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A 25-person crew is working to extinguish a half-acre fire burning in Mount Rainier National Park, the National Park Service announced Sunday.
The blaze, now known as the Twin Firs Fire, was …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/28/23
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SEATTLE — The fish carver slides his knife into a 550-pound bluefin tuna shortly after 6 a.m. on a mid-July morning. His blade makes a sound, click-click-click, as it rattles along the fish's …
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Aviva Bechky / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/28/23
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Soon, around 70% of jobs in Washington state will require some education beyond high school. Yet the rate of homegrown high school grads earning credentials here is on the decline, a new report says.
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Dahlia Bazzaz / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/28/23
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The number of acres burned so far in Washington's wildfire season this year is on trend with what ecologists predicted. But the damage has been catastrophic, and it could be weeks before fire danger …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/28/23
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In the coming weeks, a Grant County judge will decide whether the criminal case against Joseph Zamora will continue, 6 1/2 years after police nearly beat him to death, or whether charges should be …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/28/23
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Chick-fil-A, a controversial but also popular operator of fast-food restaurants throughout the country, has submitted plans for its first restaurant in Olympia.
That's according to the city of …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/28/23
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JACKSON BEACH PARK, San Juan Island — More than 300 people gathered Sunday at a park in the heart of the home waters of the southern resident orcas to pay tribute to the life of Tokitae.
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/28/23
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Have you gotten a COVID vaccine booster within the past year?
Most Americans have not, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau's ongoing Household Pulse Survey. But that's not the case …
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Gene Balk / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/28/23
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The amazing life of Gene 'Ace' Forman, 79, ended Aug. 20, 2023, in Salem, Oregon. His death was from a variety of health complications.
Born in North Bend, Oregon, Gene grew up in Toledo, …
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8/28/23
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There's no convincing Julio Rodriguez that these Seattle Mariners are "hot," now the winners of 36 of their last 50 games and suddenly among the contenders of the American League.
With perhaps …
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Tyler Wicke / The News Tribune (TNS)
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8/27/23
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SEATTLE — For at least one day, the Seattle Mariners will stand alone atop the American League West standings.
When Andres Munoz finished overwhelming the Kansas City Royals, striking out …
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Ryan Divish / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/27/23
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Washington’s fatal drug overdose rate increased in a one-year period the fastest of any state, according to a new report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The report found that …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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8/27/23
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As Lewis County’s Deputy Director of Emergency Management Ross McDowell phrased it on Sunday morning, wildfires are “popping up left and right,” across Lewis County.
As …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/27/23
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Lacey police have tracked down and arrested the suspect in Monday morning's fatal shooting at a mobile home park on Chelan Lane.
On Friday, Aug. 25, Lacey detectives and community resource unit …
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The Olympian Staff / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/27/23
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When you've waited this long to return to the top, you don't want the stay to be fleeting.
When you've worked this hard to reach this level, you don't want satisfaction to lead to relaxation.
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Ryan Divish / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/27/23
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The statement couldn't be argued with, unless you were to contend that it was too generous.
It came July 20 of this year, when Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto was …
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By Matt Calkins / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/27/23
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Before the gates opened, the line stretched down Tiger Stadium. Within the first hour, around 130 backpacks, 100 notebooks and other school supplies had been given out.
By 3 p.m. Friday, more …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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8/26/23
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Earlier this month, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission approved a request by Puget Sound Energy to increase their natural gas rates to cover the costs of the state’s …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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8/26/23
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WINLOCK — Most Week 0 jamborees in southwest Washington bring in schools from different classifications, so that teams don’t have to worry about lining up against league opponents …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/26/23
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As a heat advisory remains in place for much of Western Washington — including in all of Lewis and Thurston counties — the U.S. Forest Service reported Saturday that 31 new fire ignitions …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/26/23
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