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Already reeling from a fire earlier this month, Stuffy's II faces another setback after appellate judges sided with the state earlier this week upholding the nearly seven-figure fines the Longview …
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By Nick Morgan / The Daily News
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8/14/25
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A 16-year-old drowned in the Columbia River near Vancouver’s Frenchman’s Bar Regional Park on Wednesday evening, officials said.
The teen was swimming about 20 yards offshore when he …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/14/25
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“Munchie Monday.”
“Wax Wednesday.”
“Flower Friday.”
These are just a few of the weekly pitches offered by Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis, one of the …
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Claire Bernard / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/14/25
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The Lewis County Transit Board of Directors this week announced it has found a new leader for the regional transportation organization.
The agency has named Robert “Josh” …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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8/14/25
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A flash of orange darted between blue broadleaf lupine, magenta paintbrush and pink-white mountain daisies before the small butterfly disappeared into the sky.
“That’s another …
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Becca Most / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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8/14/25
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A man who escaped Tuesday from Washington State Department of Corrections’ custody while being transported through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was arrested in Tacoma on Wednesday …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/14/25
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from using the Medicaid data of patients in Washington and 19 other states for immigration enforcement purposes.
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/14/25
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When it comes to Western Washington's weather, there's good news and bad news.
Wednesday marked the start of a cooling trend, bringing lower temperatures through the end of the week and …
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Catalina Gaitán and Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/14/25
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After orchestrating a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that generated more than $577 million in sales and targeted hundreds of thousands of people around the world, two men from Estonia were sentenced …
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Sujena Soumyanath / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/14/25
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A quickly growing wildfire that triggered evacuation orders in parts of Thurston County Wednesday afternoon has been downgraded as forward progress was stopped.
A Level 3 evacuation order …
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Mara Mellits / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/14/25
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Local labor and activist groups are suing Tacoma and Pierce County, alleging that government officials illegally blocked a citizen-led initiative raising the city’s minimum wage to $20 from …
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Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/14/25
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An aide to former Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz alleges in a new lawsuit that her boss brushed off allegations that the agency's top lawyer was being physically and verbally abusive.
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/14/25
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A Deming man will spend more than 13 years in prison for two felonies related to his possession of more than 90,000 files depicting child sexual abuse, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. He …
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Hannah Edelman / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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8/14/25
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On the 246th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Eric Schwartz discuss the grand opening of the 2025 SWW Fair, a congressional race, a spot of crime, and more.
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8/13/25
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Jim Walsh, chair of the Washington State Republican Party, says officials with the Washington State Fair are “asking for a world of hurt” if they don’t reverse course in a flap with …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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8/13/25
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A wildfire near Rainier has prompted an urgent evacuation order for residents starting at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday.
Residents are advised to immediately evacuate a triangular area bound by …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/13/25
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While completing design work for the City of Centralia’s Westside Connector Phase I Project in July 2024, a subcontractor for the city’s design engineer may have found a grave discovery.
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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8/13/25
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About 150 members of the Centralia community collaborated on a community mural during Founder’s Day weekend to celebrate the city’s 150th birthday.
The mural, designed by muralist …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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8/13/25
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Chehalis 10-year-old Kimber Serl was named the 2025 Little Miss Friendly on Tuesday night during a ceremony at the Southwest Washington Fair.
She will serve one year as “the living …
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By Tyrus VanTuyl / Ty@chronline.com
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8/13/25
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Sage Investments LLC is not finished transforming hotels in Centralia.
The Centralia City Council unanimously approved two development agreements with the developer during the council’s …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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8/13/25
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