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Five men have been indicted in California on allegations that they posed as FBI agents with fake jackets, bulletproof vests and radios and robbed a Portland shipping business at gunpoint after tying …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/5/25
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A federal judge in Missoula on Tuesday vacated the federal government’s determination that gray wolves in the Western United States do not need increased federal protections under the …
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By Micah Drew / The Daily Montanan
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8/5/25
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A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes in west Olympia last week, including first-degree attempted murder and arson, according to Olympia police.
A 44-year-old …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/5/25
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A Centralia woman was charged Monday with 25 counts of felony theft, including 23 in the first degree, after allegedly embezzling $1.4 million from her employer over a seven-year period and signing …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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8/5/25
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Two oil refinery operators in northwest Washington, HF Sinclair and Tesoro, have been hit with fines for improper management of oily sludge and acid waste at their facilities.
Washington’s …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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8/5/25
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A 35-year-old Centralia man has been charged with four felonies in Lewis County Superior Court after an investigation determined he downloaded child abuse material showing children as young as 4 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/5/25
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After being detained in the back of a patrol vehicle in Chehalis Aug. 3 on suspicion of driving under the influence, a 45-year-old Seattle man allegedly attempted to lower his blood alcohol content …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/5/25
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When he was contacted by a police officer on Aug. 1, a 59-year-old Centralia man explained that he was wearing fishnet shorts that exposed his genitals in order to avoid tan lines when he was at the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/5/25
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A herd of bison briefly blocked both directions of U.S. Highway 12 in Elma in Grays Harbor County on Tuesday morning.
“This isn’t Yellowstone,” Washington State Department of …
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By Seattle Times staff
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8/5/25
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Four firefighters with Lacey Fire District 3 were part of a multi-agency response to a fire that broke out Thursday on the Vance Creek Bridge in Mason County. According to the agency, the bridge is …
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By Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/5/25
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Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Officer Larry McOmber recently received a report of a trespass in progress on private property outside Aberdeen.
Officer McOmber responded to the area, …
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By The Daily World
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8/5/25
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Lightning caused six of the 13 fires burning in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest since late July, authorities reported Monday afternoon.
People caused five blazes, while two do not have the …
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The Daily News
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8/5/25
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(The Center Square) – A deadly four-day span in Seattle has led to homicide rates nearing 2024 levels after city officials previously touted improved public safety statistics.
There were …
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Spencer Pauley | The Center Square
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8/5/25
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The Olympia City Council has kicked off a series of study sessions aimed at renter protections and meeting new state law requirements for rent stabilization.
Housing Program Specialist Christa …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/5/25
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Washington state officially launched a pilot hotline program in July for people to report hate crimes and bias incidents.
But much to the dismay of advocacy organizations, some social media …
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Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/5/25
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Alaska Airlines is launching nonstop flights from Seattle to London and to Reykjavik, Iceland, in May 2026.
The daily flight to London will operate year-round while the Reykjavik flight will be …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/5/25
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For months, Tyler Heller, an assistant manager at the Central Co-op on Capitol Hill, was skeptical that Congress would eliminate federal income taxes on tips and overtime pay.
To his surprise, …
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Jessica Fu / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/5/25
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Microsoft is laying off 40 Washington-based employees, as the company continues to trim its workforce amid record spending on artificial intelligence.
Monday's layoffs, disclosed in a state …
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Alex Halverson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/5/25
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Thousands of Washington motorists have been caught speeding through highway work zones by new cameras the state deployed this year.
Since the cameras turned on in April , the Washington …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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8/4/25
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National research laboratories in Colorado, Oregon and Washington focused on addressing climate change and its impacts and improving energy efficiency and affordability for Americans would be gutted …
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By Alex Baumhardt, Emily Fitzgerald and Chase Woodruff / States Newsroom
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8/4/25
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