A citizen group claims a proposed site for a new airport in Thurston County violates state law because it overlaps with land controlled by Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
The group Stop The Airport …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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1/13/23
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In a statement released on Thursday, the Lewis County Public Utility District (PUD) announced it had been awarded $750,000 in grant funds from the Washington State Broadband Office (WSBO) for its …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/13/23
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Icy weekend weather trapped 19 passengers and a driver on a Greyhound bus for an hour in Chehalis during the early morning of Monday, Jan. 14, 1963, after the bus skidded on ice into a utility pole, …
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Compiled by Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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1/13/23
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently agreed to a $1.1 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by a man who was sexually abused as a preschooler by a teenage volunteer in his …
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Jared Brown / The News Tribune
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1/13/23
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Seven vehicles, a 34-foot trailer and a $100,000 collection of artifacts and fossils are part of a stash of stolen property found recently in Franklin County.
Prosecutors charged five people in …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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1/13/23
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Officers with the Centralia Police Department responded to a report of assault at the Peppermill Empress Inn in the 1200 block of Alder Street just before 11:50 a.m. on Thursday.
The …
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By The Chronicle Staff
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1/13/23
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Public safety was not endangered by damage to a gas line caused by an excavator working along Alder Street Friday morning, personnel with Riverside Fire Authority confirmed.
Crews were …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/13/23
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One driver was killed and another was injured in a three-vehicle wreck near Tenino Thursday afternoon, according to Washington State Patrol.
The woman who died at the scene was 27-year-old Kylie …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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1/13/23
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After more than thirteen straight weeks of price declines, Washington fuel prices increased this week.
On Monday, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded was sitting at $3.92 …
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Timothy Schumann / The Center Square
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1/12/23
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Washington State Sen. Phil Fortunato, R-Auburn, says lawmakers need to give police more abilities to crack down on gang violence rather than targeting law-abiding gun owners trying to defend …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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1/12/23
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The biggest species in our coastal waters had a bountiful year, with record-breaking sightings in the Salish Sea, according to a report by the Pacific Whale Watch Association and local research …
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Vonnai Phair / The Seattle Times
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1/12/23
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Seahawks legend Walter Jones joined Gov. Jay Inslee and Secretary of State Steve Hobbs in raising the 12th man flag at the capitol Jan. 11 to promote this weekend's playoff game. The Seahawks will …
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By Reneé Diaz / Washington State Journal
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1/12/23
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The store location itself is not suspected of any further wrongdoing, said an officer from the sheriff’s office
Personnel from the Grays Harbor County Drug Task Force made a pair of arrests …
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Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
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1/12/23
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The 40-year-old Onalaska woman arrested last week for allegedly stealing over 315 pieces of mail from multiple addresses was arrested again Tuesday afternoon after law enforcement found a substantial …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/12/23
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A 25-year-old Salem man was sentenced Wednesday in Marion County Circuit Court to nearly 26 years in prison after driving drunk into a homeless encampment in downtown Salem in March, killing four …
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Catalina Gaitán / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/12/23
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The Tacoma Police Department fired a senior officer last year after he accidentally recorded a sexual interaction in his patrol car while on duty and then confessed he had used department resources …
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Jared Brown / The News Tribune
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1/12/23
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Chronicle reporter Isabel Vander Stoep, a 2016 graduate of W.F. West High School, has been promoted to assistant editor of the newspaper.
Vander Stoep, 24, started as an intern at The …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/12/23
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It took a few days longer than expected for Washington’s newest member of Congress to take office.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez came to Washington D.C. with her husband and young son Jan. …
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Brennen Kauffman / The Daily News
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1/12/23
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The Centralia Police Department has identified potential suspects responsible for the recent rise of graffiti in town, but since the suspects are juveniles and thus have extra protections under state …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/12/23
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Gov. Jay Inslee gave the annual State of the State address in the state House chamber on Tuesday, laying out his agenda for the 2023 legislative session.
During the half-hour address, Inslee …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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1/11/23
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