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Seattle Public Schools is suing the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, asserting the companies are substantially contributing to a youth mental health crisis.
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By Lauren Girgis and Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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1/9/23
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Chehalis-Based Company Pacific Mobile Structures Acquires Texas-Based Sustainable Modular Management
Chehalis-based Pacific Mobile Structures has acquired Sustainable Modular Management, a fellow family-owned modular building company based in Frisco, Texas.
The announcement came Dec. 30 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/9/23
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The Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce is holding a grand opening ribbon cutting for Mint City Coffee Roasters, a new coffee house and roaster in downtown Chehalis.
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/9/23
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An unlicensed “investment adviser” from Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 75 months in prison for mail fraud in connection with his scheme to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/9/23
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Norine Jones celebrated her 100th birthday Sunday at the Baw Faw Grange with more than 100 family members and friends in attendance. Jones was the subject of an article in The Chronicle in 2018. …
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1/9/23
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OLYMPIA — The economy. Public safety. Homelessness and the housing shortage. Taxes.
These vexing issues are front and center as the Washington Legislature convenes this week for its first …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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1/9/23
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Weekend visitors to downtown Centralia were treated to an art gala Friday night at the Rectangle Gallery & Creative Space.
Gallery owner Jan Nontell explained the gala featured emerging …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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1/9/23
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‘Suspicious Amount’ of Mail Believed to Be Stolen From Chehalis, Onalaska Recovered Following Arrest
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is in the process of reuniting 315 pieces of mail stolen from 125 separate addresses in southern Chehalis and Onalaska following an arrest early Friday …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/9/23
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A home doubling as a cat rescue caught fire in Silverton, Oregon, Saturday evening, killing dozens of cats and causing around $700,000 in damages, firefighters said Sunday.
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Austin De Dios / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/9/23
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Oregon drive-thru coffee chain Dutch Bros said Monday it expects sales will approach $1 billion this year as the company accelerates the pace of new store openings.
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Mike Rogoway / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/9/23
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OLYMPIA — When the Washington Legislature's 2023 session convenes on Monday, the biggest challenge for lawmakers won't be a specific bill package but whether Republicans and Democrats can …
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Shari Phiel / The Columbian
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1/9/23
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A passenger in a truck called 911 after midnight on Sunday to report that they were being chased south down State Route 27 by another vehicle.
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The Washington State Patrol.
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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1/9/23
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Franklin County deputies followed a car driving erratically to find a jackpot of stolen cars and other items, including artifact and fossil collection worth nearly $100,000 on Saturday night.
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By The Tri-City Herald
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1/9/23
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Two Aberdeen residents were injured Saturday afternoon when their vehicle rolled over in a crash near Montesano, according to the Washington State Patrol.
The two injured residents, ages 15 and …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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1/8/23
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Police arrested four people and discovered hundreds of fentanyl pills after months of keeping a close eye on a west Kennewick neighborhood.
The Benton County Sheriff's Office has been conducting …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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1/8/23
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Police were unable to rescue a driver trapped in a burning car Friday night, Jan. 6, on Meridian Street, according to Bellingham Police Lt. Claudia Murphy.
The identity of the driver has not …
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Julie Shirley / The Bellingham Herald
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1/8/23
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After weeks of speculating and criticizing, the public got its first look into the Moscow Police Department's investigation into the killings of four University of Idaho students.
Detectives built …
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Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review
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1/8/23
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Washington Lawmakers Must Approve New Drug Sentence Rules or Eliminate Jail Time for Drug Possession
OLYMPIA — More time behind bars or less?
As the Washington Legislature begins its work for 2023, lawmakers will have to weigh that and other tough decisions on drugs as they craft new …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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1/8/23
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Deaths involving fentanyl more than doubled between 2022 and 2021 in Thurston County, according to Coroner Gary Warnock.
The Coroner's Office counted 107 deaths involving fentanyl in 2022, …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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1/8/23
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MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK — The road to Paradise is closed on weekdays.
Mount Rainier National Park's most popular winter destination has beckoned skiers, snowshoers, sledders and snow …
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Gregory Scruggs / The Seattle Times
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1/8/23
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