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A troubled 14-year-old girl ran away from her Kennewick home with the help of a former school and hospital security officer who once promised to adopt her, say investigators.
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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7/12/24
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A Spokane bank manager was sentenced to two years in federal prison for stealing at least $345,000 from her employer.
Jessica Ann Marshall, 27, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of …
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Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/12/24
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Parts of Western Washington got a ShakeAlert notification Thursday morning after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck about 150 miles southwest of the Canadian town of Port Hardy on Vancouver Island.
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The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/12/24
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SEATTLE — The reported finalizing of the NBA's national media-rights contracts worth $76 billion over 11 years with ESPN, Amazon and NBC has cleared the league's final stated obstacle before …
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Geoff Baker / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/12/24
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New rules intended to keep a tighter lid on methane gas leaking from the state's landfills as food and garbage decompose went into effect last month.
The state Department of Ecology estimates …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/12/24
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Both of Lewis County Fire District 5’s out-of-service ambulances are expected to be back in service with new engines by the middle of next week, the Napavine-based fire district announced …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/11/24
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A man accused of fleeing from Chehalis police and driving recklessly while possibly under the influence of fentanyl in April was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail on Wednesday.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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7/11/24
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A Clackamas County man who seven years ago decapitated his mother and drove with her severed head to a grocery store is stable enough to be transferred from the state psychiatric hospital to a secure …
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Noelle Crombie / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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7/11/24
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SEATTLE — In a long awaited breakthrough, the U.S. and Canada have reached an agreement in principal renewing the Columbia River Treaty, which governs the use of the most important river …
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/11/24
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The fight over the historic Davis Meeker Garry Oak Tree has the city of Tumwater sending out a Request for Qualifications document seeking another risk assessment of the tree’s health.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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7/11/24
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The elderly driver who struck and killed a young mother last month before crashing into a Longview apartment building and injuring another woman has not been charged with a crime, officials report.
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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7/11/24
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The Cowlitz County Coroner’s Office has released images of tattoos found on the human remains of a female in the Columbia River in 2022 in hopes the public can help identify her.
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/11/24
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Third Congressional District Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, said in a statement Thursday she doubts President Joe Biden’s “judgment about his health, his fitness to do the job …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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7/11/24
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The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is reminding motorists to plan for another round of long delays on northbound Interstate 5 at the Lewis and Thurston County line.
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/11/24
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Bail is set at $10,000 for a Toledo man accused of violating a no-contact order and assaulting a woman in the 100 block of Island Road on Tuesday.
Joel Patrick Craig, 61, is accused of …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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7/11/24
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A 27-year-old Olympia man accused of instigating a fight and stomping on a person's head Sunday is being held in the Thurston County jail in lieu of $200,000 bail.
Cliver Mesubed Telei attended …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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7/11/24
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Joseph Cross woke up around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday to the piercing sound of his smoke alarm. When he walked out of his bedroom, his living room was full of smoke and his porch was in flames.
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Alexandria Osborne / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/11/24
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The saga of the 55 failed drones at the bottom of Angle Lake continued Wednesday. Divers spent much of the morning searching, and they found 48 of them and their batteries.
"There will be no …
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Erik Lacitis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/11/24
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On the 194th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl, Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and photographer Kody Christen discuss the Summerfest parade, Yard Birds being sold, a …
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7/10/24
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The City of Toledo has terminated Police Chief Duane Garvais Lawrence’s contract without cause, the city confirmed Wednesday.
“I know there have been multiple discussions going …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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7/10/24
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