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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People incarcerated by Washington have to work for as little as $1 per hour while paying unfair costs to stay healthy and connected with the outside world, says a new report by Columbia Legal …
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/21/24
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Herbert “Herb” Nels Harmanson, 66, a lifetime resident of Onalaska, passed away on Jan. 12, 2024, after a long struggle with medical issues. He was born Nov. 30, 1957, and adopted by his …
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2/21/24
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Tommy V. McKune passed away on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, at home. He was born on April 23, 1943, to George and Geneva McKune, of Toledo, Washington. He graduated from Toledo High School in 1961. His …
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2/21/24
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Donald R. Anderson, 92, died Feb. 9 in Centralia, Washington. He was born May 27, 1931, in Bucoda, Washington, to William and Gina Anderson. After graduating from Centralia High School, Don joined …
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2/21/24
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Two drivers accused separately of driving recklessly while fleeing from police in Lewis County were arrested over the weekend.
The first of the two incidents occurred on Sunday, Feb. 11, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/20/24
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Majority party Democrats' proposed supplemental House and Senate budgets each contain a provision for $150 million in energy rebate vouchers that would be funded by revenue from carbon auctions that …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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2/20/24
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A bill that calls for stiffer penalties for interference or intimidation by threats or use of force at schools and athletic activities in Washington state gained unanimous approval in the House of …
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Randy Bracht / The Center Square
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2/20/24
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., is among the co-sponsors of a House bill that, if enacted, calls for the immediate detention and expulsion of illegal immigrants crossing U.S. borders and …
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Randy Bracht / The Center Square
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2/20/24
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Clark County deputies shot and killed a man in Brush Prairie early Tuesday morning after receiving a welfare call, the sheriff’s office said.
A woman called 911 around midnight because she …
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Fedor Zarkhin / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/20/24
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A Ferndale woman is accused of attempting to bribe a Whatcom County Sheriff's Office deputy with drugs and threatening deputies after being detained earlier this month.
Police were called after …
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Jack Belcher / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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2/20/24
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Richard McCoy is a name that’s well known to aficionados of the 52-year-old D.B. Cooper case, the only unsolved skyjacking in U.S. history.
The Vietnam War veteran was a suspect for a …
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Douglas Perry / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/20/24
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