After her controversial “yes” vote on the impeachment of former president Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, has been censured by the Clark County Republican …
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By Claudia Yaw / cyaw@chronline.com
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3/4/21
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Though unemployment and consumer uncertainty remain high, the Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council officials told legislators March 3 they felt optimistic a brighter economic future …
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By Sydney Brown / Washington State Journal
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3/4/21
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The Centralia man arrested after a police chase on Feb. 1 is scheduled to be released from the Lewis County Jail after pleading guilty to one count of failure to obey a law enforcement officer, a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/2/21
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Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday afternoon said teachers and licensed childcare workers could seek doses of COVID-19 vaccines immediately, assenting to new directions from the federal government.
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Hal Bernton , Dahlia Bazzaz and Evan Bush / The Seattle Times
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3/2/21
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Washington’s only private detention center is proposed for closure.
House Bill 1090 prohibits any person, business or government from operating private, for-profit detention facilities.
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By Patric Haerle / Washington State Journal
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3/2/21
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People would continue to be able to get a mixed drink with their takeout food until 2023 under a bill now moving to the state Senate for consideration.
Delivery, curbside and takeout service for …
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By Joseph Claypoole / Washington State Journal
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3/2/21
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A 50-year-old man got buried under a 1,500-pound bale of hay as he tried taking it from a Franklin County farm early Monday.
Franklin County deputies and firefighters arrived at Peterson Road farm …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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3/2/21
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A Tri-City legislator says he's not giving up on trying to end Washington state's voting by mail and return voters to the polls.
Rep. Brad Klippert, R-Kennewick, said he has a "reasonable …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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3/2/21
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OLYMPIA — Washington Senate lawmakers Monday approved a bill to begin requiring law enforcement agencies around the state to report details when officers use force against citizens.
And on …
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Joseph O'Sullivan / The Seattle Times
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3/2/21
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A Thurston County Superior Court Commissioner set bail at $100,000 for an Olympia man accused of stabbing a woman in Lacey last Thursday.
Olympia Police arrested Sergei Grant Snyder, 29, on …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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3/2/21
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People had a lot to complain about in 2020, but according to the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, landline telephone companies are the thing people officially complained about the …
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Andrew Hammond / The News Tribune
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3/2/21
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A senior prosecutor who helped dismantle the outlaw Hells Angels motorcycle club in Washington and is overseeing some of the state's most complex federal criminal prosecutions has been appointed …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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3/2/21
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Michael Bannan was appointed to the Chehalis City Council Monday night by the remaining six council members to fill the position that was left vacant following former mayor pro-tem Chad Taylor’s …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/1/21
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Hundreds of drug possession charges in Lewis County are being dismissed after the Washington state Supreme Court issued a ruling that struck down the state’s felony drug possession law last …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/1/21
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After years of extended moratoriums and de-facto bans on marijuana grows and retail locations in unincorporated Lewis County, officials are looking to shift gears, recognizing the “cash cow” the …
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By Claudia Yaw / cyaw@chronline.com
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3/1/21
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The Toledo School District has been working on the construction of its new high school since February 2020, and despite some delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the building is scheduled to be …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/1/21
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The Twin Transit Market Street bus stop, dedicated to a longtime local public transportation advocate in January, officially opened on Monday. The bus stop is located on Market Street in Chehalis in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/1/21
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A law to ban open-carry weapons at the state Capitol and any permitted and public demonstrations across the state passed the Senate on party lines last week, inching closer to becoming state …
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By Claudia Yaw / cyaw@chronline.com
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3/1/21
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The Mossyrock School District has hired Larry Markuson to serve its new superintendent starting July 1, 2021. Interim Superintendent Glenn Malone took over this past summer and indicated in November …
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By Celene Fitzgerald / cfitzgerald@chronline.com
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3/1/21
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A low carbon fuel bill passed the state House of Representatives Feb. 27 in a 52-46 vote with every Republican voting no. Its next stop is the Senate.
The bill directs the Department of Ecology to …
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By Joseph Claypoole / Washington State Journal
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3/1/21
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