Over the past year, Washington and Oregon have witnessed a flood of patients seeking abortion care while neighboring Idaho has criminalized some abortion-related travel.
Termed "abortion …
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7/14/23
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A Centralia man is facing a felony charge for allegedly shoveling dirt and rocks onto railroad tracks alongside Reynolds Avenue in Centralia on Wednesday.
An officer with the Centralia Police …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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7/13/23
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After a May 14 landslide washed out an 85-foot bridge on the road to the Johnston Ridge Observatory at Mount St. Helens, seven cars were left abandoned.
Fortunately, no one was hurt, and …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/13/23
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The Southwest Washington Fair’s theme for Aug. 15 to 20 is “Bee Friendly! Bee at the Fair!” according to a news release from the fair office this week.
Signup forms for Little …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/13/23
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Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET) detectives and Centralia law enforcement arrested a suspected mid-level drug dealer and seized approximately 100 suspected fentanyl pills and a variety of …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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7/13/23
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A Washington State Patrol bomb technician responded to the state Department of Corrections office at the Lewis County Mall on Wednesday after community corrections officers confiscated what they …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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7/13/23
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Lewis County commissioners have chosen former Lewis County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant Ryan Barrett to be the next county manager.
Barrett, who currently oversees more than 100 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/13/23
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Detectives are investigating the death of a 35-year-old man that occurred at the Lewis County Jail on Wednesday, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday morning.
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/13/23
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The NBA’s return to Seattle could be moving closer to a reality.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver outlined the league’s potential expansion, saying the time is coming for adding new …
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Geoffrey C. Arnold / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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7/13/23
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The relatives of a man who died after he was knocked on the head with a pistol in 2020 offered a measure of forgiveness to the family friend who killed the Portland patriarch.
The sister of …
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7/13/23
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A Yakima man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for making and having pornographic videos of his then-teenage girlfriend and other underage girls.
Miguel Urbina, 38, will also have to …
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Donald W. Meyers / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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7/13/23
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The domestic violence suspect who a Thurston County Sheriff's Office deputy shot multiple times on July 4 has been released from custody.
Although the man faces two counts of second-degree …
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Joanna Hou / The Olympian (TNS)
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7/13/23
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With just 30 hours to go in Washington's fiscal year, the state's lottery surpassed $1 billion in sales for the first time.
This year also marks the lottery's 40th anniversary. The …
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Joanna Hou / The Olympian (TNS)
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7/13/23
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A woman who conspired to kill former Richland, Wash., beauty queen Sharon Tate was released from prison this week after more than 50 years.
Leslie Van Houten, now 73, was serving a life sentence …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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7/13/23
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The Eastern Washington man arrested last month with weapons and explosives materials outside of former President Barack Obama's will be held without bail.
The judge said that Taranto is not a …
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Cory McCoy / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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7/13/23
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WINTHROP, Okanogan County, Wash. — Somewhere deep in the North Cascades, lightning strikes a parched mountainside, igniting a wildfire.
Someone spots the blaze and calls emergency …
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Gregory Scruggs / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/13/23
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Washington State pitcher Dakota Hawkins has signed an undrafted free-agent contract with the New York Mets, according to multiple reports Tuesday.
The right-handed Hawkins emerged as WSU's last …
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The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/13/23
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A man was driving drunk when he hit and killed a 12-year-old boy in Kent on Tuesday night, according to police.
The boy was riding his scooter on the shoulder of 132nd Avenue Southeast shortly …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/13/23
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SEATTLE — Shiatoru ni kite kudasai.
Or if you prefer the characters: シアトルに来てください
That's the Japanese translation of the three most potent words emitted from …
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Matt Calkins / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/13/23
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A trial for Two Dogs Salvatore Fasaga began Tuesday in Lewis County Superior Court with a note from Judge J. Andrew Toynbee to the defense attorneys and state prosecutors who followed the case down …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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7/12/23
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