Portland police say their coordinated effort to thwart street racing and street takeovers this weekend has so far been “highly successful.”
Working with law enforcement officials …
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Beth Slovic, David Nuñez / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/5/24
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A 72-year-old man died Sunday morning while wake boarding on the Columbia River after his tow rope became tangled in the boat’s propeller, pulling him under.
A spokesperson for the …
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Beth Slovic / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/5/24
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ExplorUS, the Kansas-based company that in April took over the concessions contract at Crater Lake National Park following years of systemic issues that forced out former concessioner Aramark, has …
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Jamie Hale / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/5/24
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The first question Rep. Dan Newhouse got at the Grant County GOP's monthly meeting on Thursday is the one that has loomed over his past three years representing central Washington in Congress.
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/5/24
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A 23-year-old man convicted of drive-by shooting and first-degree assault for bringing a gunman to and from an Eastside Tacoma home where a man was shot in the head in a spray of gunfire was …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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8/5/24
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Washington's leading candidates for governor agree on one major public safety priority, saying the state must work to hire more cops.
But they differ on details — and on who can be trusted …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/5/24
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A man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes early Sunday, including eluding police on a motorcycle, Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders said in a social media post.
Pursuit …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/5/24
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A 37-year-old man who crashed his motorcycle in northeast Lacey last week and died has been identified, according to the Thurston County Coroner.
Timothy J. Roderick of Olympia crashed his …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/5/24
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ARCO, Idaho — Craters of the Moon National Monument is a weird place. President Calvin Coolidge even said so in his May 2, 1924, proclamation, which described the otherworldly landscape: "this …
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Gregory Scruggs / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/3/24
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Opponents of the proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons got some high-profile backup Friday when around two dozen U.S. lawmakers asked a federal court in Oregon to temporarily block the deal.
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/3/24
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The Pullman man accused of kidnapping his toddler in May and taking her to Mexico made his first appearance in federal court Friday.
Aaron Aung, 21, was escorted into Magistrate Judge …
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Caroline Saint James / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/3/24
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A felon who tossed a bag with more than 20,000 fentanyl pills as he ran from police across Highway 395 in Kennewick has been sentenced to 15 years and 10 months in federal prison.
Sharte Dashon …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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8/3/24
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Washington lawmakers received a new report Thursday that identifies five ways to make health care more affordable, after the state has watched medical costs jump over the last decade.
The …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/3/24
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The guest bedroom at Robyn Holms' house needs a new window. Maybe new carpet, too.
What it doesn't need is another visit from a wild turkey.
On the morning of July 11, Holms let her two …
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Michael Wright / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/3/24
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A 31-year-old Tacoma woman has been accused in a bank fraud scheme to steal $345,000 by using her employment with a western Washington credit union to access and share members' account information …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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8/3/24
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Picture the following scenario.
Standing in line at a baseball complex in Florida. Watching other 2002 draft picks take some batting practice. Gaze at the ball soaring in the outfield, heck some of them clearing the yard.
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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8/3/24
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Seventeen-year-old Bryant Wulu never had to be told what to do, his mother says. He’d just do it.
A rising senior at Sam Barlow High School in Gresham, Wulu would clean his family’s …
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Sujena Soumyanath / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/2/24
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An unlicensed masseuse is accused of sexually abusing two clients while giving them massages inside his Lloyd Center shop and also faces charges alleging child sex abuse, according to court records.
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/2/24
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Over $30,000 in equipment was stolen from Key Peninsula Fire Aug. 1, the fire department said.
Someone broke into four vehicles at midnight outside the Key Center station, the department's …
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Julia Park / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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8/2/24
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