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Drought conditions in the Pacific Northwest are not nearly as severe as they were last year, but some areas are still seeing severe, extreme and even exceptional drought.
About 38.5% of the region …
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Kate Smith / Yakima Herald-Republic
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8/23/22
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Millions of Washingtonians recently became eligible for free or discounted hospital care after an update to a state law went into effect last month, a significant step toward eliminating residents' …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times
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8/23/22
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The Ferndale Police Department officer who was charged with child molestation after allegedly soliciting a minor was fired Tuesday by the city of Ferndale.
The city announced in a news release …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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8/23/22
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After a year of behind-the-scenes work and planning, a new Thurston County program aimed at better responding to mental health-related 911 calls is about to be launched by the Sheriff's Office.
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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8/23/22
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Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is leading the three West Coast states in a challenge to a $335 million pipeline improvement project to increase the flow of Canadian natural gas to the …
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Hal Bernton / The Seattle Times
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8/23/22
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Six more members of the Patriot Front pleaded not guilty to accusations that they were planning to incite a riot in Coeur d'Alene during the North Idaho Pride in the Park event in June.
Jared M. …
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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8/23/22
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Former Toppenish High School teacher Bertha Adriana Cerna has been released from a California jail as she awaits extradition to Yakima County on a sex charge.
Bertha Cerna, 40, was released …
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Donald W. Meyers / Yakima Herald-Republic
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8/23/22
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A 29-year-old man is accused of ramming a police vehicle a dozen times Friday afternoon in the parking garage at ilani.
Blake T. Brosnahan, no city of residence listed, appeared Monday in Clark …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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8/23/22
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers helped save the life of a Canadian man who went into cardiac arrest near a border crossing from Whatcom County.
"This is a great example of how our …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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8/23/22
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The Lewis Public Transportation Benefit Area, better known as Twin Transit, will hold its next board meeting at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
The meeting will be held at 321 Maurin Road, Chehalis.
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/23/22
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Multiple lanes of southbound Interstate 5 were blocked for a total of 13 hours and 41 minutes on Monday after a semi-truck fatally collided with a support pillar for the 113th Avenue overpass near …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/23/22
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A Centralia man has been charged with multiple sex offenses for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl multiple times over a 10-month period in 2021.
The Centralia Police Department began …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/23/22
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Bail has been set at a total of $500,000 for Damien J. Madison, 24, of Chehalis, who is accused of crashing into a power pole in Centralia on Saturday then fleeing into the Skookumchuck River in an …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/22/22
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Preliminary data from this year’s Southwest Washington Fair show that about 71,000 people attended the six-day fair this year, according to a news release from Lewis County.
Lewis …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/22/22
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In early July, Veterans Memorial Museum Director Chip Duncan and others specializing in veteran care presented to Lewis County commissioners seeking about $300,000 to start a peer counseling center …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/22/22
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The rodeo has long been a staple event of Lewis County’s Southwest Washington Fair, but this year’s bucking broncs and bulls, cowboys and cowgirls participated in the first National …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/22/22
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Joseph and Mary (Roundtree) Borst, the builders of the Borst Home, a historic centerpiece of Fort Borst Park in Centralia, have long been celebrated by local historians for their influence on the …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/22/22
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In partnership with consultants from Otak, Inc., Experience Olympia & Beyond is asking for public input concerning the corridor management plan being created for the Thurston Bountiful Byway. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/22/22
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Awesome Ford in Chehalis will host an Outdoor Movie Night showing “Back to the Future” on Friday, Aug. 26, at 8:30 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public.
Attendees may …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/22/22
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CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Malicious Mischief
• Just after 11:45 a.m. on Aug. 19, there was a report of a tire slashing that occurred in the 2100 block of North National Avenue a …
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8/22/22
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