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Thurston County elected officials may get salary increases ranging from 5% to 9.5% in 2025 if a new proposal is approved.
The county's Citizen's Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials will …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/19/24
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As Amazon’s five-day-a-week return-to-office policy approaches its enforcement date, a company executive is taking a hard line against those who don’t want to comply.
Matt Garman, …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/19/24
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Two new polls show Democrat Bob Ferguson holding a steady lead over Republican Dave Reichert in the race for Washington's next governor.
The polls show Ferguson with roughly 50% of the statewide …
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10/19/24
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SEATTLE — When the NBA opens next week, it's likely to be the start of a season where there's finally clarity around the league's expansion plans and ultimately how Seattle falls into the mix.
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Tim Booth / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/19/24
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SEATTLE — The Machinists union announced Saturday morning that Boeing has made a new contract offer with a higher wage increase and other incentives in an attempt to end the strike that has …
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Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/19/24
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The Olympia man who damaged and destroyed several area Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Halls was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison for the 2018 crime spree, U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman announced.
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/19/24
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Mabel, a cow that escaped and has been wandering Bellingham since Aug. 10, was rescued late Friday night, according to a Whatcom Humane Society social media post.
The message said the rescue was …
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Jack Belcher / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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10/19/24
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Spokane police arrested a man accused of brazenly attacking a woman in the heart of the Washington State University Spokane campus in broad daylight Thursday.
The woman told police that as …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/18/24
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Navy search crews along with law enforcement agencies and others Friday evening reached the remote site east of Mount Rainier where a Navy Growler that had two aviators aboard crashed Tuesday.
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Catalina Gaitan and Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/18/24
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Mountain View Timberland Library in Randle will host a “grand closing” event for its current library building on Nov. 16 ahead of the library’s move to its new location at 10111 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/18/24
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Thurston County Public Health and Social Services is reporting a toxic algae bloom at Offut Lake near Tenino.
Lab results taken on Oct. 16 detected microcystins toxin levels at 30 ug/L, which is …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/18/24
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A Green Hill School corrections employee who is already facing charges for allegedly “turning a blind eye” to an assault inside the facility in January was arrested again on Wednesday for …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/18/24
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Dozens of industry leaders from across Lewis County got a chance to see and experience the work being done in the W.F. West High School Career and Technical Education (CTE) wing at a …
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Submitted by the Chehalis School District
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10/18/24
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Lewis County is famous for many paranormal happenings.
Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 UFO sighting helped coin the phrase “flying saucer,” and the county’s forests are hot spots …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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10/18/24
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Owners of Victorian & Steampunk Emporium are preparing to celebrate its new location in downtown Centralia.
The Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/18/24
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Farmers in Washington could benefit from their bottom lines by keeping a closer look on their finances, a Washington State University farming consultant told a collection of roughly 75 Lewis County …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/18/24
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft
• A juvenile was referred to a local prosecutor’s office for allegedly stealing a bicycle from the 2900 block of Mt. Vista Road just before 10 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/18/24
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Ballots for the Nov. 5 general election have been mailed, and in addition to voting candidates into county, state and federal office, voters are asked to weigh in on several local proposals to …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/18/24
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The West Thurston Regional Fire Authority promoted longtime firefighter Nathan Drake to fire chief on Monday.
Drake started as a volunteer firefighter with West Thurston in 2005 and was hired as …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/18/24
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After working at the Ford Motor Company dealership in Morton since he was 12 years old, Jim Van Cleve, 72, is “semi-retiring” from running the business his family built.
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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10/18/24
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