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The Chehalis School District and Chehalis Police Department on Wednesday clarified circumstances that led to W.F. West High School’s modified lockdown earlier that day.
The modified lockdown, …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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5/1/26
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By The Chronicle staff
The Spring Youth Fair returned to the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds on Friday, May 1, and continues to Sunday, May 3.
On Friday, the fair is open from 5 to 8 p.m. …
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5/1/26
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‘Audit the votes and open the books’: Former Lewis County GOP leader will run for county auditor job
A race for another Lewis County office is heating up just as candidate filing week arrives.
Three candidates have filed financial disclosures and plan to run for Lewis County auditor this fall …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/1/26
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Law enforcement in the Olympia area stopped a suspect fleeing with a baby in a stolen truck on Thursday, April 30.
The baby was unharmed.
Olympia Police Department officers and …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/1/26
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A group of former foster children in Washington who sued the state for failing to protect them from abuse in foster care won a landmark case before the Washington Supreme Court on Thursday that could …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/1/26
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Shortly after purchasing 74 acres in a state timber sale on the northern end of the Olympic Peninsula, Bruce Webster received a phone call from Earth Law Center attorney Elizabeth Dunne. She asked if …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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5/1/26
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The Thurston County Coroner’s Office has identified the suspect killed in an officer-involved shooting on Tuesday as Todd Bass, 44, of Lacey.
A medical exam will be performed on Friday, …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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4/30/26
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Six transgender Idahoans on Wednesday sued to attempt to prevent from going into effect a new state law that criminalizes transgender people using bathrooms that align with their gender identity, …
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By Kyle Pfannenstiel / The Idaho Capital Sun
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4/30/26
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Starting this Friday, May 1, the work of the legendary British detective mystery writer Agatha Christie is coming to the stage of the Evergreen Playhouse as its actors prepare to perform Christie’s …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/30/26
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The top judge in Oregon’s Court of Appeals on Wednesday warned of “rapidly escalating” legal filings that likely contain fake information created by artificial intelligence, directing court …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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4/30/26
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Five Tacoma high school students and an adult security guard were injured in a stabbing Thursday afternoon during an “altercation” at Foss High School, police said.
Four of the students were …
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By Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/30/26
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A Washington state senator who was gerrymandered out of her district is hoping Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling concerning how states draw districts affecting minority voters will bring …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/30/26
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WASHINGTON — The National Republican Congressional Committee on Monday added eight candidates to its target list, including several contenders in battleground seats that are key to the party’s …
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Daniela Altimari / CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
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4/30/26
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The Washington State Patrol (WSP) Bomb Squad safely recovered a confirmed explosive device on the side of the road in Thurston County on Wednesday.
A litter crew found the suspicious …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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4/30/26
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Retired police officers and firefighters in Washington, including former Congressman Dave Reichert, sued the state Thursday to block an attempt to raid their pension fund to help with ongoing budget …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/30/26
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has admitted to violating state ethics law and accepted a $4,000 fine for allowing a former top adviser to travel with him on a state plane to the Tri-Cities last summer.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/30/26
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With regular gas currently hovering around $5.70 a gallon in the Seattle area, filling up the tank can be a source of dread. Owners of electric vehicles, I imagine, must be smiling to themselves as …
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Gene Balk / FYI Guy / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/30/26
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Everyone rooting for the Sonics to return has a reason: the team was stolen, childhood nostalgia, it's good for business, Seattle is a basketball town.
You'll hear those reasons more often, and …
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Sofia Schwarzwalder / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/30/26
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After surviving an arson, a natural gas explosion and a pandemic, Greenwood's Taproot Theatre company has a new storm to weather: copper wire theft.
Someone scaled the building and stripped two …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/30/26
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If the best things in life are free, then parking at some of the most popular light rail stations in the Seattle area will soon be less than best.
Make that far from best, according to several …
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Nicholas Deshais / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/30/26
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