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Former Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers protected his son from an investigation and, according to some witnesses who spoke with investigators, slowed him from going to the hospital after he was …
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James Hanlon / The Spokesman-Review
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8/26/22
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Washington state has the second-highest seismic risk in America because of its location and could see dangerous earthquakes or tsunami waves up to 42 feet tall.
But the Shoalwater Bay Indian …
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Alyse Messmer-Smith / The Bellingham Herald
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8/26/22
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All of Washington's elementary school students will have the option of participating in dual language immersion programs by 2040, if Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal has his way.
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Jeanie Lindsay / The Seattle Times
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8/25/22
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Successfully breaching the four Lower Snake River dams will require extensive preparation and bipartisan support U.S. Democrats don't yet have, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, …
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Nicholas Turner / The Seattle Times
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8/25/22
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Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday that Washington would follow California's lead and ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035.
The specific regulations for Washington will be sharpened in …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times
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8/25/22
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Investigators say they have recovered a knife from the scene where an Olympia police officer fatally shot a man on Monday.
The officer reportedly shot the 37-year-old man after reports of a …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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8/25/22
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A former U.S. Army Ranger serving a 44-year prison sentence for leading a terrifying takeover robbery at a Tacoma bank, then ordering a hit on the assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted him, …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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8/25/22
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A man who went on a multi-state crime spree throughout the Inland Northwest in January was sentenced to life in prison earlier this month.
Jesse Spitzer, 30, of Sultan, Washington, pleaded …
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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8/25/22
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A former Pierce County inmate alleges the jail and its medical provider missed the signs of a severe blood clot and should have provided treatment to prevent the amputation of his leg, according to a …
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Jared Brown / The News Tribune
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8/24/22
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Hundreds of thousands of Washington residents may be eligible to have student loans forgiven through a plan announced Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
On Wednesday, Biden said he would provide …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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8/24/22
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Donald Salave'a started mumbling something under his breath as he sat in a Tacoma police patrol car on May 23 waiting to get booked into jail.
It was the second time he'd been in that position …
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Jared Brown / The News Tribune
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8/24/22
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Kennewick police have arrested two teens for killing a 17-year-old former football player in April.
Jacob A. Young Jr., 18, was booked shortly before noon Tuesday on a $1 million warrant for …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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8/24/22
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OLYMPIA — Officials with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and the Washington State Department of Agriculture are asking property owners and residents to check their trees, …
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Staff Report / Columbia Basin Herald
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8/24/22
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A Whatcom County man is suspected of pushing, slapping, choking and whipping a woman he is familiar with and using physical force to rape her, even while police were outside attempting to get …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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8/24/22
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The amount of monkeypox cases in Washington state has been increasing according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
On Aug. 1, Washington's case count was only 123, but …
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Alyse Messmer-Smith / The Bellingham Herald
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8/24/22
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Technology that measures how the eye's pupil respond to light is showing promise in research as a childhood screening tool for autism — with a goal of toddler-age interventions that could …
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Treva Lind / The Spokesman-Review
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8/24/22
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The Evergreen State College in Olympia is offering cash to 100 former students who started their degrees at the four-year public liberal arts college but did not complete them.
The first 100 …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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8/24/22
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Authorities on Monday identified the hiker who fell 100 feet to her death near Multnomah Falls last week as a 62-year-old woman from Minnesota.
They released no other information about what …
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Jamie Hale / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/23/22
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Dawn Walker, a Canadian author accused of fleeing to Oregon under an assumed name after faking her death and the death of her 7-year-old son, is expected to be driven back to the border Wednesday by …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com
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8/23/22
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Drought conditions in the Pacific Northwest are not nearly as severe as they were last year, but some areas are still seeing severe, extreme and even exceptional drought.
About 38.5% of the region …
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Kate Smith / Yakima Herald-Republic
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8/23/22
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