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A cart full of plastic bags filled with groceries waits to be taken out to the parking lot at Bailey's IGA in Rochester in this file photo.

Washington State Plastic Bag Ban Goes Into Effect Friday

Say goodbye to those flimsy plastic bags. Washington state’s new ban on single-use plastic bags goes into effect this Friday, Oct. 1. The new law in most cases forbids food service … more

By The Chronicle staff | 9/27/21 | 1 comment

W.F. West High School paraeducator and 2014 graduate, Nate Wilks, loads a slide into the school's scanning electron microscope in this file photo.

Education Briefly: W.F. West CTE Kickoff; Oakville Buses Back to Normal Schedule; Tenino Requires Masks at Sports Games; Mossyrock Parent-Teacher Night

W.F. West Career and Technical Education 2021 Kick-Off Event The Chehalis School District is hosting the kick-off event for the W.F. West’s fall Career and Technical Education (CTE) … more

By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com | 9/27/21

Susan M. Bagrationoff, artist and owner of Art by Lady Z, talks about her banshee painting during an ARTrails Studio Tour at the Rectangle Gallery in Centralia on Saturday.

ARTrails 19th Annual Studio Tour is a Wrap After Final Weekend

ARTrails of Southwest Washington’s 19th annual free studio tour wrapped up this last weekend after work from 29 local artists was showcased across 12 studios in Rochester, the Twin Cities, … more

9/27/21 | 1 comment

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pictured July 3, 2020, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

WHO Investigators Seeking COVID-19’s Origins Heading Back to China: Report

The World Health Organization is launching a new investigation into the origins of COVID-19, months after an earlier probe ended without drawing firm conclusions, according to a report published on … more

By Shant Shahrigian / New York Daily News (TNS) | 9/27/21

Mourners gather at a funeral home to pay respects to Gabby Petito on Sunday, September 26, 2021 in Holbrook, New York. As the search continues for a second week in Florida to find Brian Laundrie, who is a person of interest, the family of Gabby Petito is holding a public funeral in her hometown of Long Island. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/TNS)

Gabby Petito’s Father: ‘Her Nature Was Always to Smile’

HOLBROOK, N.Y. — Gabrielle Petito, the 22-year-old Blue Point native whose disappearance and death stunned Long Island and riveted the nation, was remembered Sunday in Holbrook as a kindhearted … more

By John Asbury and Lisa L. Colangelo / Newsday (TNS) | 9/27/21

Arson charges have been filed against Alexandra Souverneva for the Fawn fire in Shasta County. (Douglas County Sheriff’s Office/TNS)

Palo Alto Scientist Pleads Not Guilty to Setting Shasta Fire That Has Claimed 41 Homes

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Palo Alto woman has been charged with arson in connection with Shasta County’s Fawn fire that has destroyed 41 homes and 90 smaller structures and is threatening … more

By Lisa M. Krieger / The Mercury News (TNS) | 9/27/21

A San Diego police officer looks over side of the Petco concourse after a woman and child fell to their deaths Saturday afternoon, September 26, 2021 before a San Diego Padres game. (Gary Robbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS)

Mother and Child Die After Fall at Petco Park Before Padres Game

SAN DIEGO — A woman and her 2-year-old son died late Saturday afternoon after they fell from the third level of Petco Park, just as thousands of baseball fans were heading inside for a Padres … more

By Lori Weisberg and Gary Robbins / The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS) | 9/27/21

The sky turns gold as the Tenino High School football team looks on from the sidelines Friday evening in Tenino.

Photos: Sunset Stuns in Western Washington Friday

9/27/21

Customers carry merchandise to their cars at the Country Chicks Fall Fair in this Chronicle file photo.

