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Winds are subsiding in Seattle after a chaotic night, but tens of thousands are still without power.
The Seattle metropolitan area saw gusts of 45 mph Wednesday night while gusts in the Western …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/12/26
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One of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives was arrested in Mexico on suspicion of killing two women at Federal Way's Stars Bar & Grill and injuring a male patron in 2023, officials said …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/12/26
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A 50-year-old man was badly hurt Wednesday night when a tree fell on a camper near his family's home in Stillwater, north of Carnation, said Eastside Fire & Rescue.
A family member inside …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/12/26
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A 52-year-old man who stole a pickup truck was arrested after a high-speed chase ended with him crashing into a patrol car, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said.
According to a Facebook …
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Isabela Lund / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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3/12/26
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Iran’s new supreme leader said the Strait of Hormuz should remain closed and Tehran will look to open other fronts in the war if the U.S. and Israel persist with their attacks.
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Kateryna Kadabashy, Eltaf Najafizada and Patrick Sykes / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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3/12/26
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Democratic state senators in Washington pushed a state income tax across the legislative finish line Wednesday after Republicans’ last-ditch attempt to derail it failed.
On a 27-21 vote, …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/12/26
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The day after majority party Democrats in the Washington state House of Representatives passed, after a 24-hour debate, a tax on annual personal income exceeding $1 million, business organizations …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/11/26
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Injected under the skin, usually between the thumb and index finger, microchip implants can serve as identification or make contactless payments smoother.
But Washington workers don’t …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/11/26
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Democrats in the Washington Legislature released a budget deal Wednesday balanced with one-time maneuvers, siphoning of rainy day reserves and slashing of child care funding.
“There will be a …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/11/26
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Tax legislation Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed Wednesday targets the last coal-fired power plant in the Pacific Northwest.
But if the coal tax and a related climate pollution fee work as …
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By Tom Banse / The Washington State Standard
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3/11/26
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Originally opened by co-owners Jerrie and Dash Paine on April 20, 2015, and tucked away on Northwest State Avenue west of the train tracks in downtown Chehalis, Lewis County’s first retail cannabis …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/11/26
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Editor's note: Chronicle sister newspaper the Nisqually Valley News has announced Sheriff Derek Sanders as its Person of the Year. The article is republished here.
Facing a $4.5 million …
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Jacob Farmer / For Nisqually Valley News
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3/11/26
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By the Thurston Chronicle staff
March 31, 2026, is now International Transgender Day of Visibility in Thurston County, the county Board of Health proclaimed Tuesday.
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3/11/26
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An unusual number of people packed themselves into the Packwood Community Hall this week as the Lewis County Board of Commissioners convened a special meeting to honor county residents that responded …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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3/11/26
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Ten representatives — four from the City of Centralia, three from Lewis County and three from the Port of Centralia — converged Thursday, Feb. 26, for the first mediation meeting regarding the …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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3/11/26
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The Centralia City Council unanimously elected Chris Brewer to be its next mayor following the brief mayoral tenure of Norm Chapman, who resigned from his council role last month.
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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3/11/26
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Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, led the Washington state Legislature in honoring the Chinook Indian Nation in the final days of the state's 2026 legislative session this week.
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/11/26
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arrests
• Margarita R. Evans, 56, Centralia, was arrested in the 500 block of Girard Street at about 1:41 p.m. March 9 and booked into the Lewis County Jail …
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3/11/26
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Detectives with the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET) arrested four suspects Tuesday, March 10, following an investigation into “open-air drug use” in Chehalis, according to information …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/11/26
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The Tumwater Police Guild formally endorsed incumbent Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders Wednesday for re-election.
The guild, which represents members of the Tumwater Police …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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3/11/26
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