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With one last budget amendment for the year, the Lewis County government will use reserves and leftovers to cover an increase in expenses for the last quarter of 2025.
The Lewis County Board of …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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12/30/25
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Two people were displaced after their home at River Oaks RV Park in Toledo caught fire on Monday morning.
The fire at the house was already fully involved when it was reported to Lewis County …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/30/25
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The public, stakeholders and tribes are invited to comment on training, testing
The U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard are jointly preparing an updated supplement to a 2015 environmental impact …
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Jeanne Huff / The Daily Astorian (TNS)
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12/30/25
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The invisible hand of the free market isn’t done boxing Portland.
The city’s office market, in particular, had a bruising year that foretells a contentious 2026.
A look back at 2025 …
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Jonathan Bach / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/30/25
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The rapid repair of a flood-damaged highway section in Enumclaw attracted kudos from motorists just before Christmas, and some access to skiing at Stevens Pass will be restored Monday morning.
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/30/25
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Pierce County prosecutors charged a man with vehicular homicide for allegedly driving drunk last month when he fatally struck a woman’s vehicle while she was backing into her driveway.
Luis …
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Peter Talbot / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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12/30/25
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A felony-harassment investigation in the South Hill area ended with a fatal shooting involving deputies early Monday morning.
Deputies were dispatched at 2:01 a.m. to the 8500 block of 156th …
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Puneet Bsanti / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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12/30/25
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On a chilly fall morning, farmworkers fanned out through an orchard here to pick rose-hued apples from green rows of trees that flank this central Washington valley’s irrigated slopes.
These …
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Hal Bernton / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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12/30/25
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The Capitol is quiet this week, with Congress out of town for its end-of-year recess, but lawmakers are gearing up for what promises to be a hectic few weeks of work when the Senate returns on …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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12/30/25
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Has Seattle passed peak tech?
In a 2023 column, I reported on census data showing that tech employment in Seattle surged during the early years of the pandemic. From 2019 to 2022, the number of …
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Gene Balk / FYI Guy / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/30/25
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As the year ends, gas prices across the nation are sitting at their lowest. Nationally, the gas average remains under $3 a gallon. Across Washington, although higher than the national average, fuel …
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Nance Beston / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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12/30/25
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Three Pierce County sheriff's deputies opened fire on a driver during a “high-risk stop" early Monday, leaving him dead, according to investigators.
Deputies responded to reports of a …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/30/25
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Last week, Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office deputies were alerted by Aberdeen Police Department’s Flock cameras of a stolen vehicle out of Port Angeles traveling through Aberdeen.
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By The Daily World
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12/30/25
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Last December, Alaska Air Group executive Ryan St. John said the SeaTac-headquartered airline had reached an “inflection point” in its 90-plus-year history.
Alaska had recently completed its …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/30/25
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Tax hikes on big business and rental cars. Unemployment benefits for workers on strike.
Those are just a few of the changes to state law taking effect in Washington on New Year’s …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/30/25
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During the first week of practice to kick off the 2025-26 campaign, it was clear that Victoria Sancho and Cali Geehan wouldn’t have the senior basketball season they had both hoped for at Winlock …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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12/30/25
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A man is facing felony charges for allegedly stealing items, including an axe, from a Centralia business on Sunday.
When confronted by a store employee, Cielo Carlson Sanchez, 36, of …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/29/25
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Bail is set at $75,000 for a man who allegedly fled from a Washington State Patrol trooper on southbound Interstate 5 in Lewis County while high.
Robert Lewis Walker II, 38, of Kennewick, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/29/25
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The Port of Centralia and its former executive director Kyle Heaton finalized their separation agreement Dec. 12, with the total separation pay totaling at least $403,669.07, according to documents …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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12/29/25
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Lewis County is looking ahead to 2030 after approving a new plan last week that prioritizes services tailored to the needs of individual community members in Lewis County under the “functional …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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12/29/25
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