Lewis County and various city staff members, local farmers, business owners, recreationalists and organization leaders recently met to discuss projects to help their communities benefit from healthy …
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11/3/23
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For their upcoming fall production, Rochester High School’s theater students were keen on performing “Clue,” a play based on the iconic murder mystery game that features six …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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11/3/23
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Four deceased veterans whose remains were left unclaimed in Lewis County deserve recognition for their service to the country, “at the very least,” said Lewis County Coroner Warren …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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11/3/23
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The Washington state Fire Marshal’s Office encourages residents to check their smoke alarms when turning back their clocks for daylight savings this weekend.
“Working smoke alarms …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/3/23
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Lewis County Sheriff’s Office deputies and swift water rescue team personnel are attempting to recover a deceased individual from the Cowlitz River northeast of Toledo, the sheriff’s …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/3/23
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Human remains found in South Thurston County Oct. 28 belong to a 20-year-old man who was last seen on Feb. 28, 2019, according to a news release from the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/3/23
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A former King County Jail guard, two men incarcerated in the jail and three other people have been indicted in an alleged scheme to smuggle fentanyl and methamphetamine into the downtown Seattle jail …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/3/23
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Two more dogs have been found in Yakima County with evidence of extreme abuse and torture, an animal welfare organization reported.
One of the dogs was found deceased while the other is being …
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Tammy Ayer / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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11/3/23
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King County sheriff's detectives scored the agency's largest-ever individual fentanyl powder bust last week when they intercepted a suspected large-scale drug trafficker after watching him receive a …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times / (TNS)
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11/3/23
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RENTON — After Devon Witherspoon's breakout game on Oct. 2 against the Giants that included a game-clinching, 97-yard pick-six, coach Pete Carroll said he wondered how the Seahawks rookie …
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Bob Condotta / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/3/23
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Jeff Bezos is leaving Seattle.
The Amazon founder said Thursday he was moving to Miami after nearly 30 years in the Puget Sound region to be closer to his parents and the site of Blue Origin's …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/3/23
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A Seattle law firm filed a potential class-action lawsuit Thursday against Alaska Airlines and regional carrier Horizon Air on behalf of passengers aboard an Oct. 22 flight that prosecutors say was …
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Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/3/23
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Under Washington state law, a homeowner association can't ban people from displaying political yard signs before an election.
But the law doesn't specify if there's a time limit on how long …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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11/3/23
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The arrival of the Maple Court enhanced homeless shelter, which opened this year on Quinault Drive in Lacey, has resulted in more crime for area businesses, a store employee told Lacey City Council …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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11/3/23
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A 31-year-old Thurston County man accused of killing his roommate is being held in the county jail without bail.
Taylor Ryan Perkins attended his preliminary appearance in Thurston County …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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11/3/23
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Bail is set at $500,000 for a Centralia man accused of raping a girl under the age of 14 in June.
The incident was reported in July.
According to the victim, she had seen the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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11/2/23
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A 28-year-old Vancouver man charged with murder in the March deaths of his girlfriend and her 7-year-old daughter is facing a new charge of raping a child after investigators matched evidence to his …
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Catalina Gaitán / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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11/2/23
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A former employee of Washington state's Special Commitment Center for dangerous sex offenders on McNeil Island is suing the government agency that runs it, alleging that it failed to protect her from …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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11/2/23
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The Washington State Arts Commission has tapped Cheryl Wilcox to lead its new tribal cultural affairs program, which aims to develop and oversee statewide grants for Indigenous artists as well as …
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Tat Bellamy-Walker / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/2/23
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King County prosecutors have accused a Burien teen of committing a "senseless execution of a total stranger," fatally shooting a man who was apparently asleep aboard a Metro bus early last month in …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/2/23
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