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Jaime Herrera Beutler, the previous U.S. representative for Southwest Washington and a former state legislator, has been appointed to the board of directors of the National Kidney Foundation.
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/16/23
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Tickets are still available for anyone wishing to join the biggest cycling event in Lewis County, as the annual Ride The Willapa bike ride returns Saturday, June 24.
Now in its seventh year, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/16/23
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Thurston County employees are requesting higher wages to meet rising living costs as union contract negotiations drag on.
Several dozen Thurston County employees crowded into the Board of County …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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6/16/23
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The family of Boistfort resident Charmie Sprague wishes her a happy 90th birthday. “Happy 90th birthday mom!” the family wrote. “A beauty queen then and still today. We all love …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/16/23
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Cities throughout Lewis County are experiencing “boom time construction growth,” stated a news release from the county earlier this week.
In the release, Lewis County Lead …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/16/23
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Two people were killed in a four-car crash caused by a wrong-way driver on northbound Interstate 5 near Castle Rock shortly before 3 a.m. on Friday.
A white 2006 Ford Ranger was …
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6/16/23
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A lost apple variety has been rediscovered on the Salmon River homestead of a famous 19th century Chinese American.
The apple has been given the provisional name Polly Bemis.
Bemis was …
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By James Hanlon / The Spokesman-Review
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6/16/23
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During World War II, Olympia served as a training base for the P-38 Lightning, a popular fighter aircraft.
Though more than 10,000 Lightnings were built during the war, Olympic Airshow Director …
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By Joanna Hou / The Olympian
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6/16/23
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In loving memory of our beloved mother, Shirley Kathlean, who passed away on May 9, 2023. She was a loving mother of six children, a grandmother of five children, a great-grandmother of five …
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6/16/23
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Philip Orison King, age 90, of Hoodsport, passed away June 8, 2023. He was born Dec. 22, 1932, in Centerville, Washington to Philip William and Nellie Rhoads King. Following the death of his parents, …
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6/16/23
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Kathy L. Rudig passed away of Alzheimer’s disease on April 9, 2023, in Lacey, Washington. She was born Jan. 19, 1952, to Clarence and Mariam Ellingson in Edmonds, Washington.
Kathy …
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Silas James Guy, 94, of Centralia, Washington, passed away on Thursday, June 1, 2023.
Silas was born on Aug. 28, 1928, to Thomas Leon and Dorothy Guy of Norphlet, Arkansas. His formative …
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6/16/23
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Julie Lynn VonBargen, 58, of Chehalis, Washington, went home to the Lord on Sunday, May 7, 2023, after a two-and-a-half year battle with brain cancer.
Julie was the fourth child of Joe and …
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6/16/23
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WASHINGTON — In a victory for tribal sovereignty, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a landmark law intended to protect Native American communities by giving preference to tribal members in …
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6/16/23
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Bouquets of flowers circled a lamppost in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood, where a 34-year-old woman was mortally wounded in a shooting that also injured her husband earlier this week.
Four …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/16/23
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"We are in a tough spot right now, no doubt," Kevin Bovenkamp, the assistant secretary of the Washington Department of Social and Health Services acknowledged in federal court Wednesday, speaking …
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Esmy Jimenez / The Seattle Times / (TNS)
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6/16/23
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A dead bat in Walla Walla County has tested positive for rabies.
It is the first rabid bat identified in Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties since 2018.
That year two bats in Benton …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald
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6/16/23
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The Thurston County Auditor's Office sent voters a warning on Monday regarding a new voter research project's door-to-door canvassing effort.
Mary Hall, the Thurston County auditor, said the …
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Joanna Hou / The Olympian
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6/16/23
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