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Washington state is penalizing a Seattle-based vehicle battery manufacturer for exposing workers to lead levels more than four times the safety limit.
The Department of Labor and Industries said …
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Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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4/14/26
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Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and a suite of agency partners from the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) recently completed a five-year update to the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/13/26
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The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will hold a hybrid meeting in Olympia from April 16 to 18 to hear briefings on a proposed land transaction, the Pacific Salmon Treaty and the 2025 annual …
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4/13/26
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As the 2026 election cycle begins to take shape ahead of the August primaries, a lesser-known political organization is attempting to carve out space in a landscape long dominated by Democrats and …
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By Cade Barker / For The Chronicle
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4/13/26
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, toured the Skamania Fish Hatchery near Washougal on Tuesday, April 7.
The state is pushing toward a full closure of the Skamania Fish Hatchery this …
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By Cade Barker / For The Chronicle
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4/13/26
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Two people are dead following a late-night shooting Saturday in Longview, and a Kelso man has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder following a police pursuit.
Officers with the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/13/26
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Roughly 18 small earthquakes were recorded off the coast of Washington early Sunday, geologists reported.
The first and largest quake hit around 4:48 a.m. in the Pacific Ocean about 240 miles …
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By Caitlyn Freeman and Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/13/26
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WASHINGTON — Once-abundant groundwater has dwindled at the Nisqually Clear Creek Hatchery near Olympia. Now, the hatchery needs drilled wells and water pumps to sustain the facility’s millions of …
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By Anumita Kaur / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/13/26
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Friday signed into law a bill to require teachers and doctors to out transgender minors to their parents, or face lawsuits.
House Bill 822 requires schools, health care …
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By Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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4/13/26
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Like a child trying to find ways around a parent’s “no,” President Donald Trump is still trying to find ways to justify his tariffs after the Supreme Court in late February struck them down , …
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By Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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4/13/26
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Spikes in energy prices caused by the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran drove up inflation for Americans in March, according to the latest consumer price index figures released Friday.
Costs jumped 0.9% …
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By Ashley Murray / States Newsroom
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4/13/26
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Washington boasts 221 housing-related programs across 30 state agencies.
But despite all of these initiatives, Lt. Gov. Denny Heck thinks the state is still going in the wrong direction …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/13/26
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Vancouver authorities closed southbound Interstate 5 for a time on Saturday afternoon during a standoff with a man barricaded inside his East 13th Street apartment.
Around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, …
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Sami Edge / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/12/26
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About 105 new Oregonians are born each day, on average. Welcome! Happy birthday to all 105 of you.
Now, let’s take a moment of reflection for the Oregonians who die each day — 115, on …
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Mike Rogoway / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/12/26
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The U.S. Coast Guard is scaling back its once-ambitious plans for a polar security base along Seattle's waterfront.
The Coast Guard announced in November that it anticipated growing its …
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/12/26
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An infant infected with measles could have exposed King County residents to the disease in Bellevue and Northeast Seattle, including on public transit.
Public Health - Seattle & King County …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/12/26
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A few minutes after the not-so-smooth unveiling of the newest Mariners statue, Ken Griffey Jr. approached Ichiro inside a ground-floor hallway at T-Mobile Park and professed his innocence.
“I …
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Adam Jude / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/12/26
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A 37-year-old man was shot and killed in Puyallup early Sunday.
Pierce County Sheriff's deputies found the man around 4:19 a.m. in the 12200 block of Canyon Road East with gunshot wounds, …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/12/26
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Seattle's tourism industry continues to have high hopes for what this summer's FIFA World Cup matches could do for the city. But because the mega soccer tournament will take place against a backdrop …
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton and David Kroman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/12/26
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In his four years on this Earth, Aller Matheny has had five different child care providers.
At one point, his mother, Ashlyn Deatherage, considered driving her son two hours to Spokane so he …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/12/26
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