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Parts of the Wonderland Trail in Mount Rainier National Park are temporarily closed for “unusual bear activity” just as Memorial Day weekend arrives.
The 93-mile-long trail that …
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By Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times
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5/22/26
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A lawsuit challenging Idaho’s transgender bathroom ban in K-12 public schools could end soon, after a group at Boise High School suing over the law dropped the case.
The move came after a …
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By Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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5/22/26
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Police in Longview on Thursday arrested the superintendent of Longview Public Schools as part of an ongoing investigation related to the reported sexual assault case involving students at Mark Morris …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/21/26
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A Tacoma man faces allegations he shot at trees while on the shoulder of Interstate 5 in Lewis County on Tuesday.
Eduardo A. Ramirez Santos, 23, is charged with one felony count of …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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5/21/26
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Two American bison calves were born within a week of each other at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park.
On May 8, a male calf named Torrent was born to mother Rainy, according to the park’s blog. On …
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By Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/21/26
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Library advocates criticize Timberland Regional Library’s interim executive director appointee
By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
The Timberland Regional …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/21/26
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Two law enforcement officers have been accused of separate crimes against children, Arlington and Mason County officials said.
An Arlington police officer was arrested by the Island County …
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By Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/21/26
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After years of debate over whether rural eastern and southern Oregon would be better off as part of Idaho, Wallowa County has become the first in Oregon to reverse course on the push to leave the …
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By Sophia Cossette / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/21/26
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The Washington State Patrol settled a lawsuit for $340,000 over allegations it destroyed or withheld texts and other records related to the firing of state troopers who refused the COVID-19 vaccine …
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By Shauna Sowersby / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/21/26
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A major challenge facing the public sector transportation sector’s transition from gasoline to electric is what one local transit manager describes as a “Wild West” environment for the …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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5/21/26
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Department of Children, Youth and Families Secretary Tana Senn denied claims of fraud and indicated more funds are needed to conduct additional audits during a virtual appearance before the …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/21/26
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Cuts that Republicans in the U.S. House are seeking to the nuclear cleanup at Washington’s Hanford site would go deeper than steep reductions the Trump administration proposed.
Hanford’s …
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By John Stang / The Washington State Standard
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5/21/26
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Puget Sound Energy is adding a wind farm in Klickitat County to its clean energy portfolio, the latest move in the utility’s transition to become greenhouse gas neutral by 2030, as state law …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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5/21/26
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U.S. violent crime fell sharply in 2025, according to preliminary federal data , with murders dropping an estimated 18.1% — a decline that could push the national homicide rate to its lowest level …
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By Amanda Watford / Stateline.org
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5/21/26
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Unionized journalists at five McClatchy Media newspapers in the Pacific Northwest — including The Olympian — voted overwhelmingly this week to approve a strike.
A start date for the …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/21/26
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Boeing increased the length of time between inspections for a critical part of the MD-11 hardware that holds the plane’s engine to its wing — despite multiple reports of previous part failures …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/21/26
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Shelton Police on Wednesday arrested a man who had allegedly abducted his young son from relatives, which led to an Amber Alert.
Police responded to an alleged assault around 12:30 p.m. in the …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/21/26
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In 2004, Washington became the first state in the country to enact a “Don’t Pass the Trash” law, seeking to prohibit public school districts from allowing K-12 teachers accused of sexual …
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By Moe K. Clark / InvestigateWest
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5/21/26
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Allen Horne thought the infection on his right pinkie toe would improve. Instead, gangrene spread to the rest of his foot last December, eventually causing the 78-year-old to collapse on a downtown …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/21/26
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Many Seattle area residents feel like the bar to owning a home just keeps getting higher, and they're not imagining things.
The cost of a monthly mortgage payment is now well beyond double the …
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Heidi Groover / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/21/26
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