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The Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce hosted a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for JJ's Sports Bar on Friday, Oct. 18, in downtown Centralia.
Located at 537 N. Tower Ave. at the …
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10/21/24
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The Thorbeckes Pumpkin Splash Party event was hosted at the wellness center's pool in Centralia on Saturday, Oct. 19.
The event offered attendees an opportunity to swim with gourds and pick one …
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10/21/24
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Two 31-year-old Navy pilots from California were identified Monday as the victims in the Growler crash east of Mount Rainier last week.
Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, a naval flight officer, and …
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By Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/21/24
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What’s black and white and runs all over? The tiny western spotted skunk, Oregon State University researchers found.
The skunk, which resembles a black and white tube sock, weighs just one …
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10/21/24
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The Thurston County Youth Football League is a major organizer of youth sports.
At a recent game for the league at Tumwater High School, multiple teams were decked out in professional-looking …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/21/24
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Two men in their 30s accused of trying to set a man on fire at the homeless encampment known as the Jungle are in custody, Thurston County Jail information shows.
The first arrest was on …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/21/24
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SEATTLE — Self-driving wheelchairs have taken hundreds of passengers to their gates at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, under a new program from Alaska Airlines.
A testing period for …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/21/24
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A federal judge sentenced an Olympia man to 11 years in prison Friday for arson and a shooting aimed at three Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Halls in Western Washington, bringing an end to a case that …
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Heidi Groover / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/21/24
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The similarities between the candidates for Washington's next public schools chief, Chris Reykdal and David Olson, are few.
Incumbent Reykdal credits public education as the "great equalizer" …
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Julia Park / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/21/24
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A 25-year-old man is accused of killing his father following an argument on Friday.
Pierce County deputies were dispatched at 9:42 p.m. to help firefighters who were performing CPR on a man at …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/21/24
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Washington state health officials are investigating after four agricultural workers tested presumptively positive for bird flu, marking the first presumed human cases in the state, the Washington …
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Heidi Groover / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/20/24
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The two aviators who were missing after a Navy Growler crashed east of Mount Rainier last week have died, officials said Sunday.
The announcement comes five days after the EA-18G Growler crashed …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/20/24
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Nearly 800,000 kids are eating free meals in school after the Legislature expanded access — but the state will need to come up with more money if it wants to continue the program.
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By Grace Deng / The Washington Standard
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10/20/24
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The Washington Board of Education has launched a multi-year initiative to rework the state’s high school graduation requirements, arguing that the current standards fall short of “fully …
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By Grace Deng / The Washington Standard
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10/20/24
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Andy Goodwin stationed himself last Saturday at the top of Mount St. Helens, where he usually spends several hours each week educating climbers about one of the Pacific Northwest’s most …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/20/24
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An Enumclaw woman is accused of causing a wreck on state Route 410 that killed two people and injured two others over the weekend.
King County prosecutors charged Michelle Renee Oster, who also …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/20/24
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In Washington, Bigfoot rules the forest. But the skies? That's for the little green men.
In 2007, Yakima resident Troy Hampton-Peterson was looking at the stars outside Moses Lake when he and a …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/20/24
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The number of annual traffic fatalities in Washington state has jumped from 528 in 2019 to 810 in 2023, a 51% increase since 2019, according to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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10/19/24
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A federal jury quickly returned guilty verdicts Friday on all counts against Negasi Zuberi, finding he had kidnapped two 21-year-old women within two months last year, sexually assaulted them and …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/19/24
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OLYMPIA — Whether law enforcement in Washington is where it should be, addressing juvenile crime and the role of the Washington Legislature in law enforcement were among the topics addressed by …
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Cheryl Schweizer / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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10/19/24
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