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Two young men were seriously injured after a one-car crash on U.S. Highway 101 Wednesday evening. The driver of the vehicle had to be airlifted to treatment in Seattle after the wrecked vehicle …
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Leo Brine / The Olympian
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8/20/21
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New evacuation orders were issued Thursday afternoon as the Schneider Springs Fire northwest of Naches continued to grow.
Level 3 "go now" evacuation orders were expanded to all residents along …
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Janelle Retka / Yakima Herald-Republic
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8/20/21
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COVID-19 hospitalizations have reached a new peak, and doctors and staff are reacting in dismay as medical facilities across Washington state reach occupation levels higher than at any time point …
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Christine Clarridge and Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times
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8/20/21
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Gov. Jay Inslee's rollout of a sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandate is drawing fire from a major state employees union and leaving unanswered questions, including whether workers fired for noncompliance …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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8/20/21
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Traffic on Highway 12 east of Central Park was snarled for hours on Tuesday afternoon after a semitruck driver fell asleep and crashed at the Bryrwood Lane exit.
According to a Washington State …
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Dan Hammock / The Daily World
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8/20/21
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The first Asian giant hornet nest of the year was found this week in a rural area east of Blaine.
The nest was found not far from where this year's first confirmed sighting of a live so-called …
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Christine Clarridge / The Seattle Times
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8/20/21
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Washington's COVID Vaccine Mandates Ordered by Gov. Jay Inslee Are Among the Strictest in the Nation
Even before Gov. Jay Inslee expanded his COVID-19 vaccination order to K-12 and higher education employees on Wednesday, Washington's vaccine mandate ranked among the most sweeping and strict in the …
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Employees of Washington state's highest court must receive vaccination against COVID-19 by Nov. 1, according to an order entered Wednesday.
The requirement includes exemptions for religious or …
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Kip Hill / The Spokesman-Review
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8/19/21
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Washington State University wants its insurance provider to pay $63 million more to cover its costs responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The university's lawsuit against Factory Mutual, originally …
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Kip Hill / The Spokesman-Review
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8/19/21
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With the COVID-19 vaccine now a job requirement in Washington, teachers and other school staff must be vaccinated by mid-October or lose their jobs.
Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday all public, …
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Meg Wochnick / The Columbian
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8/19/21
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2020 Was a Banner Year for Outdoor Recreation. State Managers Wonder, Will It Last? And Will It Pay?
Outdoor recreation accounted for 2% of Washington's total gross domestic product in 2020, according to a study released this month, while the outdoor recreation industry accounted for 2.8% of total …
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Eli Francovich / The Spokesman-Review,
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8/19/21
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Tacoma police arrested a man early Thursday after he reportedly broke into a family's home overnight, locked himself in a bathroom and started a fire.
Officers went to a home around 10:10 p.m. …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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8/19/21
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It will be easier than ever this week to see Jupiter, already the third-brightest natural object in the sky, when it moves directly opposite the sun Thursday and makes its closest approach of the …
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Christine Clarridge / The Seattle Times
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8/19/21
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OLYMPIA — Indoor mask mandates are back, and vaccine requirements are expanded to educators, Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday.
Beginning Aug. 23, everyone — regardless of …
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The number of patients are exceeding adequate capacity at Olympia hospitals and ventilators are in short supply, a Thurston County Public Health and Social Services official said.
Providence St. …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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8/18/21
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A brief but heated exchange between Aberdeen Mayor Pete Schave and council member Tiesa Meskis erupted during the council comment portion of the Aberdeen City Council meeting on Wednesday.
Meskis …
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Dan Hammock / The Daily World
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8/18/21
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On Sunday, Anchorage-based Alaska Airlines Capt. Eric Moss, 53, died of COVID-19 shortly after testing positive for the coronavirus, the third employee of the airline to die from the virus within the …
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Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times
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8/18/21
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A Washington state appeals court has overturned a 2019 ruling that found Bellevue-headquartered thrift chain TVI Inc., which operates Value Village and Savers, had misled customers by deceptively …
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Katherine Anne Long / The Seattle Times
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8/18/21
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The labor shortage roiling American industries from restaurants to retail stores is now stressing the health care system, causing a ripple effect among Washington hospitals of severe …
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Mike Reicher / The Seattle Times
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8/18/21
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A Camas man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for raping an 18-year-old woman with developmental disabilities in March 2018 in a restroom at a Vancouver community center.
Dwayne Ontonio …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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8/18/21
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