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Yakama Nation Fisheries staff encouraged attendees of the 5th annual Yakama Nation Lamprey Celebration to try touching the eel-like fish. The event held along the Willamette River in Oregon City on June 25, 2026 brought out hundreds of people. Pacific lamprey are an ancient and culturally significant species for many Northwest tribes.

Hundreds turn out to Willamette River for Yakama Nation lamprey celebration

Several hundred people turned out along the Willamette River on Thursday to celebrate a fish often misunderstood for its style but long revered for its substance. Pacific lamprey, a jawless fish … more

Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle | 6/26/26

Gov. Tina Kotek in 2024 signed a law creating the America 250 Oregon Commission, tasking it with coordinating the state’s celebration of the country’s 250th year of independence.

Here’s how Oregon is celebrating America’s 250th year of independence

Bigfoot is officially helping Oregon celebrate the country’s 250th birthday. This September, the Dallas Area Visitors Center will host its second annual Bigfootstock, a one-day festival … more

Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle | 6/26/26

Gov. Bob Ferguson, left, and director of the Department of Ecology, Casey Sixkiller, right, hold the signed agreement to link Washington’s carbon market with California and Quebec’s.

Washington agrees to join carbon market with California and Quebec

Washington took a key step Thursday to combine its carbon market with one operating in California and Quebec, a move expected to drive down costs for carbon-emitting businesses once the programs are … more

Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard | 6/26/26

A harvester crane processes a log on a thinning project in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington state. A new lawsuit targeting a timber harvest in Oregon could upend management of federal lands across the West.

Oregon lawsuit could upend federal management of public lands

A new lawsuit challenging a logging project in Oregon threatens to unravel the management plans governing hundreds of millions of acres of federal public land. At stake are thousands of leases … more

Alex Brown / Washington State Standard | 6/26/26

Tumwater’s Ethan Bello intercepts a pass during 2A State Quarterfinal against Franklin Pierce at Tumwater High School on Saturday, Nov. 22.

Tumwater’s Bello announces commitment to Harvard

In second and third grade, Tumwater’s Ethan Bello began his football journey, playing a season of flag football before playing a season of Pee Wee. Eight years after that first Pee Wee season, … more

By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com | 6/25/26

Jessica and Kyle York are pictured at Onalaska Farm Sanctuary in this 2020 Chronicle file photo.

Onalaska Farm Sanctuary ‘amicably’ resolves lawsuit over lost cat

The Onalaska Farm Sanctuary (OFS) on Tuesday announced it had “amicably” resolved a lawsuit over a cat that disappeared last November. The complaint, filed on behalf of Tammy Sturza in Lewis … more

By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com | 6/25/26

Gov. Bob Ferguson answers questions from the press during a legislative session preview in a Senate Hearing room in Olympia on Friday, Jan. 9.

With cracks showing in Washington economy, Ferguson forms new council to look for fixes

SEATTLE — Warning lights are flashing for Washington’s economy. Job growth has been slower than expected , and the unemployment rate is above the national average. There are mounting layoffs … more

By Jake Goldstein-Street and Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard | 6/25/26

Rick J. Summitt, 28, Centralia, makes a video appearance in Lewis County Superior Court on Wednesday, June 24.

Police say Centralia man lied about being stabbed

A Centralia man faces possible prison time after he allegedly lied about being stabbed Tuesday, according to the Centralia Police Department. Rick J. Summitt, 28, made a preliminary … more

By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com | 6/25/26

In loving memory of Ross Cothren Sr.: 1930-2026

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Ross Carl Cothren Sr., who departed this life peacefully on June 22, 2026, at the age of 95. Ross was born Nov. 4, 1930, in Waldenburg, … more

6/25/26

In loving memory of Logan Ouellette: 2014-2026

Logan Michael Ouellette passed away at the age of 11 on May 31, 2026, joining our Heavenly Father. Born Oct. 8, 2014, Logan brought endless joy, love and light to everyone who knew him. … more

6/25/26

Community members gather for a Timberland Regional Library Board of Trustees meeting at the Chehalis Timberland Library on Wednesday, April 22.

