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A man has been arrested after his missing girlfriend’s body was found in an abandoned lot, Oregon police say.
Erik Mauricio Meza was booked into jail Thursday, Jan. 9, in relation to the …
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Daniella Segura / The News Tribune (TNS)
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1/14/25
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SEATTLE — A group of state lawmakers want to crack down on cellphones in schools.
Reps. Stephanie McClintock, Mari Leavitt and Liz Berry introduced a bill requiring school districts to …
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Claire Bryan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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Washington state wanted to be a national leader on solar panel recycling, but it's had a tough start
Juiced by federal and state incentives, solar power in Washington state has steadily grown in the last decade. Solar installations in Seattle have doubled since 2018, and development of what will …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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Thurston County may spend up to $5.5 million to remodel its aging courthouse campus as a stop-gap measure while it pursues building an entirely new courthouse complex.
The Board of County …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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SEATTLE — Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson knows a thing or two about strategy.
After all, he learned from the best — International Chess Master Nikolay Minev, who coached him during his …
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Sofia Schwarzwalder / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/14/25
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The family of slain Portland hiker Aron Christensen has settled their lawsuit against the teenager who was investigated but not charged criminally after he admitted to shooting into dark woods and …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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A 65-year-old skier who says he plummeted during windy weather from a chairlift onto the ground below filed a $3.6 million lawsuit Friday against Willamette Pass ski resort, saying he suffered a …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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More than a dozen people registered to provide public comment at the second meeting of the Domestic Extremism and Mass Violence Task Force. Their feedback uniformly criticized the lack of diversity …
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By Sue Lani Madsen / The Center Square
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There was plenty of pomp and politics for the opening day of the Washington Legislature’s 2025 session.
It began at noon Monday for the state’s 98 representatives and 49 …
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By Laurel Demkovich and Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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After a narrow election victory in November, Sal Mungia is officially Washington’s newest state Supreme Court justice.
Mungia, along with current justices Steven Gonzalez and Sheryl …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/14/25
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Some Washington state lawmakers want the fashion industry to be less “clothes-minded” about sharing information on their environmental and labor practices.
Rep. Sharlett Mena, …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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A 21-year-old man who crashed his vehicle into a fence in Onalaska while allegedly driving while drunk on Friday, Jan. 10, severely injuring his passenger, is facing vehicular assault and DUI …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/13/25
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Dozens of people gathered at the new Timberland Regional Library (TRL) in Randle for the grand opening on Saturday, Jan. 11, to celebrate the opening of the new space.
The Mountain View Library …
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By Ridley Hudson / ridley@chronline.com
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1/13/25
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Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs is urging voters to rely on official election sources after Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, recently announced it will no longer provide …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/13/25
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Malicious mischief
• At 9:45 a.m. on Jan. 10, officers were notified that copper wires had been dug up and stolen from a construction site at the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/13/25
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Last week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, introduced the Bringing Real Ideas, Data and Genuine Experience (BRIDGE) resolution to Congress.
The …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/13/25
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The date and time of the Schmidt House’s next upcoming history talk has been announced. It will be held on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 12 p.m, at 330 Schmidt Place SW, Tumwater.
The topic of the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/13/25
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As the nation mourned the death of former Democratic President Jimmy Carter last week, closer to home, nearly 300 people gathered inside Corbet Theatre on the Centralia College campus on Friday to …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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1/13/25
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A lot of people think that this time of year farmers are just kicking back and relaxing by the fire feeling all cozy and warm.
Some farmers are in their “down time” of the year, but …
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Commentary by Maureen Harkcom / For The Chronicle
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1/13/25
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Originally founded in 2017, the Adna High School Robotics Club is now headed to the state competition in its sixth FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), having won the regional semifinal competition on …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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