Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Monday that she is issuing a pardon for Oregonians who have been convicted of simple possession of marijuana. The pardon is for people convicted of possessing one …
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Kristi Turnquist / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/22/22
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In a sign of mounting frustration, Multnomah County’s top prosecutor Monday released a list of the cases of nearly 300 people who have had charges dismissed against them this year because no …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/22/22
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Forget about Black Friday shopping – here in the Pacific Northwest we like to get outside.
State parks in Oregon and Washington will once again waive all parking fees on the day after …
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Jamie Hale / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/22/22
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A man was arrested in Bellingham last week for attempting to harm a police dog, attempting to elude police and obstructing a police officer after a chase that started when police attempted to serve …
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Jack Belcher / The Bellingham Herald
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11/22/22
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The Olympia Police Department has opened an investigation to determine what led to the suicide of a man in a west Olympia intersection Saturday.
Lt. Paul Lower said OPD was made aware of a …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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11/22/22
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A Clark County Superior Court jury found a Vancouver man guilty Monday morning of second-degree manslaughter in the 2020 death of his infant daughter. The jury was hung on a charge of second-degree …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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11/22/22
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LACEY — The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has upheld a $226,000 penalty assessed against CenturyLink and its five subsidiaries for raising rates without informing the UTC, …
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By The Columbia Basin Herald
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11/22/22
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Amazon is locking some laid-off employees out of its offices and their company-issued laptops on Wednesday, about a week after the company started notifying workers that their positions were being …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times
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11/22/22
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A jury convicted Yasir Darraji on Monday of murdering his ex-wife, whose strangled body was found burning in her car on Spokane's South Hill on Jan. 30, 2020.
Yasir Darraji, a 33-year-old Iraqi …
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James Hanlon / The Spokesman-Review
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11/22/22
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Western Washington University officials are investigating racist threats directed against Black students last weekend, the latest of several recent incidents of bigotry on campus that also targeted …
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Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald
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11/22/22
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Don't travel cold turkey this year.
Though travel times vary each year and holiday, traffic analysts with the Washington State Department of Transportation have issued their annual holiday …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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11/22/22
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Piano virtuoso Charlie Albright performed for attendees gathered in the Corbet Theatre Friday evening for a “Classical Christmas Fundraiser Concert,” with proceeds going to the Charlie …
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Jared Wenzelburger / jared@chronline.com
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11/21/22
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Christopher Gaudreau, the Centralia man accused of killing his girlfriend — local LGBTQ+ activist and performer Rikkey Outumuro — last year has accepted a plea bargain and is scheduled to …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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11/21/22
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With a dry November, not even previous rainfall or below-freezing temperatures could stop a swell of over a dozen fires across Western Washington, according to the Washington Department of Natural …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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11/21/22
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Fear not, said Michael Ervin, a Rotarian with Twin Cities Rotary, the aluminum ramp he and other volunteers were constructing on Saturday would not look anything like the shoddy picture it was …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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11/21/22
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Home prices in Western Washington increased in October despite reduced competition among potential homebuyers, though there has been a rise in “creative financing methods amid rising interest …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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11/21/22
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Vehicle Accident
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported at the intersection of Yew and Mellen streets when one driver reportedly …
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11/21/22
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