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The body of a 17-year-old male was found in Ward Lake Wednesday afternoon, according to Olympia police.
About 4:30 p.m., a resident who lives on the lake spotted the body and called 911. The …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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12/23/22
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Near one of the northernmost tips of Thurston County lies a small estuary that’s been identified as high priority for conservation.
Baird Cove, an 87-acre pocket estuary on Johnson Point, …
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By Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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12/23/22
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The Cowlitz County commissioners Tuesday rescinded the state of emergency in housing and homelessness declared more than five years ago in part to avoid adopting stormwater regulations required by …
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By Katie Fairbanks / The Daily News
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12/23/22
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A 63-year-old Lakewood man is facing criminal charges for taking tens of thousands of dollars in workers compensation payments over nearly seven years for a shoulder injury while he allegedly …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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12/23/22
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A 73-year-old man was rescued Wednesday afternoon by Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue and Longview Fire Department members after the man got pinned down underneath a bulldozer, according to Cowlitz 2 Fire …
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By Matthew Esnayra / The Daily News
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12/23/22
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WASHINGTON — In a historic address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, exactly 300 days after Russia invaded his country, Ukraine's president thanked U.S. lawmakers for their support …
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Orion Donovan-Smith / The Spokesman-Review
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12/22/22
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Lakewood gun shop WGS Guns will pay $15,000 to the state Attorney General's Office after it broke the state's ban on the sale of high-capacity magazines for firearms, the office announced …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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12/22/22
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Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Wednesday his office is suing Kroger, Albertsons and Rite Aid, arguing their pharmacy chains failed to act as the "final barrier" against the …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times
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12/22/22
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A massive congressional appropriations bill made public Tuesday includes $300 million in disaster assistance for fishing families and communities buffeted by downturns in Bering Sea crab as well as …
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By Hal Bernton / The Seattle Times
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12/21/22
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A year and a half after a global pandemic and an explosion of fraud rocked the state's Employment Security Department, an audit released Monday says there's still room for improvement when it comes …
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By Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times
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12/21/22
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Amtrak Cascades’ classic evergreen and mocha colored trains are getting an upgrade with eight new trainsets and two new locomotives headed to the Pacific Northwest in 2026, Amtrak announced …
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By William Seekamp / The Columbian
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12/21/22
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A 33-year-old Cowlitz County man is charged with seven counts of possession of child porn in Cowlitz County Superior Court.
Jesse Ryan Chattick was released from jail on a $10,000 bond Friday and …
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By Matthew Esnayra / The Daily News
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12/21/22
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Clark County officials announced Tuesday the Kelso officer who fatally shot a man Saturday is Austin Foley, 25.
Police were called at 11:55 p.m. Saturday to the 2400 block of Mulberry Avenue in …
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By The Daily News
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12/21/22
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A Bellingham woman is being mourned as a "true Earth angel" after her death in an apparent shark attack earlier this month while she was vacationing in Hawaii.
Kristine Allen, 60, vanished …
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Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald
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12/20/22
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A man standing on his patio Tuesday morning near Parkland was critically injured in a shooting that left 80 shell casings outside an apartment complex.
The shooting was reported at about 4 a.m. in …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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12/20/22
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The Washington state Department of Commerce and Washington state Arts Commission recently announced that the latest round of Working Washington Grants have resulted in the allocation of $75 million …
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By Brandon Hansen / For The Nisqually Valley News
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12/20/22
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Data breaches in the state of Washington are at a historic high, with 4.5 million breach notices being sent to Washington residents in 2022. The Washington state attorney general issued a data breach …
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By Brandon Hansen / For Nisqually Valley News
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12/20/22
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This December marks a decade since Washington state became one of the first two states in the U.S. to legalize marijuana.
A look back at the cannabis industry's growth in the Evergreen State …
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Alison Saldanha / The Seattle Times
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12/19/22
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Oregon State Police are searching for a poacher or poachers who killed two black bears in Southwest Oregon in October.
On Oct. 29, a black bear was discovered in a tree with an arrow protruding …
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Catalina Gaitán / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/18/22
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A Clark County Circuit judge has set bail at $1.5 million for a Vancouver man accused of stabbing four people at a Washington casino with a hunting knife and leading sheriff’s deputies on a …
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Catalina Gaitán / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/18/22
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