Community continues to dispute TRL Board of Trustees president’s ‘desired outcomes’

Timberland Regional Library (TRL) Board President Brian Mittge listened to nearly three hours of public comment Wednesday, June 24, from his fellow board members and constituents opposing his vision … more

By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com | 6/25/26

Gov. Gianforte pheasant hunting at the Isaac Homestead Wildlife Management Area in Hysham in October 2024. (Provided by the Governor’s Office)

‘That’s absolutely crazy,’ Montana governor says of Oregon’s proposed hunting ban

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte lambasted an Oregon ballot initiative gaining traction in the state that would criminalize licensed hunting and fishing. “Did you hear what they are trying to do in … more

By The Daily Montanan Staff | 6/25/26

Montana U.S. Sen. Daines introduces resolution commemorating Dobbs decision

Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines on Wednesday introduced a resolution commemorating the fourth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the right to abortion. In the 2022 Dobbs … more

By Micah Drew / The Daily Montanan | 6/25/26

A U.S. Forest Service road is pictured in Flathead National Forest north of Columbia Falls on Aug. 8, 2021. (Jordan Hansen / Daily Montanan)

U.S. Forest Service announces emergency logging project over 5 million acres in Montana, Idaho

The U.S. Forest Service published an 8-page emergency plan that it says addresses catastrophic wind damage done to federal forest land after two weather emergencies, but environmental watchdog groups … more

By Daily Montanan Staff | 6/25/26

The Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. (Photo by Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle)

Oregon will pay millions to those who caught COVID-19 while incarcerated

The state of Oregon has agreed to pay $49 million to the families of inmates who died while in state custody during the COVID-19 pandemic and to the more than 5,000 people who contracted the virus … more

By Lauren Dake and Conrad Wilson / Oregon Public Broadcasting | 6/25/26

A healthy sunflower sea star is seen on the seafloor in 2014. Sunflower sea stars are important for fish habitat because they eat sea urchins, which can mow down kelp forests if left unchecked. A wasting disease that struck more than a decade ago wiped out about 90% of the population, with the most severe losses in the southern part of the species’ range, off Mexico and California. Sunflower sea stars in Alaska have also died from the wasting disease, but the losses have not been as severe. (Photo by Ed Gullekson/Washington Department of Fish and WIldlife, provided by NOAA Fisheries)

Lawsuit aims to put sunflower sea stars on endangered species list

An environmental group has sued the Trump administration over its failure to grant Endangered Species Act protections to sunflower sea stars, a keystone Pacific Ocean species that lost 90% of its … more

By Yereth Rosen / The Alaska Beacon | 6/25/26

With Oregon precedent, Washington lawmakers reflect on anti-corporate medicine legislation

An Oregon law that addresses hospitals’ corporate involvement in clinicians’ decisions regarding treatment has the attention of Washington state lawmakers. As U.S. healthcare has … more

By Owen Racer / Cascadia Daily News | 6/25/26

‘I voted’ stickers in the entry room of the Thurston County Ballot Processing Center in Tumwater on Thursday, Oct. 30.

Trump order limiting voting by mail halted by federal court

A federal judge on Thursday blocked major portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, finding he had exceeded his constitutional authority. The decision … more

By Jonathan Shorman / States Newsroom | 6/25/26

A Christensen fuel truck leaves a refinery in Anacortes. Christensen, a major agricultural fuel distributor, was among the first to offer exemptions under the Climate Commitment Act. (Bill Lucia/Washington State Standard)

Washington Supreme Court upholds state climate law’s farm fuel exemption rules

The state Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld Washington’s hotly contested regulations for how farmers and haulers of agricultural goods receive the exemption on fuel purchases promised … more

By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard | 6/25/26

Income tax lawsuit spotlights Gov. Ferguson's Supreme Court appointees

Washingtonians are being asked whether two recently appointed justices should remain on the Supreme Court as a lawsuit challenging a new state income tax looms over the election. Critics of the … more

Tim Clouser / The Center Square | 6/25/26