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Washington state troopers stop and search drivers of color more often than white Washingtonians, new data shows.
Washington State Patrol’s total traffic stops statewide dropped slightly in …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/22/25
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Providence Swedish is working with local child abuse intervention advocates to prevent an interruption of services when its Abuse Intervention Center (AIC) in Lacey closes Dec. 31.
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By The Thurston Chronicle staff
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12/22/25
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Two barn owls at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in Thurston County have died of avian influenza, the refuge announced Friday.
The owls were found dead in one of the …
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By The Thurston Chronicle staff
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12/22/25
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Hoping to curtail the state’s opioid epidemic, one Republican proposed a bill Thursday that would establish a near-real-time overdose mapping interface with guardrails for privacy.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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12/19/25
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Facing another multi-billion-dollar state deficit, Republicans are hoping to avoid more tax increases by closing a loophole they say allows government workers to double dip by using paid time off and …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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12/19/25
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Less than a month before the 2026 legislative session, Republican state lawmakers are proposing cutting $3.7 billion for the next fiscal budget, but did not yet release any specifics about how many …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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12/19/25
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SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson is asking lawmakers to fund $244 million in additional housing investments as part of a budget proposal released Thursday.
His plan comes as the state …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/19/25
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CONCRETE, Wash. — On Wednesday morning, sunlight glinted off the mud and moisture that still blanketed this small town in the Cascade foothills, hinting at what it had just endured.
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By Eli Voorhies / The Washington State Standard
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12/19/25
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LACEY — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson unveiled a plan Friday to steer $3 billion into preserving the state’s roads and bridges and building three new ferries over the next decade.
Ferguson …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/19/25
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Two Thurston County men — both former members of the military — have been indicted by the grand jury for conspiracy, four counts of theft of government property, assault, robbery and attempted …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/19/25
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Thurston County has secured a $2.4 million grant agreement from the Washington state Department of Ecology to purchase about 800 acre-feet of water rights from the TransAlta Water Bank, the county …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/19/25
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Unemployment throughout Washington state remained at 4.5% in September, according to the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD).
The agency reported Thurston County had a 3.8% …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/19/25
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In the first photo, from the left, Jade and Lincoln Johnson, Santa, AJ Harvey, Luke and Josie Johnson, Thurston County Commissioner Wayne Fournier and his fianceé, Davina Keaulee, pose for a photo …
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12/19/25
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The Thurston County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday approved the Thurston County Homeless Housing Plan for 2025-2030, outlining the objectives, strategies and tasks to address homelessness …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/19/25
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Nicholas Denham has again received two life sentences without the possibility of parole for the 2020 murders of Charlene Van Auken, and her 4-year-old daughter, Zoey Peetz.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/18/25
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The Trump administration has ordered Washington’s last coal-fired power station to continue burning coal, just weeks before it was scheduled to shut down and convert to natural gas fuel.
This …
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By Jospeh O’Sullivan / The Washington State Standard
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12/18/25
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana, which Trump said reflected the drug’s potential medical benefits while discouraging …
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By Jacob Fischler / States Newsroom
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12/18/25
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Members of the Department of Children Youth and Families Oversight Board met Wednesday to discuss proposed changes to legislation that critics say has led to an alarming increase in the numbers of …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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12/18/25
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For a while, Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse says he’s been hearing a little voice in the back of his head telling him it might be time to step aside.
On Wednesday, he announced he’d …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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12/18/25
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The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown intensified across Washington in the late summer and early fall, new data indicates.
Between July 29 and Oct. 15, U.S. Immigration and …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/18/25
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