It always pays to keep one eye on the ocean and one eye on the sand when you’re walking along the beach at the Oregon Coast, a lesson reinforced by some Cannon Beach beachcombers who discovered …
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Lizzy Acker / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/19/24
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The state of Oregon is asking a judge to step in to stop a rural Eugene horse boarding farm from adding to a “manure pile” that state officials say is “hundreds of thousands of …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/19/24
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Midway Cinema in Chehalis has announced this year’s Family Summer Series.
From June 22 through Aug. 14, the cinema will show two family-friendly movies at 10 a.m. every Saturday and …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/19/24
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A 73-year-old Longview man suffered a medical event and crashed his vehicle near Interstate 5 in Lewis County on Friday afternoon, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Robert G. Jones …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/19/24
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A 74-year-old Oakville man was injured in a crash that occurred at about 8:50 a.m. Sunday on U.S. Highway 101 in Thurston County, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Richard L. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/19/24
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Authorities are investigating a fatal crash that occurred Friday night, where a driver fleeing from police struck a building on Ocean Beach Highway and rolled over, killing the driver.
Sgt. Tim …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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5/19/24
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Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders joined local law enforcement this weekend in chasing a suspect over the highway and through the woods — and into a pond.
Sanders wrote on Facebook …
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/19/24
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OLYMPIA — Supporters of a statewide initiative to stop Washington's move to phase out natural gas use in buildings launched their signature-gathering campaign last week.
Earlier this year, …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/19/24
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The Kelso Police Department has confirmed that the body found in the Coweeman River Saturday afternoon belongs to the missing Californian who was in the area for work.
According to a post on the …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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5/19/24
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Rebecca Halley doesn’t like being the center of attention – and vocally says so.
“The heroes of this story are the rescuers,” she said. “I was just out …
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Tanner Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/18/24
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Boeing whistleblower John “Mitch” Barnett took his own life on March 9, South Carolina authorities reiterated in two reports released Friday. All findings suggest he died from a single, …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/18/24
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A Kennewick man died Tuesday after he accidentally shot himself while shooting ground squirrels in Oregon, according to the Wallowa County Sheriff's Office.
Emanuel "Bill" Ziegler, 77, was with …
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By The Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/18/24
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Spokane firefighters administered Narcan to a Chihuahua that reportedly ingested foil containing fentanyl this week.
A Spokane Fire Department Facebook post said a couple reported their dog was …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/18/24
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A serial sexual offender from Plummer, Idaho, who died while serving a rape sentence in an Idaho prison was behind four killings of young women in Alberta in the 1970s, Canadian police announced …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/18/24
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More than four decades after the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption, area tourism — like the mountain’s landscape — is still struggling to return to pre-blast norms.
The number of …
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By Caleb Barber / The Daily News
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5/18/24
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Washington state's Premera Blue Cross members have two weeks until a contract with MultiCare Health Systems expires, removing their access to around 1,000 health care providers statewide.
While …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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5/17/24
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Efforts to convince Washington state voters to reject three initiatives on the ballot this fall are in full swing.
Initiative 2117 would repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/17/24
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Last month, Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee announced a $50 million electric vehicle rebate program through the state Department of Commerce to be implemented later this year and early next year …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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5/17/24
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Jesse Lee Calhoun, identified last year as a person of interest in a series of suspicious deaths of women in Oregon, has been indicted in three of the killings as detectives continue to investigate …
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Zane Sparling, Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/17/24
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A 32-year-old Spanaway man who is wanted in Pierce County for attempted murder tried to elude Grays Harbor County deputies to avoid arrest, authorities say.
A Grays Harbor County sheriff's …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/17/24
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