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WASHINGTON — The nation's capital woke up Thursday to the impact of catastrophic wildfires — perhaps in more ways than one — as smoke from nearly 10 million acres ablaze in Canada …
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Orion Donovan-Smith / The Spokesman-Review / (TNS)
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6/9/23
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Aberdeen is seeking information on a pair of teenage siblings last seen on Tuesday afternoon.
Kimberly "Lluvia" Ayala-Garcia, 16, and Dakarray "Daymian" Ayala-Garcia, 15, were both last seen in …
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Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World (TNS)
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6/9/23
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In another sign of Washington's uneven and inelegant recovery, a cooling tech industry has been overtaken by a cash-strapped health care sector as the state's hottest job market.
As of April, …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/9/23
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Two Seattle giants — Amazon and Starbucks — have been accused of collecting customers' personal information without first notifying them, in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Seattle.
The …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/9/23
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6/8/23
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In an effort to help more dogs find their forever homes, the Lewis County Animal Shelter is holding a special dog adoption event — with extended hours and reduced adoption fees — the week …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/8/23
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An 18-year-old Chehalis resident was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle early Thursday morning after being struck by a semitruck on U.S. Highway 12 near Mary’s Corner, according …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/8/23
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CASTLE ROCK — An older man was rescued by two strangers Wednesday morning after falling into the Cowlitz River while fishing near Lion's Pride Park.
Officers were dispatched around 10:30 …
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By Matthew Esnayra / The Daily News
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6/8/23
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Playing in its first game of the AA American Legion season at Ed Wheeler Field in Centralia, the I-5 Toyota Mountain Dew baseball team lost its home opener to Kelso Premier Tuesday afternoon, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/8/23
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An abandoned residence and an attached outbuilding in the 1200 block of Centralia Avenue were destroyed in a fire Wednesday evening.
The house was unoccupied at the time of the incident …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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6/8/23
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Dancers from the Magic Tavern strip bar in Northwest Portland aim to become just the second unionized group of strippers in the U.S.
The strippers, now formally employed by Magic Tavern, say …
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Kristine de Leon / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/8/23
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After spending 24 hours missing in the Cle Elum River Valley, 10-year-old Shunghla Mashwani was reunited with her family on Monday.
The night before, she slept between some trees in the dense …
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Vonnai Phair / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/8/23
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The Blaine woman accused of torturing four children over several years has been officially charged with nearly a dozen felonies and could face life in prison if convicted.
Tana Perkins Reneau, …
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Denver Pratt / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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6/8/23
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Virginia Mason Medical Center has confirmed two additional deaths among patients who became infected after a bacterial outbreak emerged at the Seattle hospital last fall.
The outbreak, caused by …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/8/23
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Five Arrested, Charged for Trying to Access Power Vault for 911 Communication Tower in Pierce County
Five people have been arrested for trying to break into a Tacoma power vault that supplied energy to a South Sound 911 communications tower, according to charging documents.
A spokesperson for …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/8/23
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Washington's second auction of greenhouse-gas pollution allowances last week raised more than half a billion dollars.
The Department of Ecology announced Wednesday it had sold about 8.6 million …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/8/23
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Lacey police arrested a 38-year-old warehouse worker last week for allegedly stealing up to $12,000 in merchandise to sell online.
A manager at Harbor Wholesale on Hogum Bay Road reported the …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/8/23
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Twin polar bear cubs born more than two years ago at the Detroit Zoo are now calling Tacoma home.
The cubs, Astra and Laerke (pronounced LAIR-keh), arrived at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & …
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Debbie Cockrell / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/8/23
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The latest idea for a little-used branch in northwest Grays Harbor County is to move it to Lewis County.
That was the topic of discussion that kicked off this week's facilities committee …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/8/23
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Despite the lingering pain in my knees and back, plus the contact reminder from my son that he ran all 19 miles and “beat me,” I have only great feelings and memories of this year’s …
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By Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia
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6/8/23
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