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Consider this scenario: A couple takes time off work to go on vacation with their kids, choosing to earn less money and spend more for a while to have some fun.
At the end of the vacation, the …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/3/25
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About 367,812 pounds of Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon Original Flavor was recalled from stores around the nation Wednesday on the possibility the product might be contaminated with listeria.
The USDA …
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David J. Neal / The News Tribune (TNS)
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7/3/25
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Despite efforts by Raul Benitez Santana’s defense team to persuade a Snohomish County Superior Court judge to impose a sentence of just under eight years in prison for the 2024 high-speed crash …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/3/25
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Life moves pretty fast when you’re aboard an Amtrak train chugging along at 80 mph. Some sights — like Mount Rainier — are in view for long, delicious minutes while others — …
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Jackie Varriano / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/3/25
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During the first quarter of 2025, the number of children under state supervision who died or nearly died has tripled compared with the same period last year, according to new data.
The …
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Simone Carter / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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7/3/25
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King County Assessor John Wilson was arrested Wednesday evening on investigation of stalking, according to King County jail records.
Wilson, who has been in elected office for a decade and is a …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/3/25
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The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction adopted new student discipline rules last month, despite pushback among families and advocates who believe the new rules will send …
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Claire Bryan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/3/25
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Child care is a significant expense for families nationwide, but a new report from personal finance website and app WalletHub finds it especially challenging in Washington state.
“For …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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7/2/25
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Firefighters and public lands managers are urging Washington residents to use extra caution when setting off fireworks this Fourth of July due to dry conditions.
“We’ve already …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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7/2/25
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A new trial date has been set after a mistrial was declared in the case of a 51-year-old woman accused of forcing a teenage boy to touch her genitals at gunpoint in Ryderwood.
Jenny Laurel …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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7/2/25
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Firefighters put out several brush fires they consider suspicious near Interstate 5 at Ground Mound Tuesday night, West Thurston Fire Authority Fire Chief Nathan Drake said.
“As of …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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7/2/25
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The Chehalis Foundation is spearheading a fundraising campaign to install turf, resurface the track and expand the facility to include a regulation-size soccer field at W.F. West High School’s …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/2/25
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arrests
• Heaven C. Wilcox, 25, of Benton City, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for criminal impersonation at about 8:51 a.m. June 30 in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/2/25
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• ARTHUR L. SPITZMILLER, 83, Tenino, died June 28 at Providence Centralia Hospital. Arrangements are under the care of Cattermole Funeral Home.
• RUFUS “SONNY” MCCLESKEY, …
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7/2/25
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Jesus Name Pentecostal Church (JNPC) in Chehalis puts on a massive fireworks show every Fourth of July known as the Freedom Celebration.
Along with the fireworks show in the evening, church …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/2/25
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Local baker Grace Robinson needed something to do.
The Michigan native was living at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in 2019 with her husband and firstborn when she got the idea to start making sugar …
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By Jacob Farmer / For The Chronicle
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7/2/25
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Thurston County Commissioner Wayne Fournier, who is also a full-time firefighter in Grays Harbor County, found himself in the right place at the right time to assist victims of a crash in Centralia …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/2/25
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By The Chronicle staff
The fourth annual Darian Paige Atkinson Memorial 5K, named in honor of Atkinson, a White Pass High School graduate who died in 2021 at the age of 25, is scheduled for …
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7/2/25
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Four Centralia Middle School track and field athletes set new school records this season, and the quartet was presented with labels recognizing the new records last week.
Wyatt Oliver ran the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/2/25
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8.99 seconds.
Brooklynn Bell traveled over 1,800 miles and over 28 hours from Rainier to Des Moines, Iowa, for just that seemingly miniscule amount of time.
But in the junior high breakaway …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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7/2/25
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