Each year, Americans throw away more than 3 billion batteries constituting 180,000 tons of hazardous material. The situation is likely to get worse as the world shifts to lithium batteries to power a …
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By Don Brunell
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2/7/24
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On Saturday, Feb. 3, 165 chess players came to Centralia College for the 2024 Southwest Washington Scholastic Chess Championships, an opportunity for students in grades 6 through 12 to qualify for …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/7/24
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At 88 years old, Ron Moeller of Centralia has lived in Alaska and been both a computer engineer and a missionary, but through it all and no matter where he’s lived, one thing has remained …
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By Owen Sexton /owen@chronline.com
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2/7/24
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Legislation that would direct the Washington State Patrol to study the fire hazards posed by electric vehicle batteries and establish best practices for firefighting, towing, storage and cleanup has …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/7/24
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Editor’s note: This article is part of an ongoing series highlighting projects that have been completed as part of the Chehalis Basin Strategy. These projects are implemented in cooperation …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/7/24
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Julian Garcia’s family and friends often say that he was born 200 years too late because he was meant to sail the seas.
He grew up with a deep love of the ocean and a longing for …
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By Dylan Reubenking /For The Chronicle
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2/7/24
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A 33-year-old man was arraigned Tuesday in Multnomah County Circuit Court, less than two weeks after prosecutors allege he broke his fiancée’s neck, hid her body in the backseat of her …
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Catalina Gaitán / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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2/7/24
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The investigation into the midair blowout of a fuselage door plug on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Jan. 5 has confirmed that four bolts that should have kept the door plug in place were not …
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Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/7/24
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OLYMPIA — Washington is moving to bar police from hogtying suspects, a proposal spurred by the March 2020 death of 33-year-old Manuel Ellis, who had been hogtied and told police several times …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/7/24
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An 18-year-old man faces charges from a November crash where he allegedly left the scene while his girlfriend was dead in his truck.
Pierce County prosecutors requested a bench warrant Monday …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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2/7/24
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A group of about 30 protesters interrupted a groundbreaking ceremony for the city of Lacey's new $60 million police station Monday afternoon, according to Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders, who …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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2/7/24
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A 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes late last week and accused of forcing a woman to prostitute herself across several states, according to Olympia police.
About 9:50 …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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2/7/24
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Olympia police are looking for a man accused of masturbating in front of two girls, ages 13 and 14, on an Intercity Transit bus Saturday afternoon.
About 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, the two girls …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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2/7/24
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The Gray fire that devastated Medical Lake in August was caused by sparks from an Inland Power and Light security light mounted to a pole, a Department of Natural Resources investigation found.
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Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/7/24
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OLYMPIA — A Federal Way gun shop and its former owner have agreed to pay $3 million for violating the state's recent ban on selling magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/7/24
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In the months since the Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon over allegations of anti-competitive and monopolistic behavior, the two parties have debated the schedule, the scope and the rationale of …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/7/24
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King County prosecutors have charged a Shoreline teen with premeditated first-degree murder, accusing him of gunning down his sister's boyfriend in "an act of pure vigilantism."
Quy Ngoc Vu, 17, …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/7/24
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Karsyn Freeman and Danika Hallom took turns taking over for Adna on Tuesday, leading the Pirates to a 64-30 win over Toledo in the 2B District 4 quarterfinals.
It was Freeman who was at her best …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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2/6/24
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After a second straight sluggish start to open the postseason, the Rainier High School girls basketball team dominated the second half against Raymond-South Bend en route to a 70-48 win in the 2B …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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2/6/24
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Just four minutes into the 2B District 4 quarterfinal on Tuesday, it was clear that Napavine had brought its A Game.
The Tigers, as they have all season, suffocated Ilwaco early, not allowing a …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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2/6/24
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