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Students in Washington will be able to take time off from school for mental health reasons beginning next school year, under a new state law and rules approved by the state superintendent's office.
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Michelle Baruchman / The Seattle Times
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6/8/22
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The Cowlitz Indian Tribe has elected six members to its 22-member tribal council. The new members, who will serve three-year terms, were elected at the June 4 general council meeting.
Each year, …
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Shari Phiel / The Columbian
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6/8/22
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Olympia police are looking for the public's help locating a suspect who attacked a woman while she was walking home from work Saturday night.
Police are calling the incident an attempted …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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6/7/22
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Law enforcement agencies from Southwest Washington and Oregon are looking for information about a man investigators believe is responsible for more than 30 armed robberies since April.
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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6/7/22
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No one was injured in a fire that destroyed a shop in the 500 block of West Avery Road south of Napavine on Monday.
The pole barn that housed the business and its contents were completely …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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6/7/22
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A former Gresham-Barlow School District principal was convicted Monday of sexually abusing four young students between 2005 and 2009.
Jeffrey W. Hays, now 68, sat rigidly after the judge read …
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Zane Sparling / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/7/22
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Flying his small, private plane near Mount Rainier on a bright June day in 1947, Kenneth Arnold couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
“Nine shiny objects, like fish flipping in the …
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Douglas Perry / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/7/22
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Twelve years after Kyron Hormon vanished from a Portland elementary school, the National Center for Missing and Endangered Children has released a new age-progressed photo showing what the 7-year-old …
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Savannah Eadens / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/7/22
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TOUTLE — For the first time in three summers, the Johnston Ridge Observatory fully opened for the season Monday.
The observatory is located at the end of Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, or …
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By The Daily News
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6/7/22
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A 42-year-old Pierce County man was arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes Friday night after he was stopped driving a stolen truck in the 1400 block of Marvin Road Northeast, according to the …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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6/7/22
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The Chehalis Community Farmers Market celebrated the starts of 18th season Tuesday.
The farmers market will be open on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its traditional location on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/7/22
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Thurston County reported a decrease in COVID-19 cases as the health department tallied 557 new cases and zero deaths during the period of May 30 through June 5.
The prior week there were 716 …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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6/7/22
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Schools in the Chehalis School District were in a modified lockdown for several hours Tuesday morning after a “threatening post” was sent to a W.F. West High School student on social …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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6/7/22
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RANDLE — An overcast sky and the off-and-on splatter of raindrops couldn't dim the enthusiasm of wildlife biologists John Jakubowski and Erik White on Thursday as they ventured into the Woods …
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Shari Phiel / The Columbian
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6/7/22
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A Pierce County judge Monday issued an anti-harassment order against Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer, requiring him to stay 1,000 feet from a Black newspaper carrier for one year, citing continued …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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6/7/22
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An Auburn-area man and prominent member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group, already indicted as a leader of the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, faces a new charge of seditious conspiracy …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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6/7/22
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An Auburn couple was sentenced to prison and ordered to repay more than $30 million each in restitution on Monday in federal court for operating a Ponzi-like scheme through the now-bankrupt Northwest …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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6/7/22
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ASHFORD — Officials with the National Park Service announced on Monday said some portions of Mt. Rainier National Park remain closed and asked visitors to check before coming to the park to …
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Staff Report / Columbia Basin Herald
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6/7/22
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Sunny days and dry weather have been in the dreams of many Washingtonians as of late, as the Pacific Northwest continues to see unseasonably wet and cool weeks.
But some sun is in the forecast …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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6/7/22
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OLYMPIA — The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is growing more concerning, state hospital leaders said Monday.
There are currently 600 patients with COVID in hospitals and even more …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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6/7/22
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