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An accused rapist is one of the first to have his bail amount cut this week because of Franklin County's acute shortage of public defense attorneys.
In a second case, a man suspected of driving …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/12/23
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Former Washington State University football coach Nick Rolovich was in a Spokane courtroom Thursday, asking a federal judge to allow his case to continue against his former employer for firing him …
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Kip Hill / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/12/23
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An Aberdeen man was injured in an alleged drunk-driving related crash in Montesano on Tuesday afternoon and was transported for further medical care.
The crash occurred just after 5:30 p.m., …
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Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
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5/12/23
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OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee this week signed into a law a measure that will expand free school lunches to all students in kindergarten through fourth grade in districts where at least 30% of all …
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Charles H. Featherstone / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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5/12/23
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A 65-year-old Black man will get a new trial after the Washington Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors discriminated against him by striking the last Black person from his jury pool nearly 20 years …
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Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/12/23
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Third-party investigators are trying to determine the cause of a blaze that destroyed the historic Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge at Olympic National Park on Sunday.
A law enforcement ranger reported …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/12/23
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Western Washington Fred Meyer and QFC stores unlawfully barred employees from wearing Black Lives Matter pins and face masks at work in 2020, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.
The …
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By Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks / The Seattle Times
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5/10/23
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Gov. Jay Inslee signed a slate of housing bills Monday, capping a legislative session many lawmakers took to calling the "year of housing."
Many of the bills are aimed at boosting the supply of …
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By Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times
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5/10/23
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Olympia police are looking for a suspect after a dog was found hacked to death Sunday afternoon in the 2300 block of State Avenue Northeast.
Police believe a large sword or machete was used to …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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5/10/23
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The Tumwater Police Department said officers received reports Monday morning of a juvenile heading toward Tumwater Middle School armed with a handgun. It turned out to be a toy, police said.
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/8/23
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Two men were arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes Friday night, following a fight, a threat with a gun and a southbound pursuit on Interstate 5, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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5/8/23
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A Pierce County man was sentenced Friday to nearly a year in jail for animal cruelty after more than 100 dogs were seized from his property south of Tacoma over two years.
Several dogs taken …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/8/23
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Thurston County's former Racial Equity Program manager alleges the county manager unfairly terminated her earlier this year.
Nicole Miller served as the program manager from August 2021 to …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/8/23
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The state will have public hearings on proposed permanent rules for temporary worker housing.
The proposed changes focus on ventilation and communicable diseases and come after nine sets of …
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Jasper Kenzo Sundeen / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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5/8/23
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SEATTLE — The doubters found reasons to try and couch the success of Bryce Miller’s first big-league start, saying domination came against the abysmal Oakland A’s, who might be one …
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Ryan Divish / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/8/23
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The Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge in Olympic National Park burned to the ground Sunday.
A law enforcement ranger on patrol reported at about 4:30 p.m. that the lodge was fully engulfed in flames, …
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Taylor Blatchford / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/8/23
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WASHINGTON — Last week, amid a monthslong standoff pitting GOP demands to cut federal spending in exchange for agreeing to pay the government's bills, President Joe Biden invited congressional …
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Orion Donovan-Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/8/23
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One dose of naloxone can be the difference between a fatal overdose and survival.
That's clear to Eliseo Flores, who's used the lifesaving opioid overdose reversal drug to save multiple friends …
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Daisy Zavala Magaña / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/8/23
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A man and woman accused of leading a retail-theft scheme and stealing more than $800,000 in merchandise, including from home improvement stores in Western Washington, were indicted Wednesday. The two …
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By Jared Gendron / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/5/23
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee came to the energy hub of the Pacific Northwest — the Tri-Cities — to sign seven clean energy bills passed by the Legislature in the session just ended.
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/4/23
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