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Over the past four years, hundreds of gray whales have washed up dead on the beaches of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, most of them skinny and malnourished – and scientists have been trying to …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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10/14/23
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Ryan Martin, 47, of southwest Washington was the man killed Wednesday in downtown Portland in what authorities allege was a road rage confrontation that escalated into a shooting at rush hour.
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10/14/23
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A Washington State Patrol trooper expects to return to full duty about a year after a shooting nearly cost him his life.
The Washington State Patrol released a 7-minute video interview with …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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10/14/23
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SEATTLE —If you haven’t heard what’s going on in Oklahoma City these days, it might make you chuckle, in a “now it’s your turn, chumps” kind of way.
Or wince, …
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Larry Stone / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/14/23
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Despite a tentative agreement being reached in a national Kaiser Permanente contract, Washington state employees of the health care giant have approved a weeklong strike should a deal on their local …
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Amanda Sullender / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/14/23
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A 38-year-old man has been sentenced to nearly two decades in prison for armed robbery and manslaughter in what a Pierce County judge called a one-man crime wave.
Donald Salave'a was convicted …
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10/14/23
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On the 160th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz, Assistant Editor Isabel Vander Stoep and Photo Editor Jared Wenzelburger discuss the apparently …
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10/13/23
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Many officials from tribes, governments and other agencies in the greater Lewis County area were triumphant on Friday morning.
They woke up to the news that President Joe Biden announced seven …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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10/13/23
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Praising the benefits of the public-private partnership, officials broke ground Friday on a ToledoTel internet expansion that, when completed, will bring broadband service to more than 2,300 homes …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/13/23
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It is a rare occasion when Southwest Washington’s state and federal representatives, senators and governor agree.
Rarer, still, is the occasion that led to their agreement this week. …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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10/13/23
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Like many other homes, plants sit on the window sill of a nondescript house on Washington Avenue in Chehalis. But for Lewis County Drug Court participants, the plants hold a special significance.
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/13/23
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Chehalis Tribal Chairman Dustin Klatush wrote a letter addressed to Lewis County commissioners Thursday reiterating the tribe’s skepticism of a potential dam on the Chehalis River, but adding …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/13/23
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Criminal trespass
• Homeless people were trespassed from private property in the 400 block of North Tower Avenue just after 8:05 a.m. on Oct. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/13/23
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A 68-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling federal funds from a tribal nonprofit for her personal use.
Debbie Rawle of Tacoma was the former executive director of the Western …
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By Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune
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10/13/23
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A sex offender accused of moving into his girlfriend’s Centralia home without notifying law enforcement was charged Thursday for allegedly failing to register as a sex offender.
The …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/13/23
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Marie Pearson, Thurston County licensing and recording supervisor, was awarded the 2022 County Employee of the Year by the Washington State Office of Secretary of State.
“Marie …
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10/13/23
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The Arbor Health Foundation, Providence Southwest Washington Foundation and Centralia College Foundation were recipients of the Fibre Federal Credit Union’s (FFCU) “Communities …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/13/23
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As someone who has always been interested in cars, when then-preteen Pedro Picazo’s cousin first showed him his hydrogen fuel cell-powered Toyota Mira about five years ago, Picazo immediately …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/13/23
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During its Tuesday evening meeting, the Centralia City Council approved a proposed 86-unit development called Kresky Landing in south Centralia.
Sandwiched between Kresky and Pacific …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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10/13/23
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A 25-year-old Centralia man is facing felony assault charges in Lewis County Superior Court for allegedly beating two 14-month-old children in his care.
The childrens’ mother …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/13/23
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