A Lewis County Jail inmate accused of sneaking meth into the jail by concealing it in his rectum and then selling the meth to other inmates is now facing felony charges.
Following an Aug. 6 …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/9/24
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Bail was set at $25,000 for a woman accused of unlawfully entering a Toledo residence, assaulting the occupant and taking the occupant’s cellphone on Tuesday.
Jennifer Lynn Graham, 48, of …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/9/24
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Two key primary races in Washington state took further shape Wednesday evening when trailing candidates conceded their races.
Democrat Hilary Franz conceded in the primary for the open seat in …
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By Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times
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8/9/24
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Matt Marshall, who did not advance in the 2020 primary race against incumbent state Rep. JT Wilcox, appears to be on his way to the general election four years later, according to primary election …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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8/9/24
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Visitors considering viewing the Perseid meteor shower from Mount Rainier National Park’s grounds should plan ahead, be prepared to pack out trash and stay on park trails to avoid trampling …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/9/24
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While the Blueberry Festival was taking place at Klickitat Prairie Park last weekend, the Mossyrock Road Rebels Car Show was held as a part of the festivities less than quarter mile away at Mossyrock …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/9/24
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The 63-year-old man at the center of a large federal fraud case pleaded guilty to staging car accidents to get insurance money, not declaring that income on his tax returns and eluding prosecution …
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By Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review
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8/9/24
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While touring the Cascade Community Healthcare Clinic in Chehalis on Thursday, Dan Fagerness, who leads the healthcare providers' substance use disorder (SUD) counseling services, took a helmet off …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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8/9/24
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Students participated in a catapult-building competition during the University of Washington’s annual science, math, technology and engineering (STEM) camp on Thursday.
The camp, …
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8/9/24
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Voters delivered a clear message in Tuesday’s primary that they want a Republican state senator in the 2nd Legislative District.
And their choice is the unabashed conservative there now, …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington Standard
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8/9/24
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As the state enters what is historically its toughest month of the year for wildfires, large blazes continue to burn in central and eastern Washington and smoke could be on the horizon on the west …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington Standard
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8/9/24
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Washington state’s goal of shifting the transportation sector away from fossil fuels and toward electrification is at “substantial risk” due to the documented unreliability of …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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8/9/24
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The general election contest for Washington state governor is set: Democrat Attorney General Bob Ferguson versus Republican Dave Reichert, a former King County Sheriff and congressman. But what about …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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8/9/24
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A TriMet driver who spotted a person with a serious stab wound to the neck in Wood Village stopped the bus, stepped off of it and rushed to the person’s aid Thursday.
A Multnomah County …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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8/9/24
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When Oregon State Police announced in 2018 that they had eliminated a massive backlog of unprocessed sexual assault evidence kits, officials celebrated ending a decades-old managerial and moral …
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Ted Sickinger, Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/9/24
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A vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in Tacoma on Tuesday occurred after a semi-truck driver suffered a medical episode.
The crash between a car and a semi-truck in the northbound lanes near Delin …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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8/9/24
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You might want to look up at the night sky this weekend.
The Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak the night of Sunday, Aug. 11 into the early morning of Monday, Aug. 12, according to the …
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Daniel Schrager / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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8/9/24
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Olympia police used a recently installed vehicle surveillance system to find a man accused of firing a stolen gun in downtown earlier this year.
Officers turned to the city's "Flock Safety" …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/9/24
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A woman missing in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest since Saturday has been found and is receiving medical treatment, a relative said Thursday.
Victoria "Vicki" Atkins, 60, has been located, …
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Tammy Ayer / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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8/9/24
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The man who escaped Idaho Department of Correction custody and is accused of committing murder during a statewide manhunt stood silently when asked to enter a plea Thursday.
Aryan Knights …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/9/24
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