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As rainfall inundated the Pacific Northwest this month, swelling the region’s rivers to record levels, the Desimone levee seemed destined to fail.
Severe flooding in 2020 had damaged the …
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Conrad Swanson and Lulu Ramadan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/20/25
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Despite a deluge that washed out highways across Washington, it looks like the Interstate 90 roadway over Snoqualmie Pass has remained in good shape to serve holiday travelers.
The big freeway …
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Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/20/25
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Two men have been charged for allegedly pretending to be FBI agents, kidnapping two women and stealing $13,000 during a heist just outside Tacoma in August.
Brian Edward Butler, 53, and …
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Shea Johnson / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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12/20/25
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A Washington State Patrol trooper was killed Friday evening while responding to a collision in Tacoma, according to a statement from the agency.
Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting, 29, died on duty.
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Sean Robinson / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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12/20/25
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On the 259th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz discuss the most recent flood news, the Lighted Tractor Parade, a coloring contest (open to …
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12/19/25
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is set to start raising a dam used to catch millions of tons of Mount St. Helens’ sediment that flows each year from the mountain into the Toutle, Cowlitz and …
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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12/19/25
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Hoping to curtail the state’s opioid epidemic, one Republican proposed a bill Thursday that would establish a near-real-time overdose mapping interface with guardrails for privacy.
The …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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12/19/25
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Facing another multi-billion-dollar state deficit, Republicans are hoping to avoid more tax increases by closing a loophole they say allows government workers to double dip by using paid time off and …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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12/19/25
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Less than a month before the 2026 legislative session, Republican state lawmakers are proposing cutting $3.7 billion for the next fiscal budget, but did not yet release any specifics about how many …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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12/19/25
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SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson is asking lawmakers to fund $244 million in additional housing investments as part of a budget proposal released Thursday.
His plan comes as the state …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/19/25
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CONCRETE, Wash. — On Wednesday morning, sunlight glinted off the mud and moisture that still blanketed this small town in the Cascade foothills, hinting at what it had just endured.
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By Eli Voorhies / The Washington State Standard
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12/19/25
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LACEY — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson unveiled a plan Friday to steer $3 billion into preserving the state’s roads and bridges and building three new ferries over the next decade.
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By Jerry Cornfield and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/19/25
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High school students in their junior year in the Twin Cities gathered on the Centralia College campus this week for a crash course in business.
Lewis County-based nonprofit organization …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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12/19/25
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A former Green Hill School employee convicted for having sexual relations with an inmate has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison.
Michelle M. Goodman, 32, of Centralia, pleaded guilty …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/19/25
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Two Thurston County men — both former members of the military — have been indicted by the grand jury for conspiracy, four counts of theft of government property, assault, robbery and attempted …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/19/25
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Thurston County has secured a $2.4 million grant agreement from the Washington state Department of Ecology to purchase about 800 acre-feet of water rights from the TransAlta Water Bank, the county …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/19/25
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In the first photo, from the left, Jade and Lincoln Johnson, Santa, AJ Harvey, Luke and Josie Johnson, Thurston County Commissioner Wayne Fournier and his fianceé, Davina Keaulee, pose for a photo …
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12/19/25
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The Chehalis Basin Flood Control Zone District gave an update on one of the largest flood projects proposed to be built in the Chehalis Basin.
Flood Control Zone District Supervisor and Lewis …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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12/19/25
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With area skiers and snowboarders chomping at the bit to hit the slopes of White Pass, they might be able to this weekend, according to a Facebook post from the White Pass Ski Area.
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/19/25
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Bail is set at a total of $600,000 for a sex offender accused of failing to register and soliciting a minor for sex in the Napavine area.
Daniel Stephen Gloyd, 54, had been wanted on …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Chronicle
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12/19/25
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