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As rivers began to recede, the federal government on Friday approved Washington’s request for aid to respond to ongoing record flooding.
Gov. Bob Ferguson said he received a call from U.S. …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/12/25
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As rivers begin to recede, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson announced on Friday the federal government approved the state’s request for aid to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency …
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12/12/25
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Nicholas Denham has again been found guilty for the aggravated first-degree murder of his former girlfriend, Charlene Van Auken, and her 4-year-old daughter, Zoey Peetz, in 2020.
A sentencing …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/12/25
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Thurston County has secured more than $1.25 million in combined federal and state funding to construct the Thurston County Fairgrounds Evacuation and Agricultural Center (TCF-EVAC), the county …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/12/25
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A gym was constructed in 1939 at 403 N. Nenant St. in Bucoda.
For years now, the historic building has been home to the Boo-Coda Spook-Tacular Haunted House during the South Thurston County …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/12/25
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The courtroom where Eric Richard Boudreau was to be sentenced for brutally assaulting and murdering 13-month-old Jace Alexander McDonald was filled with sobs as a video paying tribute to the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/11/25
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Union members at Pacific Northwest newspapers owned by McClatchy Media — including The Olympian — are raising the alarm about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) in …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/11/25
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Rep. Jim Walsh has introduced House Bill 2121, a measure to reverse the state sales-tax expansion that is now hitting Washington’s public schools and nonprofits.
“The disastrous …
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By The Daily World
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12/11/25
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Closing arguments in the retrial of Nicholas Denham began the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 10. The jury was expected to begin deliberations either Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning.
The …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/10/25
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With Christmas approaching, Santa Claus is set to make another appearance in the area this Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Tenino Depot Museum to hear what the children in South Thurston County hope to get …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/10/25
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The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources took on the Columbia River’s salmon-eating sea lion problem in a nearly two-and-a-half-hour hearing Wednesday.
After …
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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12/10/25
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Former Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge in federal court on Monday in exchange for a plea deal related to a protest last summer.
Stuckart is …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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12/10/25
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The Washington State Office of the Attorney General could soon have investigators rolling around the state with confidential driver’s licenses and plates under a proposal offered by Democrats …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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12/10/25
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, under fire for failing to prevent a massive welfare fraud scheme in his state, was in Seattle on Tuesday as the special guest at Gov. Bob Ferguson’s fundraising …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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12/10/25
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Pete Serrano’s time as a federal prosecutor in eastern Washington ended Tuesday.
His tenure with the U.S. Department of Justice may not be over.
Tuesday marked Serrano’s …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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12/10/25
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After letting funding lapse for nearly two years, Congress voted to renew crucial federal funding that rural counties and schools have counted on for a quarter century.
The U.S. House of …
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By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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12/10/25
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TransAlta Corporation has signed an agreement with Puget Sound Energy to switch the last coal-fired power station in Washington state to natural gas.
The deal, which TransAlta announced Tuesday, …
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By Joseph O’Sullivan / The Washington State Standard
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12/10/25
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ONALASKA — Onalaska head coach Alana Olson never lost faith in her team as the Loggers watched their big lead disappear in the fourth quarter against Rainier on Thursday Dec. 4. Fresh off a …
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Dylan Reubenking / For Nisqually Valley News
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12/9/25
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A week ahead of Yelm City Council’s vote on an interlocal agreement with Thurston County regarding annexation, Gary Cooper, Yelm’s planning and building manager, presented during a study …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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12/9/25
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Friday, Dec. 12 Cranberry Saucy Holiday Review Standing Room Only (SRO) Theater will hold its third of four showings of its “Cranberry Saucy Holiday Review” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, …
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