The last of four co-defendants to be convicted for his involvement in a February 2020 home-invasion robbery in Ethel will have to serve the remainder of his 216-month jail sentence but will not have …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/10/23
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Sunday, Jan. 22, will mark the 16th anniversary of the day Karen Bodine, a 37-year-old mother of three from Thurston County, was found dead on the shoulder of Littlerock Road Southwest.
To mark …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/10/23
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A Bellingham man who was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a child in Oregon and who has been charged with sexually assaulting another child in Washington was arrested last week.
Juan …
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1/10/23
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Nearly 600 people died on Washington's roads in the first nine months of 2022, according to preliminary data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — a more than 20% jump …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times
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1/10/23
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A Richland, Wash., man was hit and killed as he was trying to reach people in a crashed Ford Ranger Sunday afternoon on rain-slicked Interstate 84 in Umatilla County, Ore.
Kenneth Dale Strong, …
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By The Tri-City Herald
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1/10/23
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Lucian is so loved.
The words shining boldly from a posterboard of photos of 4-year-old Lucian Munguia were felt in the hearts of those gathered at Yakima Bethel Church of the Nazarene for a …
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Kate Smith / Yakima Herald-Republic
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1/10/23
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Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders has responded to criticism about his pursuit of a 34-year-old driver who is accused of eluding police in a stolen vehicle and crashing in west Olympia on Jan. …
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1/10/23
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Despite the strong scoring efforts of Carson Rotter and Larenz Payne, the Rochester boys basketball team fell on the road to Aberdeen in a 2A Evergreen matchup, 67-58.
The Warriors got a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/9/23
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Chief Leschi ended up outscoring the Tenino boys basketball team by drips and drabs in all four quarters of their non-league matchup Monday evening, and all that totalled up to a 68-53 win for the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/9/23
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Though the Onalaska girls basketball team trailed after two quarters, the Logger defense came out in the second half with a ferocious defense in a 39-34 win over South Bend Monday night in a home …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/9/23
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The Rainier wrestling team didn’t come away with any champions at the Cougar Clash, hosted by Cascade Christian in Puyallup, on Saturday, but racked up enough points with high finishes to take …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/9/23
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Two Lewis County residents — both over the age of 65 and with underlying health conditions — are the first deaths linked to influenza this season in the county, according to a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/9/23
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When the sole renter on the second-story of a building in the 100 block of South Tower Avenue heard someone outside her apartment “jiggling doors” at about 1:40 a.m. on Saturday, she …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/9/23
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A 19-year-old Centralia man accused of raping a girl he was hiking with in the Seminary Hill Natural Area in July 2021 has been arrested and charged in Lewis County Superior Court.
At the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/9/23
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Thurston County has around 300,000 people. Its neighbor to the south, Lewis County, has around 80,000.
Currently, both have three-person boards of county commissioners, where each elected …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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1/9/23
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After a rocky start, the 118th Congress has begun and Southwest Washington’s new representative, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washougal, has been sworn in.
An owner of an auto repair shop in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/9/23
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State Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, introduced a bill on Thursday that would limit the governor’s authority to close religious institutions during states of emergency.
The bill, House Bill …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/9/23
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State Rep. Jim Walsh, R–Aberdeen, introduced a bill on Thursday proposing a constitutional amendment creating a cap on property taxes similar to California’s “Prop 13” law. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/9/23
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The Lewis County Auditor’s Office will mail 229 ballots to military and overseas voters on Jan. 13, 30 days prior to the Feb. 14 special election.
“The advanced mailing …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/9/23
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