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The annual U-Haul migration rankings offer a snapshot of where do-it-yourself movers are going, and where they're leaving. The latest data — tracking more than 2.5 million one-way moves in 2025 — …
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Gene Balk / FYI Guy / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/7/26
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A patient at Western State Hospital, Washington's largest psychiatric hospital, was found dead on the campus Monday, after going missing the previous day.
Construction crews for a new hospital …
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Jayati Ramakrishnan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/7/26
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Mike Solan, the president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild who won significant contracts for the rank-and-file while fighting efforts to bring more accountability to officers, has announced he …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/7/26
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Old boats break. For Washington State Ferries, this inescapable fact was no truer than during the first three days of the New Year.
The state fleet — already operating on a thin margin when …
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Nicholas Deshais / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/7/26
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Joven Yount had no regrets stepping in to break up a likely territorial fight between two bald eagles Sunday afternoon, as they laid contorted over each other on the ground in West Seattle's Lincoln …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/7/26
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Alaska Airlines placed an order for more than 100 Boeing planes Wednesday, the largest order in the airline’s history.
The order includes 105 narrowbody 737 MAX 10s and five widebody 787-10s. …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/7/26
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The annual U-Haul migration rankings offer a snapshot of where do-it-yourself movers are going, and where they're leaving. The latest data — tracking more than 2.5 million one-way moves in 2025 — …
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Gene Balk / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/7/26
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Washington’s mountain passes were blanketed with heavy snow from Tuesday into Wednesday morning, and that accumulation is about to double by Thursday.
About a foot to 2 feet of snow …
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By Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times
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1/7/26
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The woman held at knifepoint by her ex-boyfriend during a robbery at a Rainier, Oregon, convenience store now faces charges related to the Dec. 12 strongarm heist.
Columbia County Circuit Court …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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1/7/26
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s decision barring the Trump administration from cutting funding for medical and public health research at universities and …
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By Esther Wickham / The Center Square
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1/7/26
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New Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson says recent reports regarding changes in the handling of public drug use cases – based on an internal email from Police Chief Shon Barnes to officers on Jan. 1 – …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/7/26
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Oregon and other western states will follow vaccine recommendations from a leading medical group instead of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the federal health agency on Monday …
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By Mia Maldonado / States Newsroom
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1/7/26
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Washington is set to receive $181 million in federal funding this year to boost rural health care amid drastic Medicaid cuts.
The hefty sum falls below what the Trump administration gave to some …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/7/26
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Community members can now donate directly to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office’s (TCSO) burgeoning aviation program.
In a 3-1 vote on Tuesday, Jan. 6, the Thurston County Board of …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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1/6/26
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Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, says Washington lawmakers need to face a fundamental reality: state climate policies have driven up school utility bills, and districts are being left to absorb the costs.
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By The Daily World
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1/6/26
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WASHINGTON — Five years after a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, the struggle to define the event and assign blame carried on in events across the city Tuesday that remained nonviolent, …
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By Jacob Fischler and Ashley Murray / States Newsroom
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1/6/26
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The number of licensed childcare providers in Washington state has increased since 2020 from 4,768 to 6,504, a 36% increase, according to the Department of Children, Youth & Families.
At the …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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1/6/26
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The state Department of Ecology has admitted that a recent report on carbon emission reductions through projects financed by the Climate Commitment Act was “significantly inflated” by the …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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1/6/26
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A former inmate at the Green Hill School juvenile detention facility in Chehalis is facing a felony charge after overdosing in 2025.
Tobias Thornton Hamm, 22, is currently out of custody. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/6/26
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A 26-year-old Chehalis man is facing felony charges in Lewis County Superior Court after allegedly punching and kicking his roommate before stealing his cellphone and fleeing on Monday, Jan. 5.
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/6/26
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