Community Calendar: Lewis Conservation District Nature Walk ; Adna Fall Festival; Country Chicks Market; Onalaska Apple Harvest 2021

Lewis Conservation District Nature Walk Sept. 29, just past the intersection of Jeffries Road and Glenview Lane, Chehalis; 3 to 6 p.m. All are invited to this exploration of the … more

9/27/21

Updated: Olympia Man Charged in Tenino Stabbing

An Olympia man has been charged for allegedly stabbing a 33-year-old Tenino man in the chest Saturday evening. A Tenino Police officer responded to the scene in the 1300 block of Sussex … more

By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com | 9/27/21

Hurricane Sam Remains Category 4; Forecasters Track Three Other Systems

Hurricane Sam continues dancing Monday morning as a powerful Category 4 storm and seems to have partners joining it on the Atlantic basin dance floor in the forms of three other disturbances. … more

By Joe Mario Pedersen / Orlando Sentinel (TNS) | 9/27/21

Wnydham Lathem. (Chicago Police Department/TNS)

Jury to Hear Bizarre Case of Former Northwestern Professor Accused of Sexual Thrill-killing

CHICAGO — The accusations tell a sordid tale that seems straight from a supermarket tabloid: The story of the genius scientist who stabbed his boyfriend to death as part of a violent sex … more

By Megan Crepeau / Chicago Tribune (TNS) | 9/27/21

A pro-life activist holds a sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court during the 48th annual March for Life January 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/TNS)

‘A Complacent Majority’: U.S. Supreme Court Abortion Cases Could Spark Backlash Against GOP

WASHINGTON — After decades of fighting against the Roe v. Wade decision, conservatives scored a pair of major victories this month when the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a restrictive abortion law … more

By Adam Wollner / McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS) | 9/27/21

From left to right: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen briefly joins Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 23, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and moderate and progressive congressional Democrats met with President Joe Biden at the White House last Wednesday in an attempt to hammer out a deal on infrastructure and budget legislation. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS)

Pelosi Sets Thursday Vote on Infrastructure Bill in Crucial Week

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pledged to pass a $550 billion infrastructure bill this week and signaled that the headline amount on a bigger package of spending and tax measures will … more

By Yueqi Yang and Tony Czuczka / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 9/27/21

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee July 20, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (J. Scott Applewhite/Pool/Getty Images/TNS)

CDC Director Warns of ‘Dire Straits’ in COVID-hit Areas of U.S.

WASHINGTON — Parts of the U.S. health system “are in dire straits,” as the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant forces some states to prepare for rationed medical care, said … more

By Ian Fisher / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 9/27/21

U.S. President Joe Biden talks briefly to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 3, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS)

Biden Says Germany’s Projected Election Winner is ‘Solid’ Party

President Joe Biden hadn’t heard Germany’s election results when he returned to Washington from his weekend retreat on Sunday, but he complimented the projected winner. … more

By Sophia Cai / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 9/27/21

Family Remembers Victim From Fatal Pullman Shooting; WSU Football Player Remains in Hospital

When Liban Barre moved to Pullman a few weeks before his death, he planned to enroll at Washington State University. He wanted to serve in politics. Barre, 23, was shot Saturday in Pullman and … more

Sydney Brown / The Spokesman-Review | 9/27/21

The Mazama pocket gopher is listed as protected under the Endangered Species Act. The subspecies now protected exists in the areas of Olympia, Roy Prairie, Tenino and Yelm.

Thurston County Plan to Protect Gophers, Streamline Permit Process Up for Public Comment

Residents have a new opportunity to comment on a Thurston County plan to locally manage federally protected species, including three subspecies of Mazama pocket gophers. The county and the U.S. … more

Martín Bilbao / The Olympian | 9/27/21 | 4 comments

Chehalis Man Accused of Head-Butting, Choking Victim in July

A Chehalis man is facing assault charges for allegedly head-butting and choking a woman at a Chehalis residence on July 27. The defendant, Donny R. Elliott, 45, appeared virtually in Lewis … more

By The Chronicle staff | 9/26/21

FILE PHOTO — James Wilson McMillion II appears in Lewis County Superior Court.

Two Men Convicted for 2019 Mossyrock Burglary

Two men have been convicted on charges related to a February 2019 burglary of a Mossyrock residence. James McMillion, 43, of Mossyrock, and Marcus Church 24, had been accused of stealing … more

By The Chronicle staff | 9/26/21 | 2 comments