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Man dies on Interstate 5 after his car is hit by a semi-truck, troopers say

A driver was killed in a wreck on Interstate 5 in Fife on Friday, the Washington State Patrol reported. A 26-year-old Federal Way man was headed south on I-5 near 70th Avenue about 4:15 a.m. … more

Adam Lynn / The News Tribune (TNS) | 6/15/24

'You can feel him': Father remembers Washington teen killed by off-duty guard

Hazrat Ali Rohani didn't smoke or drink or swear. When the junior wasn't at Kent-Meridian High School, he was helping customers at his father's clothing store in Kent or watching over his five … more

Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 6/15/24

Razor clams sit at Grayland Beach on Friday, March 8.

Razor clam digging reopens on north Oregon coast

Oregon has reopened razor clam digging on the north Oregon coast from Yachats to the Washington border, including Clatsop County beaches. However, bay clam and mussel harvests remain closed … more

Bill Monroe / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 6/15/24

A car crash on Highway 30 left a 17-year-old girl seriously injured.

Teen girl in serious condition after car falls 150 feet down ravine in Columbia River Gorge

A 17-year-old girl is in serious condition in a local hospital after the car she was in tumbled 150 feet down a Columbia River Gorge ravine on Wednesday, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office … more

Sujena Soumyanath / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 6/15/24

The Makah Tribe, here in a 1999 file image, will regain the legal right to hunt gray whales off the coast of Washington, officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday morning.

'This is a food sovereignty issue': Washington’s Makah Tribe will again be allowed to hunt gray whales

Not since the spring of 1999 have members of the Makah Tribe filed into a cedar canoe and paddled off Washington's coast to legally harpoon a gray whale, trailing its body back to shore for … more

By Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times | 6/14/24

First responders tend to patients after a vehicle crashes into an apartment complex on Thursday, June 13, in the 1000 block of Seventh Avenue in Longview.

Three hospitalized after van hits pedestrian, crashes into Cowlitz County apartment

Three people were hospitalized Thursday after a minivan left the road near Seventh Avenue Park , then hit a pedestrian and crashed into an apartment complex, trapping a woman inside. The … more

By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News | 6/14/24

A steady stream of people inspected a dead gray whale beached on the Pacific Ocean Wednesday afternoon, as a dog sniffs away. You can see the Quinault casino at the top far right.

Study: Oregon gray whales are shrinking in size

For four summers in a row, Oregon State University faculty research assistant Todd Chandler could be found on a small boat off the coast of Oregon piloting a drone over the unsuspecting backs of gray … more

Tanner Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 6/14/24

Two hospitalized after crash in Mason County left vehicle 'engulfed in flames'

Two people were injured in a fiery car crash in Mason County Wednesday evening. The incident occurred at about 9 p.m. on U.S. Highway 101 in Kamilche, south of Shelton, according to a Washington … more

Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS) | 6/14/24

'Angry and shocked': Hate crime alleged after Washington boy assaulted during middle-school trip

A Bellingham child was injured in an alleged hate crime as a group of students returned from a field trip Wednesday afternoon in downtown Bellingham, police and school officials said. The … more

Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald (TNS) | 6/14/24

Sebastian Manuel Antonio, 14, is described as 5 feet tall, weighing 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, according to an Aberdeen Police Department news release.

Police in Grays Harbor County seek information on missing boy

Aberdeen police are seeking information on a teenager reported missing last week from East Aberdeen. Sebastian Manuel Antonio, 14, is described as 5 feet tall, weighing 130 pounds, with black … more

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World (TNS) | 6/14/24

A graphical rendering shows what Elma High School’s Davis Field may look like during a Friday night football game once a new grandstand project is completed.

Elma steps up to build football stadium

For years now, the mere word "stadium" uttered at local Elma hot spots would often be met with looks of frustration and dissatisfaction. Rightly so, as much needed and much desired improvements … more

Ryan Sparks / The Daily World (TNS) | 6/14/24

Attorney General Bob Ferguson announces a monetary settlement with Ostrom Farms for gender and worker discrimination. (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times/TNS)

Washington state considers next steps with abortion pill stockpile after Supreme Court ruling

OLYMPIA — The governor's office is considering what to do with Washington state's stockpile of the abortion pill mifepristone in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday that maintained … more

Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 6/14/24

22-year-old Washington man accused of murder allegedly tried to smuggle bag into sixth-floor cell from outside

A 22-year-old man accused of murder was charged this week with damaging a Spokane County Jail cell window to allow a coffee bag with a "powdery substance" inside to be hoisted about 12 stories … more

Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS) | 6/14/24

Nov. 11, 1995: Washington Huskies players Mike Ewaliko and Lawyer Milloy confer during a game against the UCLA Bruins at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Washington won the game, 38-14.

Commentary: Lawyer Milloy earns Washington degree nearly 30 years later, keeps promise to mom

SEATTLE — Last week, Washington football published a social-media post congratulating the program’s 18 spring or summer graduates. The group included 17 Huskies from this or last … more

Mike Vorel / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 6/14/24

Lightning strikes the hills east of Centralia and Chehalis on Monday, May 15, 2023, during a two-day stretch of unpredictable weather in Southwest Washington, including record-breaking 90-degree weather, rain, thunder and an electrical storm.

Latest weather forecast calls for a light-and-sound show around the Puget Sound region

This weekend could bring some flash-bang to Puget Sound. A wet weather system is coming with a chance of lightning Friday through Sunday. The most likely time for lightning will come Saturday … more

Craig Sailor / The News Tribune (TNS) | 6/14/24

From left, Osa Gilstrap, Thong-on Phiangdae and Taolook Tayaan stand with a photo of their brother Louk Phiangdae, who went missing from Raymond in 1996 at 11 years old.

Mystery of missing Raymond boy still lingers 28 years later

RAYMOND — Spring in the Riverdale neighborhood of Raymond, Washington, hasn’t changed much since 1996. Locals scurry in and out of the lone convenience store, the youth baseball park … more

By Eric Trent / For The Chronicle | 6/13/24

Makah Tribe will again be allowed to hunt gray whales off Washington state coast

Not since the spring of 1999 have members of the Makah Tribe filed into a cedar canoe and paddled off Washington's coast to legally harpoon a gray whale, trailing its body back to shore for … more

Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 6/13/24

Young Eastern Washington man dies after exposure to hantavirus likely carried by deer mice

A Grant County man in his 20s has died from hantavirus, a virus spread by rodents, in the first case in the state reported this year. His is the 19th known death from the virus in Washington … more

Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS) | 6/13/24

Missing Washington mom identified 40 years after her body was found in the Columbia River

Patricia Kay Rodriguez stopped at a Yakima restaurant on her way to work in 1983 and was never seen again. For more than 40 years, the disappearance of the mother of four haunted her family and … more

Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS) | 6/13/24

William A. Anders made a historic flight on Apollo 8 to the moon and back. Anders was one of the first three humans ever to witness the back side of the moon during the 1968 flight.

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders died of blunt-force injuries from a plane crash, coroner says

SEATTLE — Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the Apollo 8 astronaut, died of multiple blunt-force injuries when the plane he was piloting last week crashed off the coast of Jones Island, … more

Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 6/13/24