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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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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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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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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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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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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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Amid a steady decline in K-12 enrollment, nearly 2,000 apartments were created from former school buildings across the U.S. in 2024, according to a new report by RentCafe.
The report showed a …
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By Esther Wickham | The Center Square
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12/9/25
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Gov. Bob Ferguson is holding a fundraising lunch on Tuesday with special guest, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who is under intense fire after failing to stop a massive welfare fraud in his state.
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By Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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12/9/25
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Washington state mistakenly issued nearly 700 licenses to drive trucks and buses to noncitizens who don’t qualify over the past seven years.
This issue has drawn heavy criticism from …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/9/25
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced a series of holiday affordability measures that are aimed at helping families save money, enjoy public lands and support wildfire prevention efforts …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/8/25
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Alexander Lee Rogers, the man accused of murdering a 64-year-old woman and severely injuring an elderly man in a Longview home earlier this year, was sentenced Thursday to over 40 years.
Rogers, …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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12/8/25
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Canadian officials are working to convince global agriculture giant Nutrien to back out of its plan to build a $500 million to $1 billion dollar fertilizer export terminal in Longview just weeks …
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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12/8/25
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Ramon Tovar Jimenez, the Longview resident accused of assaulting a federal immigration officer during another arrest , could face additional charges from the U.S District Attorney's Office.
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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12/8/25
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The Trump administration is touting its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program as the largest-ever U.S. investment in rural health care. But the government made minimal mention of Native …
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By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez / KFF Health News
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12/8/25
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