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By 2045, state law requires all electricity sold in Washington to be carbon-free, one of the most aggressive deadlines in the country. But to meet skyrocketing electricity demand, utilities are …
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Greg Kim / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/9/26
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From a psychological standpoint, Spokane is in shock.
Just over a week since the three fires in the Spokane Complex ignited Aug. 1 and burned more than 900 structures, adrenaline may be the …
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Julia Pentasuglio / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/9/26
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After layers of wildfire smoke hovered over Seattle for days, the city saw blue skies Saturday — and the fresh air should stick around into next week.
Most of Puget Sound will see good to …
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Angela Lim / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/9/26
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A wildfire in Whitman County started Saturday afternoon, prompting a Level 3 (“Go Now!”) evacuation order for residents in Malden — a valley town that burned in the 2020 Babb Road fire that …
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Angela Lim / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/9/26
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His number is never going to be retired at T-Mobile Park. No statue in his likeness is on the horizon.
But Saturday, Alex Rodriguez received a gift from Mariners fans that might mean just as …
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Matt Calkins / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/9/26
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Last June, the federal government's immigrant detention center in Tacoma — then supposed to hold a maximum of 1,575 people — was so full amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown that …
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Nina Shapiro and Fiona Martin / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/9/26
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Iran said it’s “very close” to a deal with Oman on a new maritime transit route in the Strait of Hormuz, even as the Islamic Republic renewed a list of demands for the U.S. to agree to before …
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Patrick Sykes, Sara Gharaibeh and Cam Kettles / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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8/9/26
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The Senate on Saturday approved acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to permanently lead the Department of Justice after a high-drama confirmation process.
The 50-49 vote to confirm Blanche fell …
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Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk / CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
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8/9/26
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said Friday that firefighting resources are stretched thin as significant wildfires burn across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and much of …
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Clark Corbin / Idaho Capitol Sun
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8/9/26
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Oregon’s longest-serving state representative will pay the Oregon Government Ethics Commission $12,000 in fines for breaking state ethics laws and leveraging his position as director of an eastern …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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8/9/26
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The transportation group charged with vetting and recommending ideas to solve the state’s $200 million 2027-29 budget gap spent its fourth meeting examining how other states fund their …
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Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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8/9/26
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A Thurston County judge on Friday upheld a one-sentence statement that will appear on ballots describing the budgetary consequences of an initiative to repeal Washington’s new income tax on high …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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8/9/26
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Today’s children could be the first generation since the 1970s to do better than their parents as young workers become more sought after and well paid. They may even see a surplus of housing to …
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Tim Henderson / Washington State Standard
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8/9/26
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A 51-year-old Olympia man was arrested Friday after allegedly starting a fire next to a Centralia medical facility, according to police.
Mark S. Hipp was booked into the Lewis County Jail …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/8/26
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A Thurston County judge on Friday upheld a one-sentence statement that will appear on ballots describing the budgetary consequences of an initiative to repeal Washington’s new income tax on high …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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8/7/26
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Lewis County prosecutors on Friday filed charges against the man accused of fleeing the scene of a Napavine collision that injured six children and fractured a woman’s vertebra.
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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8/7/26
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Providence Swedish is now enrolling Long COVID patients in a federally funded clinical research effort called the REVERSE-LC trial.
Long COVID is a condition where symptoms of COVID-19 persist …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/7/26
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A former Twin Cities radio personality and founder of the Eli Sports Network has been accused of sexually abusing three children in the 1980s, according to three civil lawsuits filed in January.
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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8/7/26
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In the shadow of Mount St. Helens this week, a group of middle school girls and ecological experts had private dance parties and studied volcanoes within view of the mountain's infamous crater.
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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8/7/26
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The Southwest Washington Fair will hold a “Tough Enough To Wear Pink Night” at 6 p.m. during the Lewis County Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 13.
Residents are invited to wear pink and support the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/7/26
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