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Longtime federal prosecutor Russell Smoot, who handled many large drug cases and helped lead the office, retired Friday.
Smoot, 60, took a unique path to the legal profession. He grew up in the …
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Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/3/24
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For all the celebratory claims of a "soft landing" for the U.S. economy, the job market in Seattle, as elsewhere, is still marred by sluggish growth and strikingly uneven outcomes.
On the …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/3/24
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The W.F. West boys basketball team didn’t allow Aberdeen much of anything Thursday, in a 62-22 Bobcats win to resume 2A EvCo play.
The Bearcats (7-3, 6-0 2A EvCo) held the Bobcats under …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/2/24
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TUMWATER — Black Hills passed its first test of 2024 with flying colors Friday night, as the Wolves shut down Rochester in a 58-33 win.
The win was the Wolves’ (5-7, 2-2 2A EvCo) …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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1/2/24
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One good quarter on offense wasn’t enough for the Centralia boys basketball team on Tuesday, which lost 49-36 to Shelton at home in 2A EvCo action.
Sixteen of the Tigers’ 36 points …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/2/24
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TENINO — The last squad in the area to play a league game, the Tenino boys basketball team entered 1A Evergreen play with a promising sort of win, pulling away from Montesano 59-46.
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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1/2/24
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The sports crew (Dylan, Josh, Kody and Aaron) discuss where we’re at in the middle of the prep basketball season with the holidays behind us. Josh (UW) and Dylan (ASU) are both happy for the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/2/24
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Olympia police are looking for a man accused of voyeurism after he attempted to photograph or photographed a 9-year-old girl while she was using the bathroom at a west side bookstore.
About 7 …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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1/2/24
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The total solar eclipse on April 8 will grab most of the sky watching headlines this year, but there are plenty of other good astronomical events on the calendar for those who will be nowhere near …
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Jamie Hale / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/2/24
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A month after the attorney for a former Washington State Department of Transportation employee filed a whistleblower complaint, a public records request from the plaintiff’s attorney involving …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/2/24
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O Bee Credit Union has appointed Martha Prestin, the great-granddaughter of the credit union’s founder with decades of experience in the industry, as chief financial officer.
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/2/24
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A Tumwater man in his 40s suffered arm and head injuries when a garage exploded on New Year’s Eve, according to police.
Just before 9 p.m. Sunday, police and the Washington State …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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1/2/24
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Freya Jeanne Meisling is Thurston County’s first baby of 2024, Providence St. Peter Hospital announced.
Meisling was born at 12:48 a.m. Jan. 1, weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces and …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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1/2/24
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Yelm’s senior left tackle Tyler Blevins, who stands 6 feet, 5 inches and weighs 280 pounds, received the opportunity of a lifetime when he was extended an offer to join the University of …
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By Jacob Dimond / For The Chronicle
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1/2/24
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A former Toledo Middle School teacher accused of inappropriately touching at least nine students in 2021 has surrendered his Washington state teaching certificate after pleading guilty to one count …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/2/24
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When Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders first took office in 2023, he knew he had a lot of work to do.
Sanders said he knew his work was cut out for him considering a high crime rate in the …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/2/24
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The first baby of 2024 born at Providence Centralia Hospital came into the world at 7:27 p.m. Jan. 1.
Mabel Lee Fleming weighed 6 pounds, 13.4 ounces and was 18 and a quarter inches …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/2/24
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SEATTLE — The way more than a few of the 47,313 fans at T-Mobile Park on Monday seemed to view it, the first day of 2024 may be a hard one for the rest of the year to top.
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Bob Condotta / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/2/24
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NEW ORLEANS — If there was ever a win that embodied this season's Huskies, it took place in the Sugar Bowl on Monday night. As the Superdome's decibel levels soared into the 100s, the …
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Matt Calkins / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/2/24
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NEW ORLEANS — After Dillon Johnson towed Texas defensive end Ethan Burke and free safety Michael Taafe into the end zone to give Washington a 7-0 lead, the junior running back made a beeline …
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Mike Vorel / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/2/24
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