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Convergent Energy & Power has withdrawn its proposal to build a controversial lithium-ion battery storage facility in Rochester.
The move comes a month after the Thurston County Board …
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'Pause the BESS': Community celebrates project’s end but continue to ask for county moratorium
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6/30/26
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A pedestrian died Saturday after he was struck by a pickup truck while walking in the on-ramp lane of Interstate 5 in Chehalis, according to a press memo from the Washington State Patrol (WSP).
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/30/26
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Following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday that upheld states’ rights to ban biological males who identify as females in girls’ and women's sports, Washington athletes and activists …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/30/26
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A Centralia police officer arrested a Toledo suspect in May after the suspect allegedly gave a false name before attempting to flee on foot.
Weeks later, Brody A. Rice, 27, was charged …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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6/30/26
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More than 26,000 Washington state public school teachers finally won a decades-long class action lawsuit last week, in a fight over their retirement accounts.
Thurston County Superior Court …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/30/26
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The King County medical examiner's office has found that a man in Federal Way police custody at a local hospital died as a result of a heart attack and prolonged restraint in prone position."
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/30/26
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An unexpected visitor turned a Pasco woman’s fireplace into an unusual rescue scene Friday morning.
Pasco Police Department received a 911 call, but no one could be heard on the other end of …
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Ellie Conover / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/30/26
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A Winlock man has been accused of rape following an alleged assault earlier this month.
Caleb S. Hylton, 24, is charged with one count of second-degree rape (domestic violence), a Class A …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/30/26
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Columbia Basin Dive Rescue returned to the Columbia River on Sunday to assist federal investigators searching for additional aircraft debris from last week’s fatal floatplane crash near the cable …
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Scott Hunt / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/30/26
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On Friday, June 26, at approximately 1:49 p.m., Aberdeen Police officers responded to the Aberdeen City Jail after on-duty jail staff reported that two inmates were experiencing separate medical …
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By The Daily World
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6/30/26
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The Timberland Regional Library (TRL) Board of Trustees has launched the process to recruit TRL’s next permanent executive director and is seeking proposals from qualified executive search firms to …
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By The Daily World
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6/30/26
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A 40-year-old man who fatally stabbed his father in 2024 at an East Central Spokane apartment was sentenced to 21 years in prison.
Damian C. Eiffert pleaded guilty to second-degree murder …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/30/26
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When two North Idaho firefighters were shot to death as they responded to an intentionally set blaze on Canfield Mountain, it wouldn't be that tragic day that would define how they would be …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/30/26
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This year, as Astoria celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Astoria Column, thousands of visitors will make the climb to the top of Coxcomb Hill.
They will circle the spiral monument that has …
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By Aislin Tweedy / Chinook Observer
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6/30/26
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The Chinook Indian Nation welcomed the return of salmon to the Columbia River this spring with its annual First Salmon ceremony, a tradition that has connected Chinook people to the river, their …
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By Aislin Tweedy / The Chinook Observer
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6/30/26
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A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday leaves Washington's mail-in voting deadline intact, allowing ballots to continue to be counted even if they arrive after Election Day.
In a 5-4 decision, the …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/30/26
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In a major staff turnover in the administration of Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, communications director Seferiana Day Hasegawa has been replaced, and a supporter of the mayor has been named in a new …
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Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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6/30/26
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday kept in place state laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams.
The decision stems from challenges to bans in …
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Jacob Fischler and Shauneen Miranda / States Newsroom
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6/30/26
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Oregonians making minimum wage will get a 50-cent bump per hour beginning Wednesday, resulting in an average of $573 more per year for someone working full time.
In the Portland metro, the floor …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/30/26
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Drivers caught on camera speeding through highway work zones in Washington will face $125 penalties starting this week, after the state issued tens of thousands of warnings in the past year.
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Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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6/30/26
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