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The state agency overseeing Western State Hospital is accused of gross negligence after a 69-year-old psychiatric patient was strangled to death by his roommate, according to a recently filed …
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Shea Johnson / The News Tribune (TNS)
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11/4/24
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In a pair of lawsuits, nearly 400 people have claimed they were sexually assaulted in Washington’s youth detention centers as children.
Last Wednesday, 176 men and women sued the state, …
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By Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times
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11/4/24
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The Washington State Patrol (WSP) added 30 newly commissioned troopers to its ranks during the 119th Trooper Basic Training graduation ceremony held at the state Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday, Oct. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/4/24
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In these photos, W.F. West student Caleb Gill performs The Star-Spangled Banner on an electric guitar ahead of the Bearcats’ victory over Black Hills in Chehalis on Friday, Nov. 1.
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11/4/24
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The Mason County Sheriff's Office is asking the public to help find a missing tiny home.
Sometime between Oct. 21 and Oct. 28, a 224-square-foot home was stolen from East Centerline Road in …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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11/4/24
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PORT ANGELES — Nestled in the gateway to the Olympic National Forest, a rural coastal county at the westernmost point of Washington has turned into a national political anomaly.
Clallam …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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11/4/24
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On eve of election, Washington GOP tells Spanish-speaking voters Democrats 'hate you' and 'hate God'
On the eve of an election marked by increasingly heated rhetoric, the Washington State Republican Party sent text messages to Spanish-speaking voters on Friday alleging that Democratic candidates …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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11/4/24
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A 46-year-old Onalaska man was airlifted to a hospital for treatment after a crash on state Route 508 on Sunday night, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Obadiah D. Ratkie, of …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/4/24
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Downtown Centralia eatery JJ's ToGo issued a statement on Sunday after facing sharp criticism online for refusing to cater the wedding of a same-sex couple.
The decision by the restaurant …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/3/24
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Washington’s state prison population isn’t allowed to vote — but if they were, about half would vote for Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump in …
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By Grace Deng / The Washington Standard
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11/3/24
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Voters of all age groups say the economy is one of their top factors in deciding who to choose for Washington’s next governor. But the issue appears to be top-of-mind for younger voters — …
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By Nate Sanford / Murrow News
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11/3/24
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife released a statement reminding people not to leave pumpkins out for wildlife but instead toss or compost them.
Pumpkins are not natural food for …
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By The Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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11/3/24
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It's that time of year again.
Sunday, Nov. 3, marks the end of daylight saving time, meaning we rolled back our clocks an hour and welcomed (or dreaded) the Big Dark with pre-5 p.m. sunsets.
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Jeong Park / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/3/24
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Gov. Jay Inslee has approved Washington state's largest wind farm to be built along 24 miles of the Horse Heaven Hills just south of the Tri-Cities, the Washington state Energy Facility Site …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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11/3/24
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NAPAVINE — With the whole country seemingly freaking out over the presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/3/24
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Two parents are facing a host of criminal charges, including attempted murder, for their role in an attempted abduction of their daughter earlier this month outside a Lacey high school, court records …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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11/3/24
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A man convicted in Lewis County Superior Court in 2021 for interacting with a decoy account for a 15-year-old boy on a dating website and planning to meet the boy for sex was charged Friday for …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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11/3/24
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A Sedro-Woolley man is being held without bail on vehicular homicide and assault charges after a Halloween night crash that killed a child and critically injured another person in rural Whatcom …
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Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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11/2/24
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Animal welfare advocates have filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's plan to kill up to nearly half a million barred owls in Pacific Northwest forests.
Barred owls, …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/2/24
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A 49-year-old Cusick, Washington, man was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for conspiring to hunt and kill bald and golden eagles and hawks on the Flathead Indian Reservation to sell …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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11/2/24
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