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Washington’s wolf population is down for the first time since resident packs were confirmed to be returning to the state about 16 years ago, new figures show.
The state and tribes counted …
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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4/7/25
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If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org.
When a package from Amazon arrived at her Clark County home in November 2020, …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/7/25
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State Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, and Reps. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia, and Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama, called for the immediate relocation of pheasants off the Bob Oke Game Farm in Centralia to help …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/7/25
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Thousands of people streamed onto the Capitol Campus in Olympia on Saturday afternoon to protest a plethora of actions President Donald Trump and special government employee Elon Musk have taken …
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By The Olympian staff
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4/7/25
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Washington's wolf numbers shrank slightly last year for the first time in 16 years.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife's 2024 Wolf Conservation and Management Report put the year-end minimum …
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Michael Wright / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/7/25
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Legal disagreements continue between Washington state and the federal government after a directive from the Trump administration warned that state education agencies could lose federal funding if …
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Elena Perry / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/7/25
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In the months after 24-year-old D.J. was diagnosed with schizophrenia, he searched online for answers to questions that felt urgent and existential.
Does it get really bad over time? Will I be …
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Hannah Furfaro / The Seattle Times / (TNS)
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4/7/25
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Federal officials terminated a University of Oregon student visa on March 28 — raising alarm bells just as the Eugene campus was returning to life on the last day of spring break.
On …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/7/25
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The Trump administration is canceling a popular grant program that has given states and communities billions of dollars to protect against natural disasters, according to an internal document …
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By Jerry Knaak / The Daily World
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4/7/25
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A man was sentenced this week to nearly three years in prison for uploading sexually explicit content involving children to his Google account.
James Ray Smith, 32, of Roseburg, was sentenced by …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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4/7/25
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Dozens of people turned out for a spirited public hearing Friday before the state Senate Ways & Means Committee on controversial legislation to cap yearly rent increases
Engrossed House Bill …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/7/25
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Over the next few weeks, lawmakers in Washington’s state House and Senate need to resolve significant differences on new taxes, education funding, furloughs for state employees and much, much …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/7/25
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Seven members of Congress from Washington state — all Democrats — have co-signed a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Acting Director of Immigration and Customs …
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By The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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4/6/25
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Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, along with 15 other states, sued the Trump administration Friday for delaying and canceling funding for medical and public health research.
The lawsuit, …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/6/25
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Trump administration memorandum issued Thursday declared a state of emergency in domestic timber supply and national forest health, directing the U.S. Forest Service to suspend normal environmental …
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/6/25
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Washington Attorney General Nick Brown joined 20 other states Friday in suing the Trump administration to block the dismantling of federal agencies that support libraries, museums, workers and …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/6/25
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Two Washington female athletes are asking the Trump administration to stop a champion transgender runner from competing in the ongoing high school track and field season.
The civil rights …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/6/25
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OLYMPIA — It's that time in the legislative session when budgets are out, the countdown to the final day is on and more bills are dead after yet another cutoff in the Legislature.
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Shauna Sowersby / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/6/25
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Nineteen years after 10-year-old Adre’anna Jackson disappeared and later was found dead, the Washington state Attorney General Office’s cold-case unit is reviewing her case.
Police …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/6/25
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Members of Washington’s state-employees union are planning to march on the state Capitol next Wednesday to urge state lawmakers to adopt a budget free from furloughs, cuts and closures.
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/6/25
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