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Monday night’s ballot tally in Thurston County showed Olympia’s Prop. 1 measure, which would have raised the minimum wage to $20 per hour and provided some new worker protections, is …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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11/12/25
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Amid an unprecedented legal tug-of-war on food benefits and much confusion, Washington families are starting to receive aid.
Gov. Bob Ferguson announced Monday evening that the state has caught …
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Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS)
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11/12/25
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A woman has been charged with animal cruelty after 73 cats — dead, malnourished and one half-eaten — were found in her U-Haul truck in Tacoma.
Prosecutors charged the 39-year-old …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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11/12/25
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Washington's congressional Democrats are mostly slamming the pending deal to reopen the federal government, calling it a capitulation by fellow Democrats that fails to guarantee any substantive …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/12/25
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Norene Gutierrez was born October 31, 1942, in Stockton, California, to Frank and Gertrude Caldera. While commuting to college, she became friends with Robert “Bob” Gutierrez in a …
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11/12/25
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Chad Andrew Barnett, beloved Son, Brother and Unkie to Isabella went to be with his brother, Justin, in Heaven on Sunday November 9, 2025.
Chad was a graduate of Winlock High School, Class of …
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11/12/25
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Serving in the United States military automatically places you in company with fellow veterans regardless of years or rank or branch of service.
There’s a common bond, a fellowship, an …
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By The Daily World
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11/12/25
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Since joining the Olympia-based nonprofit Ecostudies Institute earlier this year as an intern, Aberdeen-resident Jason Wintersteen has assisted on prescribed burns, wetland delineation surveys, and …
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By Andrea Watts / The Daily World
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11/12/25
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The Washington Forest Practices Board may vote today to widen and lengthen riparian buffers, taking millions and maybe even billions of dollars worth of timber out of production.
Forest …
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By Don Jenkins / Capital Press
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11/12/25
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A short legislative session mired by lower revenues is facing Washington state lawmakers and the city of Kelso's wish list.
That's what Gordon Thomas Honeywell State Lobbyist Amina Teouri told …
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Hayley Day / The Daily News
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11/12/25
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A security company has dropped its lawsuit over Washington’s new sales tax on services weeks after filing it.
It’s unclear why.
The development came after Security …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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11/12/25
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Tumwater’s Tove Hugus helped Tumwater win the EvCo title, reach the district title game, and reach the state tournament, and on Monday, she was named the EvCo’s MVP by the league’s …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/11/25
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Four area 1A soccer players were named to the 1A Evergreen League first-team, including three from Tenino and one from Rochester, as announced by the league’s coaches on Monday.
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/11/25
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The W.F. West bowling team made the trip to Battle Ground on Monday, and the Bearcats came away with a 1,732-1,608 victory over Prairie to start the season 1-0.
It’s a younger Bearcat team …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/11/25
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When Camerina Zorrozua learned in April that Washington had slashed its state funding of her Spokane-based legal aid organization, she frantically called state Rep. Tarra Simmons.
“I was …
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Moe Clark/InvestigateWest
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11/11/25
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This is the first installment in a four-part series examining inequities facing Native American youth in Washington’s criminal justice system.
For the past 30 years, it’s been clear: …
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Melanie Henshaw/InvestigateWest
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11/11/25
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Gov. Tina Kotek on Friday signed Oregon’s long-awaited transportation bill into law, setting the stage for opponents to begin collecting signatures for a referendum effort to overturn it.
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Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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11/11/25
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Michael McBride, a 53-year-old Chehalis man charged with residential burglary in August, was arrested Sunday after allegedly stealing over $450 in items from the local Walmart.
He was reportedly …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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11/11/25
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It’s no secret government records in Washington state have been harder to get, but finding the right solution to the problem might be trickier than expected.
On Thursday, state Attorney …
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Shauna Sowers / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/11/25
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At Spokane Community College, President Jenni Martin is preparing for a $7 million budget reduction over the next six years. A three hours' drive southwest, Chad Hickox, the leader of Walla Walla …
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Dahlia Bazzaz / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/11/25
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