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Former Seattle Police Chief to Be Key Witness Against Auburn Officer Charged With Assault and Murder
Former Seattle Police Chief Jim Pugel has been retained as a key witness in the murder prosecution of Auburn police Officer Jeffrey Nelson, ready to testify that Nelson repeatedly escalated minor …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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7/11/22
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As a longtime public servant in Thurston County, Heather Hirotaka is used to preserving history, not making it.
But that's what Hirotaka did earlier this month, when Secretary of State Steve Hobbs …
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Nick Gibson / The Spokesman-Review
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7/11/22
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(The Center Square) – Washington State Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, took the governor’s office to task for repeatedly advocating for the Washington Families Tax Credit when asked about …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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7/10/22
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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, made her case for flipping Washington’s 3rd Congressional District blue this weekend in Kelso.
The 34-year-old small business owner is the most …
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By Brennen Kauffman / The Daily News
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7/10/22
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BOISE — In 20 years, the Chinook salmon in Idaho may lose a critical home for spawning in Central Idaho.
A new study by University of Idaho researchers predicted that Bear Valley Creek, a …
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Tanushri Sundar / Idaho Statesman (TNS)
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7/10/22
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Firefighters were waging an intense battle Sunday morning to protect hundreds of ancient sequoias threatened by flames raging across rugged and parched terrain in California's Yosemite National Park.
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Robert J. Lopez / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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7/10/22
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How could a man accused of punching an Asian man and his 5-year-old daughter as they biked along the Eastbank Esplanade walk free almost immediately after his arrest on suspicion of a felony bias …
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Zane Sparling / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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7/10/22
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The way Cherylene Stritenberg says she sees it, the issue comes down to cost. A board member with the Eagle Point School District near Medford, Stritenberg is also a mom. She wants more money for …
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Austin De Dios / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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7/10/22
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Considering the skyjacker who came to be known as D.B. Cooper committed his crime more than 50 years ago, you’d think interest in the case would be fading. But perhaps because the mystery man …
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Kristi Turnquist / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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7/10/22
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I was on a return trip from Seattle, flying down Interstate 5 at 70 mph as one does, when one of those brown state park signs reached out and grabbed me.
Nothing bothers me more than passing up …
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Scott Hewitt / The Columbian
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7/10/22
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The security, transparency and misinformation surrounding the state's election system are all top of mind for candidates hoping to be Washington's next secretary of state.
The race has drawn eight …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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7/10/22
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As President Biden's ambitious passenger rail expansion plan faces an early test on the Gulf Coast, Washington train advocates have expressed concern about how it could affect the Pacific Northwest.
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Maya Miller / The Seattle Times
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7/10/22
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The state Commission on Judicial Conduct has admonished a King County District Court judge for implying, in remarks from the bench, that a defendant would be raped in prison if he didn't change his …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times
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7/9/22
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A man drove a stolen vehicle into a roadside tent and critically injured two people inside the shelter late Friday morning, according to the Tacoma Police Department.
Tacoma Police Officer …
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Allen Siegler / The News Tribune
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7/9/22
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Governor Jay Inslee congratulated Washingtonians on Thursday for reaching over 100,000 electric vehicles on the roads, getting closer to his goals of lowering emissions across the state.
The new …
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Alyse Messmer-Smith / The Bellingham Herald
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7/9/22
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Washington will not implement wolf-livestock rules two years after Gov. Jay Inslee asked state wildlife managers to reduce the number of wolves killed.
The nine-person commission voted 5-4 to not …
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Eli Francovich / The Spokesman-Review
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7/9/22
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The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney decided Pierce County Council candidate Josh Harris acted in lawful self-defense when he shot a homeless man driving an SUV at him outside a Tacoma encampment, …
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Jared Brown / The News Tribune
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7/9/22
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A Thurston County judge set bail at $1 million Friday for a Centralia teen accused of shooting and killing a Yelm resident after the July 3 community fireworks show in Lacey.
Lacey police …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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7/9/22
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A 14-year-old girl killed Wednesday in a shooting in Tacoma was a passenger in a car with friends on their way to buy snacks at a convenience store when two teenagers opened fire on them, according …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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7/8/22
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Washington will receive around 400 courses of the two-dose monkeypox vaccine through the federal government's plan to distribute a limited amount of vaccines nationwide, the state Department of …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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7/8/22
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