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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, welcomed local law enforcement officers from Southwest Washington to Washington, D.C., last week in honor of National Police Week.
In the same …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/21/25
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Thurston County Public Health & Social Services is furthering its overdose prevention campaign by purchasing three video billboard advertising spaces in the county.
The Thurston County Board …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/21/25
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Thurston County has declared a local emergency for the section of Churchill Road Southeast that crosses a tributary of Scatter Creek in unincorporated south county to make immediate repairs to a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/21/25
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The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) will use a new piece of technology to upgrade its monitoring of high-risk inmates at the county jail.
The agency will purchase seven wall- and …
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5/21/25
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Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill sponsored by Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, on Monday, May 19, launching a testing program to identify forever chemicals in the state’s food supply.
Senate …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/21/25
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A 35-year-old Washington state man was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 11 years in prison for sex trafficking of a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller announced in a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/21/25
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, recently introduced the bipartisan Fair Wage Act.
The legislation is aimed at indexing the federal …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/21/25
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Oak Bagels + Coffee will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony in celebration of its grand opening earlier this month.
After months of preparation, Oak Bagels + Coffee is open, serving coffee and …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/21/25
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A Thurston County judge ordered a corrections sergeant accused of voyeurism to be released without bail Tuesday.
Taylor Beau Hendershot, 30, learned of his release conditions during his …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/21/25
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As summer approaches, the southern Lewis County town of Vader is already gearing up for a major Fourth of July celebration that event planners have named “Red, White and Boom.”
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/21/25
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With Monday marking the nine-year anniversary of the last day Tumwater resident Logan Schiendelman was seen before disappearing under puzzling circumstances, his friends, family and community members …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/21/25
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A 30-year-old Thurston County corrections sergeant has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree voyeurism, court records show.
The man was taken into custody on Monday, jail records show.
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/21/25
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A Pasco man pardoned for his role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots has been found guilty of threatening to blow up a federal building and on weapons charges related to trying to enter former …
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Cory McCoy / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/21/25
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Actor George Wendt has died at 76, his publicist, Melissa Nathan, announced in a statement shared with People on Tuesday, May 20.
“Beloved actor and comedian, George Wendt, best known for …
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Sara Vallone / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/21/25
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Restaurant worker admits $326K multi-state scheme to steal iPads from Washington state Target stores
A Chinese citizen who worked with his girlfriend to “return” 140 counterfeit iPads to Tri-Cities Target stores and others in the West has been sentenced in federal court.
Zhangbo …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/21/25
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Rep. Michael Baumgartner sent a letter to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday asking him to reverse course and reopen an office in Spokane that conducts research on workplace …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/21/25
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Since April, 8,300 Washington drivers have received notices in the mail saying they were caught exceeding the speed limit. But they’re not speeding tickets.
These so-called “courtesy …
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Daniel Schrager / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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5/21/25
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A 35-year-old man from Washington, Dominique Terrel Gonzales, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sex trafficking a minor.
He violently forced four women and one underage teenager into …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/21/25
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Something unusual happened when attorney Sofia Velling went to a Seattle immigration court hearing Tuesday with an asylum-seeker. Out of the blue, she said, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/21/25
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An Oregon man accused of scamming women he pursued romantically, and their older parents, can’t escape responsibility for his debts, a federal bankruptcy court has ruled.
While selling …
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Julia Marnin / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/21/25
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