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While the East Fork Lewis River was noticeably rising on Monday, Dec. 8, at Daybreak Regional Park, a Battle Ground resident opted to take a plunge into the flooding waters for reasons of religion …
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Cade Barker / cade@thereflector.com
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12/15/25
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Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) shellfish managers have confirmed razor clam digging opportunities at Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis and Mocrocks beaches from Dec. 18-23.
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12/15/25
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues a successful prescribed burn season, having treated more than 18,000 acres of public lands since the beginning of September, according to a news release …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/15/25
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Declining gas tax revenue and skyrocketing construction costs have plagued Washington state’s transportation budget for years.
Those twin forces had left budget writers searching for …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/15/25
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Three local organizations have partnered to provide $50,000 in rental assistance for families facing financial hardship after a household member is detained or deported by Immigration and Customs …
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The Reflector
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12/15/25
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In the summer, Mary Lyons likened Cowlitz County to "the dumping ground of every project that nobody else wants,” at a meeting where locals opposed a nearby proposed $250 million biomass fuel …
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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12/15/25
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The U.S. Forest Service asks visitors to use caution in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest as days of heavy rain have caused flooding and increased the risk of landslides, debris flow and downed …
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By The Daily News
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12/15/25
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A crowd of about 250 people gathered at Michael T. Simmons Elementary School in Tumwater Saturday afternoon for a Let’s Go Washington signature-collecting event and rally that included a …
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Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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12/14/25
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Nearly two dozen U.S. senators urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a letter, to “prioritize” a vaccine strategy for the highly pathogenic avian influenza.
The virus has …
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Cami Koons / States Newsroom
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12/14/25
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Democratic senators are considering an income tax on millionaires to help close Washington state’s persistent multi-billion-dollar budget gap heading into 2026. Republican leaders strongly …
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Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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12/12/25
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With the future of the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, uncertain as Congress remains deadlocked on extending enhanced premium subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, some 80,000 …
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Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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12/12/25
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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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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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Ruperto Aguayo, convicted of the 2023 death of Longview's Grant Hadler, was sentenced Wednesday to over eight years in state prison.
Aguayo’s lawyer, Vancouver-based defense attorney Angus …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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12/11/25
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Columbia River navigators are growing worried as a project to put a 100-mile power transmission line under the river charges ahead without offering ways to mitigate its impacts on the industry.
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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12/11/25
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The following is the statement Alex Fray read on Dec. 4 in Cowlitz County Superior Court during the sentencing for Daren Bowlby , 59, of Castle Rock. Bowlby also pleaded guilty that day to vehicular …
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By The Daily News
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12/11/25
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A heap of funding for schools, roads and other services in rural areas passed the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week and now heads to the president's desk for approval.
U.S. Rep. …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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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.
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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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