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Data centers and Big Tech are getting some tough press coverage lately.
But that isn't stopping Microsoft from supporting newsrooms in rural Washington counties where it operates hyperscale …
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Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/21/26
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Former Seattle Police Officer’s Guild President Mike Solan is celebrating a court victory this week that allows him to move forward with seeking a seat on the Pierce County Council.
Solan …
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By Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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5/21/26
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Washington's Legislative Ethics Board will determine whether an investigation into a complaint against Rep. Tarra Simmons, D-Bremerton, will proceed after her attorney filed a motion to have it …
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By TJ Martinell | The Center Square
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5/21/26
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Seattle property owners will be asked to approve a plan that will result in higher taxes to fund the renovation of the aging Seattle Center campus, home of the 1962 World’s Fair and numerous iconic …
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By Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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5/21/26
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Cuts that Republicans in the U.S. House are seeking to the nuclear cleanup at Washington’s Hanford site would go deeper than steep reductions the Trump administration proposed.
Hanford’s …
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By John Stang / Washington State Standard
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5/21/26
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The source of the “additional information” cited in a potential impeachment disclosure (PID) on former police Sgt. Tracy Murphy is a Port of Centralia commissioner.
Ally Pickard, the …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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State pension officials warned Tuesday that a new law allowing the Legislature to pull nearly $4 billion from a retirement plan for first responders will significantly increase the likelihood of …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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5/20/26
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The U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday that would require parental consent before a public elementary or middle school can update a student’s pronouns, gender markers or preferred name on records …
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By Shauneen Miranda / States Newsroom
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5/20/26
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During the height of December’s severe flooding, Washington made $3.5 million available to those in need.
Five months later, most of that funding has gone unused.
Gov. Bob Ferguson says …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/20/26
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Following the resignation of former Executive Director Cheryl Heywood amid an ongoing budget crisis in March, Timberland Regional Library has hired a new leader.
“The Timberland Regional …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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Port of Centralia Commissioner Kyle Markstrom will resign from his position on the port commission effective Tuesday, June 12.
In the final moments of the Wednesday afternoon Port of …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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Port of Centralia Interim Executive Director Amy Graber is poised to keep the job long term, pending contract negotiations.
The Port of Centralia Commission during its Wednesday business meeting …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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A Thurston County jury returned a verdict Wednesday, May 20, finding Curtis and Tabitha Gibson not guilty of first-degree murder while armed with a firearm.
The couple had been accused of …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/20/26
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The Thurston County Board Commissioners announced Wednesday, May 20, that funding resources have been identified to support a part-time reopening of in-person counter services at the Thurston County …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/20/26
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It’s a history lesson hiding in plain sight.
The Sticklin Greenwood Memorial Park hosts the remains of veterans of one of the country's oldest wars, the American Civil War.
Those veterans …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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Lewis County will officially offer legal and financial protections to four county employees — including Commissioner Sean Swope — more than a month after a former employee filed a First Amendment …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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Local leaders say the Northwest Sports Hub brought in as much as $17 million in economic benefit to the area last year, with the positive impacts stretching from Castle Rock to Olympia.
They …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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A Rochester High School graduate has been appointed to the U.S. Air Force Academy, according to a Tuesday announcement from U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania.
The congresswoman …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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LEWIS COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
The following list is not comprehensive. Superior Court records can be accessed at the Lewis County Clerk’s Office in Chehalis.
Sentencings
• Rupp W. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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• CHRISTOPHER RAY KALISTA, 60, Toledo, died May 18 at home. Arrangements are under the care of Fir Lawn Funeral Chapel in Toledo.
• MARIA I. MOJICA GARCIA, 60, Centralia, died April 27 at …
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5/20/26
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