OLYMPIA — Demonstrators gathered on the Capitol steps demanding expanded abortion access as lawmakers met Tuesday to hear a number of bills on reproductive health.
The rally, organized by …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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1/25/23
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A Kennewick woman didn't tell her family members about any plans to leave the area on Saturday.
But later that day, Alyssa A. Longwell would be beaten and forced out of her Kia Soul onto the …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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1/24/23
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A Portland man was sentenced to 41 months in prison Monday in an animal cruelty case that a Clark County judge called "one of the most despicable things I've ever seen a person do."
A Clark County …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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1/24/23
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Investigators are seeking the public's help finding an 8-year-old Vancouver boy who's been missing since June.
On June 17, Vancouver police officers conducted a welfare check on the Vancouver …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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1/24/23
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WOODLAND — Woodland police are searching for a suspect they say rappelled inside a Walmart on Christmas Day in an attempted jewelry heist.
The suspect reportedly left behind a rope and …
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By Matthew Esnayra / The Daily News
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1/24/23
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More than $35 million in grants is up for grabs for Washington municipalities seeking to give a boost to their solar base.
The state Department of Commerce is accepting applications through …
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By The Columbian
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1/23/23
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For the third consecutive year, an anti-impaired driving bill sponsored by state Sen. Mike Padden has been approved by the state Senate Law and Justice Committee. The bill now goes to the state …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/23/23
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Lacey police are asking the public to help identify a man accused of robbery at the Home Depot store on Marvin Road.
The man entered the store Wednesday, Jan. 18, according to police, then …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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1/23/23
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A Kennewick woman was shot and killed in Douglas County, Wash., moments after she was seen falling out of a moving vehicle Saturday evening.
Alyssa Ann Longwell, 37, of Kennewick, was the victim …
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By The Tri-City Herald
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1/23/23
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The 58-year-old woman who confessed to killing her 35-year-old son, cutting off his head and dumping his body last year in Whitman County claimed her son threatened her with a gun prior to the …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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1/23/23
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In the 2021-22 school year, only one county in Washington reached the federal target of 95% or more children receiving all required vaccinations before entering kindergarten.
No, it wasn't King.
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Gene Balk / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/23/23
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Around half of Washington college students have experienced some form of either food or housing insecurity, according to the results of a new survey distributed to nearly a quarter million students …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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1/23/23
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A state work group wants to prevent vehicles that are lived in from being towed and increase the chances that homeless people in Washington can recover the vehicles and belongings that are towed.
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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1/23/23
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Teddy Wayne Hall Sr. is accused of pulling a .22-caliber revolver from his pocket and fatally shooting an unarmed man who had told him he shouldn’t park in a space reserved for the disabled.
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/22/23
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Statue Led to Search, Discovery of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills, Pounds of Heroin in Oregon, Feds Say
What began as a traffic stop on northbound I-5 near Salem on Monday night turned into much more after a state trooper spotted an 18-inch-tall statue on the front passenger seat of the car he had …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/22/23
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A theft suspect, who was not identified, has been arrested on suspicion of 11 counts of first-degree theft, ending a streak of crimes that started in July 2022, according to Olympia …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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1/22/23
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The cold-case murder trial for suspected serial killer Warren Forrest will begin Monday morning in Clark County Superior Court.
The trial is expected to last approximately three weeks, with jury …
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Jessica Prokop / The Columbian
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1/22/23
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State Democratic lawmakers on Thursday rolled out a proposal to create a state wealth tax on financial assets above $250 million. The tax would add an estimated $3 billion to the state's coffers. …
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Shari Phiel / The Columbian
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1/21/23
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Four schools in the Lacey area were placed on a lockout Thursday, Jan. 19 while deputies pursued a man who failed to register as a sex offender with the state.
Thursday morning, the Thurston …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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1/21/23
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A former Vancouver Public Schools custodian was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for secretly recording people in women's staff restrooms at Skyview High School for nearly a decade.
The …
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Jessica Prokop / The Columbian
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1/21/23
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