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Sales of Washington’s pass to access state parks and other recreation areas fell after an Oct. 1 price hike, but fee collections increased.
Figures presented to the state Parks and …
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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11/19/25
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Starting Jan. 1, 2026, a scheduled 4-cent increase in the price for plastic film carryout bags at Washington restaurants and retailers will take effect and raise their minimum cost to 12 cents per …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/19/25
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Authorities say a Rainier, Oregon, man fell asleep behind the wheel while driving south on the Lewis and Clark Bridge Tuesday afternoon and struck another vehicle head-on.
Dana C. Cathcart, 68, …
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The Daily News
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11/19/25
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A late February trial date has been set for the former principal of Oregon’s Rainier Jr/Sr High School arrested in September for suspicion of possessing over 30 files of child sex abuse …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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11/19/25
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Washington state budget writers got a mild dose of good news on Tuesday, but are still looking at a strained balance sheet.
Revenue projections show collections up $105 million for the current …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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11/19/25
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Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington succeeded Tuesday in getting the House to publicly reprimand a Democratic colleague.
But she needed support of nearly every House …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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11/19/25
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A famous conservative activist known for getting out the vote paid a visit to Battle Ground on Monday to encourage people to protect the vote.
Hundreds of people welcomed Scott Presler during a …
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Paul Valencia / Clark County Today
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11/18/25
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President Donald Trump has again threatened to move FIFA 2026 World Cup matches out of Seattle, this time referencing Mayor-elect Katie Wilson, who defeated Mayor Bruce Harrell in the general …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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11/18/25
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The developers behind a $1.5 billion project to bury a 100-mile-long transmission line under the Columbia River and their opponents are preparing to take the battle to a series of public meeting this …
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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11/18/25
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Voters decided this month to allow payroll taxes collected for Washington’s new long-term care program to be invested in the stock market.
But they will have to wait a while for the …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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11/18/25
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Washington’s most endangered congressional Democrat in next year’s midterms sparred openly with her own party for an hour on the floor of the U.S. House on Monday night.
U.S. Rep. …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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11/18/25
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Washington is ranked the 45th worst overall state for tax competitiveness, according to the Tax Foundation’s 2026 Tax Competitiveness Index. The low ranking places the Evergreen State among the …
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Brett Davis / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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MGP calls out fellow Democrat Congress member for move that cemented chief of staff as his successor
Washington’s Third Congressional District U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, has once again made headlines for breaking with her party.
Gluesenkamp Perez appeared in an …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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11/17/25
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Two people with ties to Longview are facing multiple counts of animal neglect charges in Rainier after police say a malnourished dog was found in an abandoned van near Deli Store and More.
An …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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11/17/25
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A Centralia man pleaded guilty last week to damaging an energy facility around Portland, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
Nathaniel Cheney, 31, and …
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By The Daily News
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11/17/25
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Olympia’s Proposition 1 to raise the city’s minimum wage to $20 an hour and provide some new worker protections was rejected by voters in last week’s general election.
As …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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The Washington State Sentencing Guidelines Commission has voted 7–2–3 (seven in favor, two against, and three abstentions) to recommend a policy to the Legislature that would provide …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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The state Forest Practices Board has narrowly approved a controversial water buffer rule that has drawn criticism from forestry and farming advocates, as well as local counties that say their …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson’s victory marks something of a rebuke of big-money politics, a feat echoing fellow socialist Zohran Mamdani’s recent win in the New York City mayoral …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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A federal judge on Monday permanently ended the Satanic Temple’s challenge to Idaho’s abortion laws.
Chief U.S. District of Idaho Judge David Nye dismissed the lawsuit with …
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By Laura Guido / Idaho Capital Sun
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11/17/25
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