A 33-year-old Hoquiam man died of a medical emergency while he was traveling as the passenger of a vehicle on eastbound state Route 8 near Summit Lake on Sunday.
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/22/23
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The West Thurston Regional Fire Authority’s firefighters union has donated $2,000 to the Rochester High School Robotics Team after much of the team’s equipment was stolen last month. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/22/23
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Representing Belmore Equestrian, a riding center in Rochester, three Western Washington girls placed in the top ten for their categories during the National Dressage Finals of the Interscholastic …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/22/23
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Cowlitz County rescuers saved a 56-year-old man after he was found in his pickup at the bottom of a ravine Sunday morning.
The man was reported missing over five days before the crash, according …
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By Austin De Dios /The Oregonian (TNS)
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5/22/23
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Dozens of friends and family members of Justin Ames were at McFiler’s Chehalis Theater Saturday night for a dinner, auction and concert for the benefit of Ames’ two daughters, Emilia and …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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5/22/23
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The Winlock School District has started laying off staff in the face of a budget shortfall, according to the district’s Interim Superintendent Bob Garrett.
During a Winlock School …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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5/22/23
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Cowlitz County rescuers saved a 56-year-old man after he was found in his pickup at the bottom of a ravine Sunday morning.
The man was reported missing over five days before the crash, according …
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Austin De Dios / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/22/23
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Less than an hour before REI made public its plans to close its Pearl District store, the outdoor retail giant gave a courtesy notice to Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office, saying that operating a …
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Kristine de Leon / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/22/23
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Jerry Kenneth Robinson, 77, of Centralia, Washington, passed away on Thursday, May 11, 2023.
Jerry was born to Glen and Beatrice Robinson on Dec. 28, 1946, in Chehalis, Washington. He …
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5/22/23
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State Rep. Michelle Caldier has returned to the Washington State House Republican Caucus.
Documents obtained by the Gateway through a public records request indicate that Caldier left the caucus …
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Aspen Shumpert / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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5/22/23
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As the temperature dropped overnight and ushered in a chilled, gray morning, four University of Washington students awoke chained to the campus's power plant. Sunday marked nearly 36 hours and …
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Rebecca Moss / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/22/23
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A man was found dead Friday morning under the south end of the Boulevard Road overpass near Wheeler Avenue, according to Washington State Patrol.
Troopers were dispatched to the scene about 8:15 …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/22/23
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A Moxee Police Department officer shot and killed a brown bear Saturday night. The officer acted in collaboration with officers from the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, according to …
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Vanessa Ontiveros / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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5/22/23
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Olivia and Oliver — both names derived from the Latin word for "olive tree" — were Washington's top names for baby girls and boys in 2022.
New data from the Social Security …
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Gene Balk / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/22/23
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WHIDBEY ISLAND — As Michael Metzger pressed his thumb against a ridged shell, the clam split in two. It was dead.
Metzger and his research team in late April scoured the mucky sand for …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/22/23
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Bail was set at $1 million in Lewis County Superior Court on Friday afternoon for a man accused of kidnapping another man in Chehalis, holding him at gunpoint and forcing him to drive the suspect to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/21/23
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Following district tournament action last week, just four area schools remain in the hunt for a state championship with berths to the state tournaments next week in the greater Yakima area.
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/21/23
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Down to its final out and down by a run, the No. 11 Adna baseball team needed a little bit of magic, and maybe even luck, to get out of its regional state quarterfinal matchup with NO. 3 Chewelah to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/21/23
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A King County child has been diagnosed with measles, a highly contagious disease characterized by rash, fever and other potentially serious symptoms. This is at least the second case of measles in …
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Hannah Furfaro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/21/23
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