As part of a growing list of international partners, Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz met with a delegation of Ukrainian officials last week to discuss wildfire mitigation and …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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4/22/24
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Grants Pass City Council President Vanessa Ogier and her mom Cindy Ogier arrived Saturday in Washington, D.C., and snagged the first spot in line to camp outside the U.S. Supreme Court, hoping to be …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/22/24
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A former Bellingham Police Department officer has sued the city of Bellingham over a former mayor's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees, alleging that the city discriminated against him due to his …
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Denver Pratt / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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4/22/24
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A Pasco state senator says she doesn't plan on moving anytime soon to run in a new legislative district after a boundary change effectively ousted her from the 15th District.
Nikki Torres, …
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Eric Rosane / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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4/22/24
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But can he coach?
This should be the only thing Seahawk fans and Seahawk players should be asking. The virtual erasure of the Pete Carroll era in the hallways near the entrance of the team's …
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Matt Calkins / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/22/24
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Months after a contract battle between a regional insurer and Tacoma-based health system was resolved, a new impasse has erupted between a different insurer and the same health system.
This …
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Debbie Cockrell / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/22/24
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A woman and her two children, victims of a deadly house fire in West Central Spokane early Saturday morning, remain hospitalized and on life support, a family member told KHQ Sunday.
The father, …
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Elena Perry / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/22/24
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Over the past couple of years, Washington lawmakers have wrestled with a daunting task.
The problem: The state's largest utility, Puget Sound Energy, sells natural gas to nearly 1 million …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/22/24
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Battle Ground Police Sgt. Richard Kelly confiscated illegal drugs during a call prior to suffering a fatal overdose in August 2023, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office found in an external …
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Cade Barker / cade@thereflector.com
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4/21/24
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After getting off to a raucous start, delegates returned Saturday for the final day of the state Republican Party convention and endorsed gubernatorial hopeful Semi Bird, a day after party …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/21/24
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SEATTLE — In December 2020, 15-year-old Tyler Schmidt took a deadly chemical to a wooded area near his home in Camas, Clark County, Washington.
His body was found two days later. The …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/21/24
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The Cowlitz County Coroner's Office issued a warning Wednesday about the dangers of street drugs after recently seeing four drug-related deaths within a three-day period.
All of the …
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By Minka Atkinson / The Daily News
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4/20/24
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Backers of three new initiatives to the people of Washington state have around eleven weeks to gather signatures if they hope to qualify for the November ballot.
“It’s a heavy …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center SquareÂ
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4/20/24
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According to the American Automobile Association , as of Friday, Washington state drivers are paying an average of $4.67 a gallon for regular unleaded gas — 34 cents higher than a month ago, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/20/24
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The Clark County Sheriff’s Office on Friday publicly released the names of the four officers involved in the fatal shooting last week of a suspected carjacker in Vancouver. The office also …
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Tanner Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/20/24
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Requesting college financial aid has not been easy this year because of technical glitches and processing backlogs with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
But Washington state …
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Jenn Smith / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/20/24
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SPOKANE — An aggravated crowd of delegates at the statewide Republican Party convention chanted an expletive and yelled in opposition Friday afternoon after GOP officials initially announced …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/20/24
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Providence Health & Services must pay more than 33,000 hourly employees a total of more than $200 million after a King County judge found evidence the hospital system had willfully been …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/20/24
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A 62-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes tied to domestic violence over the weekend after he emerged from his home with a shotgun, according to Lacey police and Thurston County …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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4/19/24
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Jerome Adrian Markert pleaded guilty Monday in connection with the murder of a transient man whose remains were later blown up in a failed attempt to hide the crime.
According to court …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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4/19/24
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