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Can Washington state hold off harvesting older forests in the face of a projected $12 billion budget deficit without impacting local governments and school districts that get money from those timber …
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By Libby Denkmann and Alec Cowan / KUOW
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2/19/25
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A landlord from Silver Lake has been sentenced to nearly six years for child molestation after reportedly asking his tenant if he could have sex with the man's teen.
Brian James Wheeler, 62, was …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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2/19/25
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The number of data centers around the Pacific Northwest has exploded in recent decades, growing from less than two dozen in 2008 to more than 200 across Oregon and Washington today.
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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2/19/25
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There’s controversy gusting through the Washington Legislature over a proposed redesign of the state flag.
House Bill 1938 , sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, would create …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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2/19/25
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A push by Democratic state senators for greater scrutiny of those circulating and signing initiative petitions advanced in the Washington Legislature on Tuesday over the objections of Republicans and …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/19/25
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For years, diehard fans of “The Goonies” have yearned for a sequel, and now it’s finally happening. Entertainment Weekly reports that a sequel to the 1985 movie is “officially …
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Kristi Turnquist / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/18/25
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It may not be the most beloved McMenamins around (that honor goes to Edgefield, of course), but Rams Head has a place in many Portlanders' hearts.
Now, the old standard bar on Northwest 23rd …
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Lizzy Acker / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/18/25
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A Tacoma man accused of driving erratically and fleeing from a Washington State Patrol trooper on Interstate 5 in Lewis County on Friday is facing felony DUI and attempt to elude charges in Lewis …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/18/25
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Bail is set at $500,000 for a Centralia man with at least three DUI-related convictions within 10 years on his record who was arrested early Sunday morning for allegedly driving while intoxicated in …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/18/25
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Washington Democrats on Tuesday passed a bill out of the Senate Government, Tribal Relations and Elections Committee, dubbed by critics to be the “initiative killer.”
SB 5382, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/18/25
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WASHINGTON — Temporary special government employees working at the behest of the U.S. DOGE Service, under President Donald Trump and billionaire campaign donor Elon Musk, can continue accessing …
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By Ashley Murray / States Newsroom
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2/18/25
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After an uproar over staffing cuts at the Bonneville Power Administration, the Trump administration is trying to rehire a handful of staffers it laid off last week.
Bonneville, a federal …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/18/25
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Bail is set at $20,000 for a man accused of threatening to kill Morton Police Chief Cole Cournyer, driving toward Cournyer at a high rate of speed before swerving and fleeing and later being stopped …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/18/25
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The former president of the Oakview Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) arrested last week for allegedly embezzling nearly $20,000 from the PTO was charged Tuesday in Lewis County …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/18/25
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Democrats in the Washington state Legislature have introduced House Bill 1938, which would create the Washington State Flag Redesign Committee to lead efforts to create a new flag.
The process …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/18/25
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Following are members of the Adna Middle/High School’s first semester academic lists. Students are listed in alphabetical order. The list was provided by the Adna School District.
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/18/25
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As California’s high speed rail project lays its first tracks after spending billions of dollars since 2006, Washington officials are already looking at lessons to be learned on how to avoid a …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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2/18/25
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The Washington state House has passed a revised version of a bill that would expand the state’s definition of a hate crime, though concerns were raised by some lawmakers despite amendments …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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2/18/25
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Getting more homes on the market and making housing less expensive for Washington residents is a priority for many state lawmakers this legislative session.
But not everyone agrees on how …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington State Standard
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2/18/25
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Toughness and togetherness.
The Rainier High School boys basketball team’s motto has typically been confined to its play on the court as it continues its historic run into the 2B District …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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2/18/25
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