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As fires begin torching Olympic National Park, the Columbia Basin and elsewhere, Pacific Northwest lawmakers and fire officials are bracing for a wildfire season that could be worse here than …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/26/23
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When Dillon Hill took a small pill that he thought was Percocet, but was actually Tylenol laced with fentanyl, he felt like he was sitting by a warm fire on a winter night, wrapped in a blanket, …
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Claire Bryan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/26/23
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A previously convicted sex offender who held a teenage girl captive in a small trailer in a junk yard north of Bellingham for more than a week in 2020 and repeatedly sexually assaulted her has been …
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Denver Pratt / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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6/24/23
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The state Attorney General's Office is trying to revive efforts in Washington Supreme Court to sue a small Yakima Valley city for evicting Latino residents.
In a 2019 civil rights lawsuit, …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/24/23
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SEATTLE — H. Gary Greene has taken hundreds of dives in underwater submersibles, including to depths greater than the north Atlantic Ocean floor where the Titanic — and now, the doomed …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/24/23
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A Tacoma woman who was arrested for refusing treatment for active tuberculosis was released from jail Friday, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
She had been refusing …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/24/23
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Crews are scheduled Monday to start stabilizing the slope and cleaning the site of the May 14 landslide on Spirit Lake Memorial Highway that damaged the road and is blocking access to Johnston Ridge …
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By The Daily News
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6/24/23
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Saturday morning, W.F. West tennis coach Jack State set up in his normal spot in a camping chair just outside the fence at the WFW tennis courts, and let his legacy come to him.
State, who …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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6/24/23
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A judge awarded roughly $434,000 in legal fees Friday to an animal rights group engaged in a yearslong legal battle with Oregon Health & Science University over the school’s research into …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/23/23
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Lakewood police were first told that the shooting of a boy Thursday was an accident. An investigation and the victim's death later in a hospital pointed instead to murder, police say.
When …
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/23/23
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OLYMPIA — A Thurston County Superior Court judge on Friday rejected an attempt by challengers of Washington's new law banning the sale of dozens of firearms, including AR-15s, to halt the …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/23/23
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6/23/23
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Oakville’s Independence Day celebration, always held on the first Saturday in July, has a history that goes back beyond the memories of even the old-timers.
The parade down U.S. …
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Submitted by the Oakville Chamber of Commerce
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6/23/23
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Keith K. Gibson passed away June 14, 2023, in Olympia, Washington. He was born June 3, 1933, to Evan and Mary Gibson in Seattle, Washington. He also resided in Chehalis and Tacoma.
Keith …
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6/23/23
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Barbara G. West (Hawver) was born to Lloyd Vernon Hawver and Billie Mae Embree in Seattle, Washington.
During her sophomore year Barb moved to Randle, Washington and attended White Pass …
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6/23/23
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When Morris “Merc” and Nina Boyer purchased a tree farm on Kiona Road in Randle in 2014 that sat derelict for eight years after being logged, they knew it would be a challenge to restore …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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6/23/23
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Documents from the state Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC) recently received by The Chronicle shed light on former Morton Police Chief Roger Morningstar’s reasons for resigning from …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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6/23/23
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Editor’s Note: Some names in this story have been changed for privacy; changed names will appear as only a first name. Readers should be advised this article contains profanity and details …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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6/23/23
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The Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan is an increasingly rare sight near the treelines of Cascadian slopes.
Despite their hardiness in cold, they’re poorly-adapted to warm weather, …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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6/23/23
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A prank escalated into an alleged felony assault in Centralia’s George Washington Park on Wednesday, with an 18-year-old woman now facing charges in Lewis County Superior Court stemming from …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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6/23/23
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