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The Olympia City Council will vote Tuesday night on whether to adopt a Workers’ Bill of Rights that would raise the minimum wage in Olympia to $20 per hour, or send the proposal to voters this …
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Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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7/23/25
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PacifiCorp will close the Saddle Dam boat ramp and dispersed shoreline camping at Yale Reservoir later this month due to dry conditions and low water levels on the Lewis River.
The Saddle Dam …
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The Reflector
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7/23/25
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The body recovered July 8 near an island in the Columbia River , between Kalama and Woodland, has been identified.
Cowlitz County Coroner Dana Tucker reports the remains of Michael Gilley, …
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By The Daily News
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7/22/25
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California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and Washington are part of a 20-state coalition suing the Trump administration over restricting access to health, education and social service programs.
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By Dave Mason / The Center Square
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7/22/25
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Speaking at the Washington State Labor Council’s convention in Vancouver on Tuesday, state Attorney General Nick Brown simultaneously bragged about and lamented his administration’s …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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7/22/25
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Federal immigration arrests across Washington rose sharply in June as the Trump administration continues its aggressive nationwide push for deportations, according to new data.
Arrests in June, …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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7/22/25
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Washington state’s Medicaid spending has quintupled, or increased five times over, since the 2013-15 biennium, according to an analysis by The Center Square.
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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7/22/25
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A controversial plan to kill up to half a million invasive barred owls to protect endangered spotted owls is in jeopardy after the Trump administration terminated three critical grants funding the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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7/22/25
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A life of music by way of stringed instruments began at the age of 3 years old as Battle Ground resident Dan Dingman started with a plastic toy ukulele.
With an eight year gap between Dingman …
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Cade Barker / cade@thereflector.com
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7/22/25
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Hoping to create “the world’s best weather forecasting system,” U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., sent a letter to the Oval Office on Monday with her five-point plan attached.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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7/21/25
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The Washington State Department of Licensing is seeing a surge in applications for concealed carry permits for firearms.
“At the end of June 2025, there were 709,334 Washington residents …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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7/21/25
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‘Literally no way’: Idea of redrawing Washington state’s congressional map gets bipartisan brush off
As they seek to recapture control of the U.S. House, top Democrats are looking at how to redraw congressional maps in blue states to win more seats in 2026.
Could it happen here in Washington, …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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7/21/25
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A criminal investigation into the fatal 2013 police shooting of an unarmed Black man in Fife will be reopened under Washington’s new review process for cases where law enforcement has used …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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7/21/25
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Rep. Laurel Lee, D-Florida, last week introduced the bipartisan CBP SPACE Act to ensure Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspection services stay …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/21/25
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Jeanie Kuypers was appointed to Battle Ground’s city council earlier this year to fill a vacancy left by former councilor Adrian Cortes following his election as senator for Washington’s …
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Norman Helgason / norman@thereflector.com
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7/21/25
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Fire District 3’s summer fire risk survey program is well underway, with fire risk specialists already reaching more than 375 homes. The annual effort is part of the district’s push to …
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Norman Helgason / norman@thereflector.com
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7/21/25
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In the past year, Cowlitz County reached a population density of over 100 people per square mile for the first time, meaning it is no longer considered a rural county by some state laws, the …
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Minka Atkinson / The Daily News
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7/21/25
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The Clark County Council voted unanimously on Tuesday, July 15, to approve a $155,003 contract with ECOnorthwest to conduct an agricultural lands study, setting the county at risk of missing its …
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Norman Helgason / norman@thereflector.com
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7/21/25
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The Clark County Council voted unanimously Tuesday, July 15, to approve a contract with LRS Architects Inc. to begin design work tied to the fairgrounds master plan.
The firm will first focus on …
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The Reflector
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7/21/25
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Two Texas men made initial appearances Thursday, July 17, in U.S. District Court in Seattle charged with conspiracy to commit robbery for their scheme to steal from banks by assaulting and …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/21/25
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