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Inslee proposes taxing wealthy residents and businesses to close Washington’s budget gap
His final two-year spending plan calls for raising about $13 billion over four years from …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Laurel Demkovich / The Washington Standard
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12/18/24
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A recently released report into a plane crash two years ago in Pasco gives the clearest picture to date of why the private jet slammed into the tarmac at the Tri-Cities Airport.
The small Cessna …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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12/17/24
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A coordinated rescue effort by multiple agencies led to the successful recovery of a lost fisherman on the Lower Queets River Road last Thursday morning.
The Quinault Indian Nation Emergency …
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By The Daily World
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12/17/24
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Both parties agreed to meet the day before, according to court records. After a brief text exchange about the price of the goods, they decided to arrange a rendezvous in the parking lot of The Burger …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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12/17/24
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A Tacoma woman accused of driving while drunk and causing a three-vehicle rollover collision on southbound state Route 7 in Lewis County in July 2022, severely injuring two people and causing minor …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/17/24
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A man accused of ramming a vehicle his wife was inside of with his car, breaking the passenger’s side window with a hammer and forcibly removing his wife from the vehicle in Salkum on Saturday, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/17/24
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When Gov. Jay Inslee took office in 2013 after stating in the 2012 election race that new taxes weren’t “the right direction,” the state Legislature approved a $38.4 billion for the …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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12/17/24
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Pierce County Animal Control officers removed 54 animals from a Roy property Tuesday, Dec. 16, after a November complaint regarding possible illegal breeding and animal cruelty.
After an …
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By The Nisqually Valley News
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12/17/24
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Washington state officials are confronting a 5-ton problem: Where to move a more than 9,000-pound Marcus Whitman statue in the state Capitol.
Whitman, a doctor and missionary , settled …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington Standard
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12/17/24
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Eugene police are looking for an ER nurse who helped a crash victim a month ago so that she can be recognized for her “skill, effort and compassion.”
On Nov. 16, Eugene Police …
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Fedor Zarkhin / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/17/24
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An incident above Oregon earlier this month may not be so easy to explain away, according to several people, including some with first-hand knowledge of the event.
On the evening of Saturday, …
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Lizzy Acker / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/17/24
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A break in the rain and slightly warmer temperatures arrived just in time for the 15th annual Lighted Tractor Parade in downtown Centralia on Saturday night.
Thousands of people attended the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/16/24
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A Thurston County resident has filed a petition to recall Thurston County Commissioner Emily Clouse for “acts of misfeasance and/or malfeasance and for violations of her oath of office.”
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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12/16/24
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Bail is set at $150,000 for a man accused of raping, strangling and threatening to kill a 17-year-old girl in Lewis County on Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Robert Daniel Barber, 27, of Longview, was …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/16/24
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U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, D-Washington, announced Saturday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded conservation projects in Washington $44 million in federal …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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12/16/24
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A recount has confirmed Democrat Adrian Cortes’ victory in a fierce contest for an open seat in the Washington state Senate.
Cortes, a Battle Ground council member, defeated Republican …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington Standard
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12/16/24
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Buoyed by funds from the recent annexation of 1,355 acres of land, the city of Winlock has avoided the fate of jurisdictions across the state during the 2025 budgeting cycle.
The city, Mayor …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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12/16/24
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The Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) has updated its mandatory reporter training, which the agency says will highlight the distinction between families in need of support versus …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/16/24
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With animal shelter space hard to come by in Lewis and Thurston counties, the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis is partnering with Rochester’s Red Rose Animal Rescue and Feisty Felines feral …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/16/24
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft
• Several items were reported stolen out of a car in the 1300 block of Rose Street just before 9:10 a.m. on Dec. 13. The case is under investigation.
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/16/24
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