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The City of Olympia and its regional partners have begun the long process of transitioning inhabitants of the city’s largest homeless encampment into housing.
As of this week, 18 of “The …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/31/26
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Editor’s note: Look for full coverage of Founder’s Day in Thursday's edition of The Chronicle and at chronline.com. The event continued beyond The Chronicle’s Monday print deadline.
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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8/31/26
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A free community recycling event will offer Lewis County residents an opportunity to recycle several materials and offer proper disposal for others on Sept. 12 at the Lewis County Public Works …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/31/26
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On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the office of U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, will host an information night for students interested in applying to the service academies.
The event will be …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/31/26
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A man accused of kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl in Olympia last week was charged Friday in Thurston County Superior Court with four high-level felonies.
Each of the four charges …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/31/26
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The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) is asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect who allegedly shot a man in Tenino on Friday.
John Cooper, 69, is accused of shooting …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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8/31/26
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Summer is a popular time for motorcycle rides, with clear skies and long days providing ample opportunities for hitting the road.
Riding a motorcycle comes with inherent safety risks.
Over …
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Karlee Van De Venter / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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8/31/26
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OLYMPIA — Lawsuits are costing local and state taxpayers in Washington too much, some lawmakers say.
Months after a proposal to change how state and local governments respond to claims of …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/31/26
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Washingtonians displaced by the state's ongoing wildfires have another option for short-term accommodations: Airbnb, the home-sharing marketplace.
Airbnb.org, the nonprofit arm of Airbnb, is …
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/31/26
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A Clackamas County SWAT team arrested a man on Saturday afternoon after he allegedly opened fire on a team of tree cutters working near Oregon City — then used a tractor to try to fend off tactical …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/31/26
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Almost a year after U.S. president Donald Trump signed an executive order to designate antifa as a “terrorist threat,” his administration is attempting to single out leftist organizations, …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/31/26
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A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officer from Oregon is believed to have died while helping people flee a devastating wildfire in Oklahoma on Saturday, officials say.
David Taylor, 38, of Scio, …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/31/26
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The internet is full of videos of robots running races, doing backflips, dancing and playing soccer.
Doing real work, though? Jonathan Hurst says that’s harder than it looks.
He’s …
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Mike Rogoway / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/31/26
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Five people died in a head-on collision on Highway 2 outside of Wenatchee Sunday night, the Washington State Patrol said.
A 2014 Nissan Maxima with four people inside was going west on …
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By Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/31/26
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AUBURN, Wash. — In the back row of a small community college classroom, I sip my coffee and consider a cumulus cloud, a puffy white pillar over an expanse of blue. I’m not staring out the window, …
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By Alex Brown / Stateline.org
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8/31/26
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Washington state officials are keeping a longstanding program seen as vital to parents of children with developmental disabilities, but cutting its funding, ending weeks of unease about its …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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8/31/26
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The backlash arrived immediately.
On Monday, the 10,000 residents of Independence, Oregon, woke up to all five of their city parks barricaded by chain link fences, with signs saying the parks …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/30/26
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A dumpster fire broke out at a furniture warehouse in Vancouver on Friday, ultimately spreading to an old train passenger car stored behind the building, officials said.
When firefighters …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/30/26
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Oregon used to be something of a bargain.
The state was a rare find on the West Coast, a place where homes were cheap by national standards, household products like groceries were relatively …
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Mike Rogoway / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/30/26
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A 70-year-old woman fell 400 feet to her death Friday afternoon while hiking near Horsetail Falls in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge, according to the Multnomah County sheriff’s office.
The …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/30/26
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