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For decades, retired fire chief Kevin Miller spent his life responding to emergencies across rural Pacific County.
Now, years after stepping away from the fire service, he has turned those …
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By Cade Barker / For The Chronicle
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5/11/26
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Incumbent Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders formally kicked off his re-election campaign with a large celebration on Saturday.
Sanders welcomed a crowd of roughly 1,000 supporters, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/11/26
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Nearly $300,000 in school technology has gone missing, according to a recent state audit that revealed a local district cannot account for nearly 1,000 laptops.
The Washington State Auditor’s …
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By Andrew Paxton / The Center Square
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5/11/26
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The Washington State Patrol (WSP) booked a 22-year-old Olympia man into the Lewis County Jail on May 7 after he allegedly fled a traffic stop.
Mikel S. Ritchey made a preliminary appearance in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/11/26
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A Yelm man faces up to five years in prison after he allegedly sped from a Lewis County deputy at over 130 mph.
Alvaro Soto-Jassi, 22, is charged with one count each of attempting to elude a …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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5/11/26
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A regional timber industry group warns that Washington’s Department of Natural Resources is headed for deep budget trouble that will result in state worker layoffs and force taxpayers to foot more …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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5/11/26
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Rajinder Kumar, a citizen of India who faces charges of manslaughter in Deschutes County, was arrested April 22 on the streets of Bend by U.S. immigration officials. Two weeks later, he remains in …
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Noemi Arellano-Summer / The Bulletin, Bend (TNS)
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5/10/26
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John Parks, the ex-Lake Oswego track coach who objected to transgender athletes participating in girls meets, was arrested Thursday for allegedly trespassing at Lake Oswego High School.
Parks, …
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Jonathan Bach / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/10/26
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Downtown Portland is for the dogs.
A few thousand pups and their human companions descended upon Tom McCall Waterfront Park on Saturday to partake in an annual fundraiser organized by the Oregon …
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Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/10/26
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Gov. Tina Kotek’s bill signing ceremony at the Moda Center late last month had all the trappings of a victory celebration.
A drumbeat of laudatory speeches praised state lawmakers’ …
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Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/10/26
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The leading Republican candidates for Oregon governor have raised concerns about election security and public trust in the state’s voting system, but have stopped short of calling for major changes …
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Carlos Fuentes / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/10/26
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Oregon has a lot to offer tourists — the Pacific Ocean, the Cascades, waterfalls, high deserts, some of the nation’s best food, and tax-free shopping.
Yet Oregon visitor spending has stalled …
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Mike Rogoway / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/10/26
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Filing week ended Friday with hundreds of candidates entering legislative races across Washington, launching an election cycle that could determine whether Democrats gain enough seats to secure a …
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Shauna Sowers / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/10/26
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Months after the Washington state chapter of a major mental health support and advocacy group abruptly shut down, details of what led to the closure and what happens next are still murky.
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Taylor Blatchford / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/10/26
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Protesters gathered near Seattle Children's hospital on Saturday to call for all pediatric emergency helicopters to be allowed to land directly at the hospital.
The protest is the latest ripple …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/10/26
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Police were searching for a shooter who killed a taproom worker Saturday in North Seattle.
An employee of The Growler Guys came to work just before 9 a.m. Saturday and found a co-worker on the …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/10/26
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A teen was hospitalized after being shot in the head Friday night in South Seattle, police say, near the Rainier Beach light rail station.
Seattle police responded to reports of a person shot …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/10/26
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Echoing throughout a forested Bainbridge Island campus are the typical chirps and chitters of woodland fauna, punctuated by another sound: squeals of delight from fifth graders.
The students …
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Ryan Nguyen / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/10/26
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The U.S. was waiting on Iran’s response to its latest proposal to end the war after suggesting word could come imminently, following clashes in the Strait of Hormuz that strained a monthlong …
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Courtney Subramanian, Courtney McBride and Jen Judson / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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5/10/26
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The federal student loan system is set to see a dramatic overhaul beginning this summer, and critics warn it likely will make loans more expensive and difficult to obtain for borrowers — driving …
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By Shauneen Miranda / Washington State Standard
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5/10/26
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