A Hanford site subcontractor is accused of stealing $1.4 million in COVID-19 relief money from taxpayers.
Wilson Pershing Stevenson III, 44, the owner of BNL Technical Services, faces a maximum …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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4/21/23
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A 58-year-old man is accused of stealing people's identities to make thousands of dollars in fraudulent purchases across Washington.
A Spokane Valley resident reported his identity was stolen …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/21/23
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COWLITZ RESERVATION — As rain cascaded from the sky, tribal drums beat to mark a 4-20 occasion — a new bright green brick and mortar cannabis dispensary, Q'anápsu, opening Thursday …
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Sarah Wolf / The Columbian (TNS)
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4/21/23
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More than $60 million in federal grants could soon be on the way to help Washington's rivers, endangered salmon and native eelgrass.
The Climate-Ready Coasts initiative grants recommended by the …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/21/23
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A dino-mite bill honoring the discovery of a dinosaur fossil in the San Juan Islands and the efforts of local students could create a new Washington state symbol.
In May 2012, Burke Museum …
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Vonnai Phair / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/21/23
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OLYMPIA — Washington lawmakers have reached broad agreement on a capital budget that earmarks millions of dollars for renovations at minor league baseball stadiums across the state.
But …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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4/21/23
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Lawmakers voted to require all boaters to stay a minimum of 1,000 yards away from endangered southern resident orcas in Washington waters.
Senate Bill 5371 is now awaiting Gov. Jay Inslee's …
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4/21/23
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Dorothy Ann (Fuller) Prater passed away on April 12, 2023, at the age of 76. Dorothy was born April 25, 1946, in Moscow, Idaho to Sydney and Norma Fuller.
Her childhood was spent in Palouse, …
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4/21/23
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The only baseball team in the area to get onto the field Thursday played in the only game in the NWAC not to get rained out, and Centralia College made the most of it in a doubleheader sweep of Lane …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/20/23
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The Centralia College athletic department announced Wednesday evening that former Tenino High School athletic director and men’s basketball assistant coach Joe Chirhart would be promoted to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/20/23
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The Pe Ell-Willapa Valley softball team got two games in on the coast Wednesday, beating Ocosta 1-0 in a pitchers’ duel before falling 7-5.
Game 1 saw a battle of aces, between PWV’s …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/20/23
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The word that Centralia athletic director Tim Ahern kept coming back to when discussing the upcoming school replacement levy vote was “hopeful.”
There’s good reason for that. …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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4/20/23
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Finally able to get a full league doubleheader in, the Tenino baseball team dispatched Hoquiam twice — and avoided a pesky rainout — with 14-1, and 18-1 wins Wednesday evening at Olympic …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/20/23
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The growth of gray wolves in Oregon remains slow, though the animals continue to expand their habitat westward, according to a new state report.
Oregon’s wolf population increased by three …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/20/23
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A man who escaped Monday from a Southwest Washington jail by impersonating a cellmate due to be released was found in the Scappoose area Wednesday, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Beth Slovic / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/20/23
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Wolf recovery in Washington took a crucial step forward last year thanks to the first documented pack in the southern Cascades.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife wolf specialist Ben …
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Luke Thompson / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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4/20/23
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A 20-year-old Kennewick woman choked back sobs as she apologized Tuesday for the deadly crash that killed her three friends.
"No amount of I'm sorrys will ever bring them back," said Jennifer A. …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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4/20/23
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The continued cooldown in tech and construction and faltering demand for office space helped drag hiring in Washington to its lowest level since last fall.
Employers added just 1,500 jobs in …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/20/23
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MOUNT VERNON — Roger Pederson was sentenced Wednesday afternoon to 30 days in jail, more than five years after his negligence resulted in the death of 70 of his cattle.
The 93-year-old Bay …
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Brandon Stone / Skagit Valley Herald (TNS)
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4/20/23
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The Washington State Department of Health this week announced harvest restrictions in three of Washington's 115 shellfish growing areas due to high bacteria levels.
After completing an annual …
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Vonnai Phair / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/20/23
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