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A dead bat in Walla Walla County has tested positive for rabies.
It is the first rabid bat identified in Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties since 2018.
That year two bats in Benton …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald
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6/16/23
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The Thurston County Auditor's Office sent voters a warning on Monday regarding a new voter research project's door-to-door canvassing effort.
Mary Hall, the Thurston County auditor, said the …
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Joanna Hou / The Olympian
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6/16/23
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A 29-year-old Othello man who was already sentenced to a little more than seven years in prison on a manslaughter charge in the accidental shooting death of his 4-year-old son in February 2021 will …
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Kip Hill / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/16/23
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A 19-year-old Damascus woman is accused of selling a variety of drugs to other teenagers on social media under the moniker, “Kiki’s Delivery Service.”
She began one message, …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/16/23
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A Central Oregon man helped fund and create videos of monkeys being tortured and mutilated and shared the so-called animal crush videos in a private chat group online, a federal indictment alleges.
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/15/23
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The Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles confirmed Thursday that an estimated 3.5 million driver’s license and identification card files were compromised when the agency was hacked two weeks …
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Noelle Crombie / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/15/23
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A 1-year-old Oregon male wolf was struck and killed by a vehicle Tuesday morning on Oregon 138, about 30 miles north of Crater Lake.
The gray wolf, known as OR 143, had “lost its wariness …
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Catalina Gaitán / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/15/23
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If you asked Fords Prairie Elementary School Principal David Roberts what he thought Noah Markstrom, a Tiny Tiger who died at age 6 from brain cancer in November 2019, was doing now, he has an answer …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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6/15/23
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Centralia College has announced its six Outstanding Students for the graduating class of 2023.
The Outstanding Students are chosen for overcoming obstacles in the pursuit of their degrees, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/15/23
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Of the 14 Centralia School District staff members who are retiring at the end of the school year, only one can boast a 40-year career within the district.
That employee is maintenance …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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6/15/23
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At $15.74, Washington has one of the highest minimum wages in the nation. Yet it takes nearly double that wage to afford a one-bedroom apartment in the state without draining income needed for other …
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Heidi Groover / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/15/23
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A 28-year-old man accused of pepper spraying a driver to steal his car Monday is being held in the Thurston County jail in lieu of $5,000 bail.
Jake Alexander Adams attended his preliminary …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/15/23
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After Parris Miller received his first criminal conviction at age 14 for possessing stolen property in 1994, he has never spent more than five years out of the state's custody, Pierce County …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/14/23
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Researchers in recent decades have hardly seen wolverines on their own in the Cascade Mountain Range.
But for several years running, the Cascade Carnivore Project has documented a wolverine …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/14/23
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Editor’s Note: To have wedding or anniversary announcements published in The Chronicle at no cost, email stories and photos to news@chronline.com. Typically, announcements are done with …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/14/23
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The battle of Pine Street Plaza in Centralia was won with pride last Saturday.
On one side, there was a neo-Nazi fight group — a self-proclaimed white supremacist, Swastika-sporting …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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6/14/23
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Harold Borovec, considered by the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad & Museum to be the organization’s “founder and father,” a longtime rail engineer, steam train preservationist and …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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6/14/23
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It’s been a busy year so far for the Rake Force, a veteran-owned regenerative agroforestry and conservation startup based in Toledo.
What started as a small venture to provide …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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6/14/23
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After the former location of Papa Pete’s Pizza and Shari’s Restaurant burned down in March, the City of Centralia decided to give the property owner a couple months to voluntarily clean …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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6/14/23
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After a group of self-identified white supremacists showed up at a Pride celebration last weekend in downtown Centralia, city officials spoke out during the Centralia City Council meeting Tuesday …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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6/14/23
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