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A regional scientific panel has given final approval for COVID-19 vaccines for young children, clearing the way for Washington medical providers to offer the shots in the coming days and weeks.
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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6/20/22
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A man was shot and killed Friday night after an altercation at an apartment complex, Olympia police say.
The victim died at the scene. His autopsy is set for Tuesday, Thurston County Coroner …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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6/20/22
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An unusually cold and wet spring, one in which 4.97 inches of rain fell between April 1 and Wednesday, may be a boon for deer and elk.
But for ground-nesting birds, including imperiled …
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Eli Francovich / The Spokesman-Review
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6/19/22
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People camped near highways in Thurston County will be removed and offered housing solutions under a new agreement between the county and Washington state.
Last week, the Board of County …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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6/19/22
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A 22-year-old active duty soldier stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord was fatally shot Saturday in Parkland, according to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department.
An online statement from the …
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Sean Robinson / The News Tribune
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6/19/22
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A former Amazon engineer was convicted Friday on federal charges stemming from a 2019 hack that compromised the accounts of 100 million credit card users.
A jury empaneled in Seattle found Paige …
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Maya Miller / The Seattle Times
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6/18/22
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A Seattle resident critically injured by a driver during a Black Lives Matter demonstration filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state, city and suspected driver.
Dawit Kelete is accused of hitting …
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Daisy Zavala Magaña / The Seattle Times
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6/18/22
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The state Attorney General's office is seeking to require Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer to post bail of $10,000 as a condition of continued release pending his upcoming trial on charges of false …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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6/18/22
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A labor contractor based in Adams County denied 165 farm laborers more than $83,000 collectively in overtime pay for cleaning the Gorge Amphitheater, according to a U.S. Department of Labor …
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Daisy Zavala Magaña / The Seattle Times
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6/18/22
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Snohomish County officials have identified the remains of an anonymous male and female in two separate cases as a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and a woman who went missing from a cabin in …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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6/18/22
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Kitsap County judges disallowed DUI evidence from a machine manufactured by Dräger Inc. because it did not meet state admissibility rules. Dräger breathalyzers are used extensively by state …
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By Lawrence Wilson / The Center Square
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6/18/22
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The Lummi Nation received a $200,000 grant from the Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development to help fund documenting and revitalizing its Native language and combat a decline in its …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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6/18/22
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COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months could soon be authorized for emergency use, according to the Washington state Department of Health.
In a Thursday news release, the DOH listed …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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6/18/22
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A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to five years in prison for causing the death of an Olympia teen who overdosed on narcotics.
Thurston County Superior Court Judge Indu Thomas sentenced …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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6/18/22
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Two organizations whose members pose as children to catch suspected child predators helped Tacoma police arrest a registered sex offender from Adams County this week, officials say.
Workers with …
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Jared Brown / The News Tribune
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6/18/22
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Gov. Jay Inslee and leaders of both parties in the Washington Legislature are calling on longtime Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler to resign, after he fired a top aide who had complained that …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times
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6/17/22
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The Washington Attorney General's office has declined to appeal a judge's ruling that bans Navy SEAL or other military training in Washington state parks.
This appears to mark the demise of a …
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Hal Bernton / The Seattle Times
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6/17/22
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Initiative 1929, an effort by some of Washington's wealthier residents to repeal the capital gains tax passed by the legislature in 2021, has come to an end. Organizers, which included venture …
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Shari Phiel / The Columbian
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6/17/22
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After a wobble in the moon's orbit resulted in historic low tides in Olympia this week, the Puget Sound Estuarium is emphasizing the importance of safe beach etiquette to protect the Puget Sound's …
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Cayli Yanagida / The Olympian
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6/17/22
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The first confirmed case of avian flu in a mammal in Washington state was detected in a baby raccoon at Sacajawea Historical State Park in Pasco, Washington.
This is the first case of avian flu …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald
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6/17/22
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