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On May 8, Governor Jay Inslee declared a statewide emergency over a pair of spongy moth infestations, one just outside Olympia and the other in Skagit County. The declaration claimed the infestation …
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Daniel Schrager / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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5/11/24
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Point Defiance Zoo is expected to reopen its Tropical Reef Aquarium this summer, the zoo announced this week.
Formerly called the "South Pacific Aquarium," the 25,000-square-foot area will boast …
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/11/24
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The woman accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old boy earlier this month had used methamphetamine, fentanyl or both before taking the boy, court records show.
Tra’Veon Lewis’s mother …
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Fedor Zarkhin / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/11/24
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Nearly a million people across the U.S. have unclaimed refunds from their 2020 taxes.
While taxpayers typically have three years to file overdue tax returns and still receive a refund if they …
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By Daniel Schrager / The Bellingham Herald TNS
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5/10/24
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If you’re planning on traveling next year, then you need to plan on getting a Real ID-compliant form of identification soon in order to avoid potential inconveniences.
Officials with the …
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By Rosemary Montalvo / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/10/24
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Larry and Gwen Mielke have spent their lives around animals.
In 30 years of living on the “Milky Way” ranch near Elma, the couple has raised cattle and hosted plenty of rodeo …
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By Clayton Franke / The Daily World
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5/10/24
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Olympia police arrested a 72-year-old man Tuesday on suspicion of threatening to shoot up a downtown bank.
The man attended his preliminary appearance in Thurston County Superior Court on …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/10/24
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A boy died Wednesday night after he and three other teens jumped off the orange pedestrian bridge at Riverfront Park in downtown Spokane.
Spokane Fire Department spokesman Justin de Ruyter said …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/10/24
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A 44-year-old man was arrested Wednesday by the Washington State Patrol on charges of driving under the influence after a pursuit ended in a two-car crash on Wishkah Boulevard in Aberdeen.
Keith …
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Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World (TNS)
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5/10/24
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The Archdiocese of Seattle is refusing to turn over documents showing how it handled child sexual abuse allegations by church leaders, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said in a news …
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/10/24
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A bipartisan group of 17 members of Congress has urged the House Appropriations Committee to fully fund the Federal Highway Administration’s Bridge Investment Program.
In a letter dated …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/10/24
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There are some significant becauses coming shortly. The last one is especially big. But first ...
It appears that a Sonics return may not be far off. Yes, that sentence has been repeated in one …
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Matt Calkins / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/9/24
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Over the past several months, Washington's campaign-finance watchdog agency has been flooded with hundreds of complaints against political campaigns — a deluge driven largely by one person.
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/9/24
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A man was found deceased in a Bonney Lake home that burned Wednesday morning.
Firefighters responded at 5 a.m. to the Cedar View neighborhood. Callers told 911 a house was engulfed in flames …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/9/24
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The U.S. Justice Department expects to have a decision by the end of this month on whether it will pursue criminal claims against Boeing following two fatal 737 Max crashes.
Federal prosecutors …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times / (TNS)
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5/9/24
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SEATTLE — President Joe Biden is headed to Seattle this week to raise money for his reelection campaign.
Biden will participate in fundraising events in the area on Friday and Saturday, …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/9/24
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A former Tacoma physician performed medically unnecessary spinal surgeries on veterans and then fraudulently billed the government for it, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
Now, CHI …
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/9/24
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Federal agent tells man who kicked him in groin during escape attempt: ‘I don’t hold any resentment’
At his sentencing Wednesday, 27-year-old Jerrold Thomas Moffett heard from the federal agent who he kicked in the groin last summer when the agent allowed him to smoke a cigarette before bringing him …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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5/9/24
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The driver killed last week after reportedly fleeing from Cowlitz County deputies had a warrant out for her arrest.
Jamesha S. Berryman, 31, of Longview, and her two passengers were killed, …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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5/9/24
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Electrical customers in Washington state may have their power turned off this summer as part of a program employed by several utilities intended to reduce wildfires caused by their equipment.
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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5/9/24
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