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The landscape of street drugs looked a lot different when University of Washington research professor Caleb Banta-Green began his career in drug epidemiology more than 20 years ago. There were just …
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/8/25
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Commercial net-pen aquaculture is history in Washington.
The state Board of Natural Resources on Tuesday adopted a rule banning the industry.
The ban is a victory for outgoing Commissioner …
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/8/25
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A suspected drug dealer is being held in the Thurston County jail in lieu of $200,000 bail in connection with the overdose death of a 16-year-old Olympia High School student.
Son Thien Nguyen, a …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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1/8/25
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An undersea volcano off Oregon’s coast will likely erupt in 2025, scientists say.
Known as Axial Seamount, it’s the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest — though one …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/8/25
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Several Oregon lawmakers are calling on the incoming administration to nix a plan to kill nearly half a million barred owls on the West Coast, citing the cost and infeasibility.
In a letter sent …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/8/25
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Oregon’s first woman grandmaster in chess is 16-year-old Zoey Tang, a junior at Westview High School in Beaverton.
“Woman grandmaster” is the highest chess title restricted to …
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Samantha Swindler / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/8/25
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A prominent state senator indicated that fiscal reality could mean prioritizing and protecting substance abuse recovery programs that are already working over any plans to expand them. Washington …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/8/25
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Washington state Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, has introduced legislation to create scholarships for students via Education Savings Accounts, commonly called ESAs.
House Bill 1140 , co-sponsored …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/8/25
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A Washington state-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via telehealth, a model that organizers hope other states will adopt to expand …
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By Kelcie Moseley-Morris / The Washington State Standard
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1/8/25
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Vandana Slatter moved from the House to the Senate in the state Legislature on Tuesday after the King County Council appointed her to replace Patty Kuderer, who was recently elected as …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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1/8/25
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State recovery funds are now available for some residents whose homes were severely damaged in the bomb cyclone that hit western Washington in November.
The powerful storm killed two, left …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington State Standard
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1/8/25
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Former Morton Police Chief Roger Morningstar made his first appearance in Lewis County Superior Court on Tuesday for identity theft, theft and abuse of office charges filed in December.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/7/25
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An 18-year-old Centralia man was charged Monday in Lewis County Superior Court for allegedly raping a girl under the age of 14 in September.
Jayden A. Gutierrez was arrested in the 500 …
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By Emily Fitzgeral / emily@chronline.com
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1/7/25
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Chronicle photographer Ridley Hudson captured these photos during a visit to the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge on Thursday afternoon.
“Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually …
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1/7/25
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Gary Edwards knew in the spring of 2024 that he would retire from serving Thurston County as one of its five commissioners at the end of the year. He concluded his second term at 9 p.m. on New …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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1/7/25
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Naser Dobashi and the Centralia Auction have been in business for over 20 years, and after a longtime stint with operations based in Centralia, the biweekly auto sale has moved into the small town of …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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1/7/25
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SEATTLE — After wrongful death claims shuttered one Washington jail last year and threatened to close another, a lawmaker is again trying to create an independent oversight board for the …
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Sydney Brownstone / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/7/25
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A federal judge ruled Monday that Washington State University was justified in firing former head football coach Nick Rolovich for failing to comply with the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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Nick Gibson / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/7/25
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WASHINGTON — The House and Senate met in a joint session of Congress on Monday and certified the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States.
The whole thing took barely …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/7/25
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Thurston County has agreed to pay $300,000 to the former executive aide to Commissioner Emily Clouse.
Allyn Hershey resigned from the county on Jan. 3 and will dismiss his lawsuit as part of a …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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1/7/25
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