The Trump administration is reportedly redoubling efforts to root out voter fraud in a number of states this week, including Washington. Washington officials are troubled at the news as … more

Gov. Bob Ferguson won’t punish two members of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission for violating public records and open meeting laws but has warned each that they will face removal if they … more

Green Hill School staff reported the confiscation of three vape pens to the Chehalis Police Department on Friday, according to a news release from the Washington state Department of Children, Youth, … more

The body of a missing Oregon man was found in Cowlitz County Sunday, according to a news release from the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office.  Brent Erickson, of St. Helens, Oregon, had last … more

Richard “Dick” Paul Busek, 82, of Galvin, Washington, passed away Aug. 20, 2026, in Olympia, Washington. He was born Nov. 22, 1943, in Chehalis, Washington, to Fred and Mary (Meyer) Busek. … more

Barbara Jean Henderson was born April 14, 1934, in Lyle, Washington, to Con Henderson and Lucile Said Henderson. At the age of 92, she passed peacefully in her sleep in her favorite place, at home in … more

  An 18-year-old pilot and his 27-year-old passenger escaped injury Tuesday after they were forced to crash-land their 1965 Cessna airplane into the Cispus River. “These two young men are very lucky to be alive and to walk away without injuries,” Lewis County Sheriff Rob Snaza told The Chronicle Tuesday, after the sheriff’s office and assisting agencies found the two individuals near milepost 11 on Forest Road 23.  The plane went down about … more

Jesus Name Pentecostal Church (JNPC) rebranded itself as The Northwest Pentecostals over the weekend, following The Chronicle’s reporting on a civil complaint accusing the church’s former pastor … more

Drivers across Washington are paying more at the pump as gas prices continue their upward climb while more than half the country saw relief while filling up heading into the busy Labor Day weekend. … more

Sun and smoke-weary Spokane residents will see some reprieve later this week. The Inland Northwest will soon be filled with pleasant petrichor if rain forecast by the Spokane office of the … more

The Federal Trade Commission, along with 22 state attorneys general, is accusing Amazon of secretly overcharging advertisers, potentially pulling in billions of dollars, according to a lawsuit filed … more

Five people died in a head-on collision on Highway 2 outside of Wenatchee Sunday night, the Washington State Patrol said. A 2014 Nissan Maxima with four people inside was going west on Highway 2 … more

A 45-year-old woman who was a victim of an attempted rape and robbery at knifepoint in 2022 by a man released from prison to a reentry center was awarded $5 million through a settlement with the … more

Many Seattle residents have kept the pandemic's ultimate perk: trading the grueling I-5 crawl for a morning commute to the living room. The most recent census data, from 2024, shows that about … more

It was a typical late-summer afternoon last Tuesday at North Seattle’s Sandel Park when the cheerful playground scene split into chaos. The cacophony of weapons firing, screams, honking and … more

Two oil supertankers attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz were struck by projectiles late Monday, maritime security consultant Marisks said, the latest sign of renewed hostilities around the … more

Francisco Martinez hefts a canister filled with a mixture of diesel fuel and gasoline. A tongue of flame dances above the nozzle. He tips the drip torch forward — whoosh — and a stream of blazing … more

Ahead of the fall semester at Oregon’s largest public universities, staff are helping students from around the world navigate challenging visa delays and uncertainty over President Donald Trump and … more

Jalapenos. Frozen berries. Beef. Alfalfa sprouts. A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that has sickened thousands, has … more