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As the weather warms and people start heading outside, the Lewis County Noxious Weed Control Board hopes they will help keep an eye out for problem weeds causing issues in the community.
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By Carrina Stanton / For The Chronicle
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5/30/22
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Are you interested in growing your own food, building connections in your community or self-sustainability?
The Rochester Market and Demo Faire will offer an opportunity to explore all of those …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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5/30/22
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Two warehouses and a truck stop have been proposed in the Rochester area of south Thurston County, the county announced late last week.
The larger of the two buildings, a 350,823-square-foot …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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5/30/22
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Under an overcast sky on Monday morning, about 200 people gathered around the flagpole at Claquato Cemetery to honor those who have lost their lives serving the United States in the armed forces. …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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5/30/22
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President Joe Biden said Monday the U.S. would not send Ukraine “rocket systems that can strike into Russia,” seemingly quashing reports the administration would consider long-range …
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Bloomberg News (TNS)
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5/30/22
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U.S. gasoline prices surged to another fresh record, the latest blow to motorists heading into the summer driving season.
Average retail prices in the U.S. reached $4.619 per gallon as of …
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Jack Wittels / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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5/30/22
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NEW YORK — Twenty years after a ringing fire bell and a solemn ceremony marked the end of the hellish cleanup effort at ground zero, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that a hole remains in New …
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Tim Balk / New York Daily News (TNS)
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5/30/22
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President Joe Biden visited Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to meet with some of the families whose children died last week in the latest mass shooting at a elementary school.
Biden was greeted in …
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Nancy Cook / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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5/30/22
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U.S. lawmakers are setting a tight timetable to negotiate new gun laws, with Democrats signaling they would accept limited progress in exchange for some action that would reduce gun violence in the …
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Saleha Mohsin and Victoria Cavaliere / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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5/30/22
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If you or someone you know has been unusually stressed about the fate of your tomato seedlings this month, it's not without cause.
This May has been one of the coldest and wettest on record in …
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Sydney Brownstone / The Seattle Times
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5/30/22
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The Thurston County Sheriff's Office is looking for more information about thefts that took place in Olympia, Rainier and Rochester earlier this year and late last year.
About 8:50 p.m. May 6, a …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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5/30/22
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In a worst case scenario, environmental cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation might not be completed for another 150 years, or possibly never, said Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
He warned the …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald
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5/30/22
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CLYDE HILL — Clipboards in hand, Jenifer Short and Emily Tadlock strolled a swanky suburban neighborhood on a recent afternoon, checking homes against a list of voter registrations.
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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5/30/22
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It's not uncommon for a Patriot Guard Rider to travel hundreds of miles on a motorcycle to attend a stranger's funeral.
The commonly leather-clad members attend military burials as an honor …
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Lauren Ellenbecker / The Columbian
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5/30/22
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Even in late May, when T-shirts take over and thermostats hit a balmy 70 degrees, patches of snow cling to the top of Mount Spokane.
Snow persists on many Pacific Northwest mountains well into …
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Colin Tiernan / The Spokesman-Review
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5/30/22
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David Barnett, general council chairman of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, died Saturday night from an apparent heart attack at his Shoreline home, the Tribe announced Sunday.
"As his spirit soars …
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Jessica Prokop / The Columbian
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5/30/22
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Nearly two months after being hired, Thurston County's rent assistance provider is still processing a large and growing backlog of applicants.
LiveStories, a Seattle company, had distributed …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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5/30/22
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Until Friday, I had never seen a bear outside of the zoo.
I’ve been to Glacier National Park and many other parts of Montana, the Redwoods, Haida Gwaii (also known as the Queen Charlotte …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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5/29/22
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As Memorial Day Weekend begins to ramp up, most businesses are prepping for what they hope is a busy weekend to rake in profits.
However, for one business in the East County region of Grays …
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By Allen Leister / The Daily World
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5/29/22
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