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A Washington state bill would reduce the length of time an individual must register as a sex offender after being convicted in a “net nanny” operation, while ending lifetime community …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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1/27/26
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The Washington State Office of Independent Investigations (OII) has identified the officer who shot and killed an armed man during a standoff at an apartment complex in Lacey on Jan. 21 as …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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1/27/26
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A 33-year-old man is dead following a two-vehicle collision on state Route 6 west of Chehalis at Littell Tuesday morning, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Cameron J. Dimond, of …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/27/26
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The woman convicted of molesting a teenager in 2024 in Ryderwood was sentenced Wednesday to over a year behind bars.
Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge Michael H. Evans gave a concurrent …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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1/27/26
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A couple of store displays were the only casualties of a Monday evening protest in downtown Olympia that ended with a march from Fourth Avenue to Capital Mall, according to the Olympia Police Department …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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1/27/26
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Prosser has become the first Benton County city to back away from the license plate readers run by Flock Safety Systems, as controversy over access to the data grows.
The city announced Monday …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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1/27/26
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Washington’s biggest country music festival is going on hiatus in 2026.
The Watershed Festival, normally held in the summer at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, will not return this year, …
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Karlee Van De Venter / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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1/27/26
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A federal judge in Seattle ruled Friday the Trump administration violated federal law when it withheld congressionally approved funds for electric vehicle chargers.
U.S. District Judge Tana Lin …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/27/26
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For the second week in a row, both national and Washington fuel prices increased.
"Average gasoline prices have jumped for a second straight week as oil prices have climbed back above the …
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Nance Beston / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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1/27/26
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A state committee has delayed a vote on legislation that would stop local jurisdictions from enforcing anti-camping ordinances when no shelter space is available.
Some Spokane City Council …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/27/26
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Less than a week after Sen. Patty Murray negotiated a bipartisan bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security while reining in its aggressive immigration crackdown, the Washington state Democrat …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/27/26
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Visitors heading to Mount Rainier National Park in 2026 will no longer need a timed entry reservation to enter during peak summer hours, according to an announcement made last week.
“The park …
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Sofia Schwarzwalder / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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1/27/26
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Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy has no current plans to expand an ongoing state audit into the Department of Children, Youth and Families, despite reports of potential high-dollar payouts to …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/27/26
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Investigators ruled the death of a 33-year-old man found in Kent on Sunday morning a homicide.
The man's body was found in some brush just before noon in the 25400 block of 74th Avenue South, …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/27/26
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Washington voters will once again have an opportunity to weigh in on a parental rights initiative on the November 2026 ballot.
On Monday, the Washington Secretary of State (SOS) informed L …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/27/26
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The Seattle Police Department is violating the public records law by imposing unnecessary delays on anyone who files more than one request, a King County Superior Court judge ruled Monday.
Judge …
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Patrick Malone / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/27/26
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State Supreme Court Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis, the first Native American elected statewide in Washington’s history, won’t seek reelection for a second term on the high court.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/27/26
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A proposed law would give Washington’s agricultural workers a formal process to engage in collective bargaining with their employers, extending an advantage that many private-sector workers have.
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By Erick Bengel / Murrow News
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1/27/26
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John Tangeman's commute from Lake Forest Park to Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood used to take 25 minutes. At most, 40 minutes.
Then, earlier this month, two lanes of northbound Interstate 5 …
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/27/26
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For years, crime victim advocates in Washington have fought for state funding to make up for dwindling federal dollars.
This year will be no different .
These advocates are …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/27/26
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