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OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee's office has fired the first director of a new state office to promote equity in state government.
Karen A. Johnson's last day was Wednesday after more than two …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/24/23
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A Marion County deputy district attorney referred to a criminal defendant as a “drunk Hispanic guy” in a discussion with the man’s lawyer, leading the county’s top prosecutor …
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Noelle Crombie / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/24/23
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A Marion County Circuit Court judge this month ordered the Oregon Department of Corrections to immediately provide gender-affirming care to an incarcerated transgender woman who alleged she had been …
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Noelle Crombie / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/24/23
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LUMMI RESERVATION — Leaders from at least a dozen Washington tribes may soon meet with Gov. Jay Inslee's administration to raise concerns and ask questions about the effects of the state's new …
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/24/23
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On the 144th episode of The Chronicle News Dump hosts Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Assistant Editor Isabel Vander Stoep discuss the latest lawsuit filed against Lewis County, the …
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5/24/23
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Shawn Jemtegaard’s family members, friends, colleagues, and youth football athletes gathered at Yelm High School on Sunday, May 21, to honor his life and memory during a memorial service.
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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5/23/23
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Lewis County Officials Decline to Comment on Pending $20 Million Claim by Family of Aron Christensen
Lewis County officials declined to comment this week on a pending $20 million legal claim submitted by the estate of Aron Christensen that is the likely precursor to a lawsuit.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/23/23
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The U.S. Forest Service is hoping, somehow, the travelers from across the world who come to visit Mount St. Helens this summer still get their views of the unique, eruption-severed north face, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/23/23
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Oregon State Police have identified the seven adults who died Thursday when the driver of a semitruck plowed into their passenger van on Interstate 5.
All were agricultural workers returning …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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5/23/23
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The family of Aron Christensen, a Portland musician who was shot to death along with his puppy Buzzo while hiking on a remote Washington trail last August, is planning to sue the sheriff’s …
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Savannah Eadens / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/23/23
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A 31-year-old man has been charged with a felony sex crime for allegedly breaking into a Pacific Lutheran University dorm in Parkland and groping a female student, according to court records.
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/23/23
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MOSCOW, Idaho — The man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in an attack that garnered international attention declined to enter a plea at a hearing Monday, forcing the judge …
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Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/23/23
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The federal government has agreed to pay $800,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a young Washington girl was sexually abused for years by a convicted murderer and child abuser who parole agents …
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Mike Carter The Seattle Times / (TNS)
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5/23/23
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State Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia, was recently appointed to serve as the top Republican on the House Capital Budget Committee after previously serving as the assistant ranking member since he …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/23/23
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A jury in Thurston County found five co-defendants guilty last week of unlawful manufacture and possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver, resolving a case that began when law enforcement …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/23/23
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Bob Peters has seen just about everything change at Centralia College over the years, a steady flow of new faces and spaces.
A pillar for Trailblazer athletics for 36 years, Peters was shocked a …
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By Jesse Nance / For The Chronicle
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5/23/23
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The Sharon Care Center in Centralia held a senior fair on Friday as part of its celebration of National Nursing Home Week. The event provided residents, staff and their families with fun activities …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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5/22/23
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The Washington state Attorney General’s Office has filed a petition to have 32-year-old Rupp Freece, a level three sex offender living in Mossyrock, involuntarily committed as a sexually …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/22/23
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Sandstone is likely Tenino’s most famed product. But few know that the United States Capitol has a stone representing every state, and Washington’s is Tenino sandstone.
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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5/22/23
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