After unveiling new playground equipment and improvements at the Schaefer, Rose and South County Regional parks in April, Lewis County’s interim manager Steve Wohld recently told The Chronicle …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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6/7/23
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The Chronicle’s beak of the week for June 8 is the Rufous hummingbird. The rust-colored Rufous is a migratory bird, traveling to warmer weather in the winter. In the late spring, the buzzing …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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6/7/23
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Police are investigating a possible arson that occurred Saturday afternoon when an unknown suspect set fire to a railway trestle belonging to Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad.
A passerby …
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By Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
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6/7/23
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With winter rain in the rearview mirror and summer set to officially start in just under two weeks, Thurston County Emergency Management held an executive seminar for county and city officials from …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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6/7/23
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After a sunny weekend of campers to Randle’s popular Iron Creek Campground and a subsequent “red flag warning” where hot, windy, dry conditions up the risk of fires, a fire at the …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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6/7/23
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Hundreds of Providence Swedish caregivers in South Puget Sound enjoyed Kona Shaved Ice Tuesday in Centralia and Wednesday at St. Peter Hospital thanks to a continued sponsorship by I-5 Cars.
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/7/23
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Eighty-one years, six months and one day ago as of Wednesday, the Japanese Imperial Navy unleashed its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. One of the first ships moored at the U.S. Navy base to be …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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6/7/23
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A Sandy resident who went on a four-day tire-slashing spree targeting his neighbors earlier this year has been sentenced to three years in state prison as part of a plea deal.
Tyler D. Hardy …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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6/7/23
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A Vancouver teenager was arrested Tuesday morning after a sheriff’s deputy clocked him driving more than 100 miles per hour, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.
At about …
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Savannah Eadens / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/7/23
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The brother of a Portland musician who was shot to death on a remote Cascades hiking trail last summer has asked Washington’s state attorney general to take over the investigation.
In a …
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Savannah Eadens / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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6/7/23
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Homemade spike strips at the bottom of the driveway. A rat trap rigged to fire a shotgun shell when someone tried to open the door to a detached garage. A hot tub on its side set to roll toward …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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6/7/23
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At least three of the six women whose bodies have been found in Oregon and Washington in recent months shared similar circumstances and had frequented the same places in the months before their …
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Noelle Crombie / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/7/23
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Probable cause documents released by Whatcom County Superior Court detail the alleged child abuse by a Blaine mother of six, who is a former teacher and current candidate for the Blaine School Board.
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Rachel Showalter / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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6/7/23
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A shooting inside a crowded White Center casino that killed one patron and injured two employees late last month was part of an apparent revenge plot targeting a security guard, according to King …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/7/23
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OLYMPIA — A federal judge Tuesday denied an attempt to halt Washington's new ban on the sale of AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles.
The same late April day that Gov. Jay Inslee signed …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/7/23
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Seven people were rescued Sunday evening after their raft overturned on the Nisqually River, according to Lacey Fire District 3.
About 7:30 p.m. Sunday, fire crews were dispatched to the 5000 …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/7/23
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Lacey police are looking for multiple suspects in connection with two 7-Eleven store armed robberies Monday night.
The first location was robbed about 11:15 p.m. at Marvin Road Northeast and …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/7/23
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A nearly two-month investigation led to a pair of arrests on Friday as members of the county's drug task force, aided by members of the Aberdeen and Hoquiam police departments, served a warrant at a …
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Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
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6/7/23
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With more than a thousand total contacts between troopers and motorists over Memorial Day Weekend, the Washington State Patrol's District 8 had a busy few days on Washington's highways.
"This is …
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Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
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6/7/23
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OLYMPIA — The fall hunting season may seem a long way off, but it's still time to think about mandatory hunter education classes before it begins, according to a press release from the …
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Joel Martin / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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6/7/23
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