The Pacific Fishery Management Council has decreased the number of chinook salmon it allocates each year to feed Southern Resident orca whales.
The number is important because added conservation …
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Racquel Muncy / Skagit Valley Herald
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11/27/22
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WASHINGTON — A year-end push to pass bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting children online illustrates the vexing challenge Congress faces in regulating social media platforms — and …
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Orion Donovan-Smith / The Spokesman-Review
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11/27/22
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OLYMPIA — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Tuesday he is asking the state legislature for $1.5 million annually to fund the creation of a 10-member organized retail crime unit, …
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By The Columbia Basin Herald
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11/27/22
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A 48-year-old woman was killed early Saturday morning when the car she was in sped off a rural road in east Roy, hitting a fence and two trees.
The driver, a 43-year-old woman, was likely …
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Kristine Sherred / The News Tribune
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11/27/22
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Deputy Derek Sanders declared victory over incumbent John Snaza in the Thurston County Sheriff race as his lead solidified as ballot tallies were wrapping up.
On Wednesday, results indicated …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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11/27/22
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Washington State Patrol troopers arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a road rage shooting Friday on Interstate 5 near the Tacoma Mall, the agency reported.
The shooting wounded an …
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Lulu Ramadan / The Seattle Times
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11/27/22
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Utah investigators have identified a Yakima man as a suspect in the 1972 Thanksgiving weekend murder of an Army veteran and the rape of his companion.
Daniel Arthur Bell, who died at age 87 on …
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Tammy Ayer / Yakima Herald-Republic
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11/27/22
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Ranked-choice voting appears poised to be adopted in Seattle as November election results near certification, but city voters won't feel the effects of the decision for up to five more years.
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Sarah Grace Taylor / The Seattle Times
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11/26/22
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Members of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and the community gathered to honor recipients of the Cowlitz Tribal Foundation grants at the ilani annual holiday tree lighting ceremony on Wednesday.
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Nika Bartoo-Smith / The Columbian
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11/26/22
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OLYMPIA — Ahead of the next Legislature's budget writing year, Washington's tax collections are again higher than expected.
Despite concerns that revenues were slowing with a possible …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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11/26/22
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An 11-year-old child was injured Friday in a road rage shooting on Interstate 5 near the Tacoma Mall, according to the Washington State Patrol.
It's the second highway shooting in the region to …
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times
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11/26/22
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Only a few days remain before Washington's 3rd Congressional District race results are certified and, with the absence of a concession, candidate Republican Joe Kent's intentions are clearer: rally …
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11/25/22
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Mint City Coffee Roasting will open its doors to the public on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 8 a.m.
Located at 539 N. Market Blvd., Mint City is opening in downtown Chehalis in a 100-plus year old …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/25/22
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Effective Dec. 1, the West Thurston Regional Fire Authority will close three of its five stations due to the failure of its maintenance and operations levy on the November ballot.
It was the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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11/25/22
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The Lewis County Canvassing Board meeting in the Lewis County Auditor’s Office on Wednesday morning was mostly silent, punctuated occasionally by a yawn or the smack of a stamp on a denied …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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11/25/22
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Two or three households are displaced after a support beam in an apartment building on North Rock Street caught fire Friday morning.
Firefighters with the Riverside Fire Authority and the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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11/25/22
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In a Nov. 23 news release, the Centralia Public Works Department announced that beginning on Nov. 29, construction will begin to make sidewalk access ramp removal and replacements and install …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/25/22
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Experience Chehalis, Book ‘N’ Brush and Totally Pawsome have teamed up to bring local children a little extra magic for the holiday season with a new “Letters to Santa” …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/25/22
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