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Shortly after celebrating their first successful year of business in Morton last month, Nerd Pros co-owners Marcus and Alissa Read announced the operation is not only growing, but expanding with a …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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6/15/26
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Three infants in three states — including one infant in Thurston County — have been involved in an outbreak of botulism linked to powdered infant formula produced by Nara Organics of New …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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6/15/26
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ruralTRANSIT is replacing three of the six buses that make up its fleet providing fare-free public transit in South Thurston County and part of Lewis County.
The buses came to ruralTRANSIT through the Washington …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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6/15/26
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A Tri-Cities woman in her 70s is embarrassed and heartbroken after her life was turned upside down by a scammer.
It started when she trusted a man posing as a bank employee when he told her …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/15/26
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Salvador Camacho Campos is a bright, gentle and charismatic young man who sports an affectionate smile and a white dress shirt under a pair of honor cords.
He was one of the nearly 650 Chiawana …
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Eric Rosane / The Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/15/26
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The fate of Denny Blaine Park, Seattle’s longtime unofficial nude beach and hub for the city’s LGBTQ+ community, is in the hands of a King County Superior Court judge after attorneys delivered …
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/15/26
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Seattle police are investigating the discovery of a body in Haller Lake in North Seattle.
The Seattle Fire Department responded to a report of what appeared to be a body in the water about 4:30 …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/15/26
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A 40-year-old Marysville woman was killed when her motorcycle rammed into the rear of another vehicle that was slowing for traffic on Interstate 90, according to the Washington State Patrol.
The …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/15/26
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A recovery effort is underway for the St. Helens city administrator after he fell from a dock into the Columbia River, officials said.
The St. Helens Police Department responded to a report …
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Anusha Fathepure / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/15/26
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A Newport swimmer drowned Saturday in a remote area of the Siletz River Gorge in Logsden, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said.
According to a Sunday news release from the sheriff’s …
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Mary Mooney / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/15/26
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A hiker who went missing Saturday with her dog in Mount Hood National Forest was found uninjured the following morning, officials said.
Patricia Maxine Wolff, 52, of Sandy, was camping with …
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Mary Mooney / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/15/26
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Five people were injured Sunday when a boat they were aboard on the Willamette River caught fire and ultimately sank, officials said.
The incident took place around 3 p.m. near Kerr Public Dock …
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Mary Mooney / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/15/26
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A U.S. Marine Corps fighter jet crashed near Rimrock Lake on Saturday afternoon in Yakima County, according to the Naches Fire Department.
The F/A-18 Hornet pilot safely ejected before the crash …
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By Margo Vansynghel / The Seattle Times
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6/15/26
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The Longview paper mill where 11 workers died last month in a chemical tank failure was the site of another spill that Nippon Dynawave Packaging described as a “near miss” earlier this spring, …
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By Joseph O’Sullivan and Lulu Ramadan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/15/26
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Washington state’s Republican Party is amplifying baseless claims that Los Angeles’ mayoral primary was stolen, using the California race to renew attacks on Washington’s vote-by-mail system.
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By Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/15/26
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In stretches of the Chehalis River between Montesano and Plummer Lake, which is located in Centralia, grows the aquatic noxious weed Brazilian elodea.
This perennial herb is commonly used …
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By Andrea Watts / The Daily World
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6/15/26
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Law enforcement confirmed Thursday, June 11, that there was no double homicide in Raymond on Wednesday, June 10. This is contrary to incorrect speculation making the rounds on social media and word …
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By The Chinook Observer
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6/15/26
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On Friday, Grays Harbor County Superior Court Judge Katherine L. Svoboda sentenced Michael Anthony Hogle to 45 years to life in prison for child rape and child molestation, with aggravators.
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By Jerry Knaak / The Daily World
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6/15/26
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On Friday, Steven Shay Smith was sentenced to the maximum of 30.9 years in prison for the August 2024 murder of 34-year-old Bryce D. Bitar of Aberdeen.
Smith was convicted of first degree murder …
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By Jerry Knaak / The Daily World
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6/15/26
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Highways close to Willapa Bay are among the highest in Western Washington for wildlife vs. vehicle collision rates, according to the Washington state Department of Transportation.
High numbers …
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By The Daily World
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6/15/26
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