teams are still alive in the chase for a state championship, and they’ll return to the court this Friday and Saturday.
Among the 11 still standing, seven are already …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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2/21/24
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On the 176th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, host Aaron VanTuyl and Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz refuse all guests and discuss the news like two men who have not had a drug-induced …
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2/21/24
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When her stepfather moved across the street from her in late summer 2021, Skylar Faith Crowe got scared.
She said she had endured years of sexual abuse from Richard Higheagle starting in grade …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/21/24
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A Washington man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for posing as a 15-year-old boy on Snapchat, traveling to Portland and recording himself having sex with underage girls he met on the app …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/21/24
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Two girls have been arrested and booked into juvenile detention in connection with a series of bomb threats made against area schools over the weekend, according to the Thurston County Sheriff's …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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2/21/24
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A 42-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes Monday night, potentially adding to his extensive criminal history, according to the Thurston County Sheriff's Office.
About 10 …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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2/21/24
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OLYMPIA — On a drizzly day in Olympia, hundreds of people gathered on the Capitol steps and called on state legislators to take action supporting peace in Gaza.
Palestinian and Israeli …
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Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/21/24
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A Federal Way man allegedly shot a Washington State Patrol trooper nine times, including with the trooper's own firearm after stealing it from him, according to King County prosecutors.
Jason …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/21/24
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PEORIA, Ariz. — The two-word phrase was rarely mentioned during last year's spring training. As if the mere mention of it might mutter it into existence. And when the struggles came early in …
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Ryan Divish / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/21/24
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This is a simple question with perhaps not so simple an answer.
Scientists do expect rising global temperatures to influence the weather patterns known as La Niña and El Niño …
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/21/24
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What began as the largest wind project ever proposed in Washington — the Horse Heaven Hills wind farm — will likely soon be cut to a fraction of the original vision.
Why?
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/21/24
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