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Though the winner won’t be known until after the general election, five candidates to serve as a Lewis County Public Utility District (PUD) commissioner will face off in the August primary …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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8/2/24
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Amazon reported $13.5 billion in profits in the second quarter of this year, driven largely by continuing growth in its cloud computing division.
Amazon Web Services — which offers cloud …
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By Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/2/24
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A 67-year-old man was convicted of three felonies in U.S. District Court in Seattle for attempting to smuggle duffle bags containing methamphetamine and fentanyl on July 26, according to a news …
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By Jenna Millikan / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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8/2/24
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The Thurston County Fair began on Wednesday and lasts through Sunday at the Thurston County Fairgrounds in Lacey.
Learn more at …
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8/2/24
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When the keels for the USS Nicholas and USS O’Bannon were first laid down in 1941 as construction on the ships began at Bath Iron Works in Maine, they became sister ships and were some of the …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/2/24
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An employee at Braun Northwest Inc. in Chehalis was struck and killed by another employee while working under a vehicle Friday morning.
The deceased employee’s identity had not been …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/2/24
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A runaway tortoise named Bowser who escaped from his house Tuesday, July 30, is back home after Portland police officers discovered the renegade reptile while conducting an outreach mission on a …
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For The Chronicle
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8/2/24
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The first time she saw it, she wasn't even sure what she was seeing. When she understood it was a humpback whale swimming without a tail, she still couldn't believe it.
"It looks so odd, your …
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/2/24
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SEATTLE — Beginning in December, police killings in 12 Western Washington counties will no longer be investigated by police.
It will be the first test of a unique state agency, the Office …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/2/24
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The ACLU of Washington is suing the city of Spokane over its anti-homelessness laws in a move that could potentially have sweeping consequences for Washington cities, which only recently regained the …
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Emry Dinman / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/2/24
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Charging documents provide more insight into the arrest of Aberdeen City Councilor Riley T. Carter, 39, on a charge of first-degree rape of a child.
Carter was arrested Tuesday evening, after a …
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Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World (TNS)
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8/2/24
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SEATTLE — It has been five years since Washington's signature "sanctuary" law went into effect, prohibiting most local officials from cooperating with immigration enforcement. Since then, …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/2/24
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OLYMPIA — Over more than a decade as state attorney general, Bob Ferguson created a dedicated civil rights division, went after pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid crisis and …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/2/24
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SEATTLE — Thirteen Washington counties sued the Department of Children, Youth and Families on Thursday for suspending its intakes of youth offenders as some lawmakers and juvenile justice …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/2/24
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Three people were held at gunpoint in June in a Tacoma home after men in ballistic vests knocked on their door and claimed to have a warrant for a resident while purporting to be from the Department …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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8/2/24
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Washington has been dealing with a shortage of permanent metal vehicle license plates for months. That's only half the problem facing car dealers and car buyers.
In 2022, the state Legislature …
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune (TNS)
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8/2/24
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Washington’s state advisory board on juvenile justice has called on Gov. Jay Inslee to fire Department of Children, Youth and Families director Ross Hunter amid the agency’s decision to …
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By Grace Deng / The Washington Standard
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8/2/24
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On the 196th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl, Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and photographer Kody Christen discuss columns, and local races, and politics, and more.
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8/2/24
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Debra Kay Ward (née Hawley), also known as Deb or Debbie, passed away of a heart attack on June 17, 2024, in Vancouver, Washington, at the age of 46.
She is survived by her mother, Terry …
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8/2/24
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A man was nearly beaten to death by a fellow inmate in Pierce County Jail and then sexually assaulted by a Washington state corrections officer after he was taken to a hospital with a catastrophic …
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Shea Johnson / The News Tribune (TNS)
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8/1/24
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