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Thurston County celebrated its employees on Tuesday as they distributed the 30 Achievement Awards they received from the National Association of Counties (NaCO).
Thurston County announced the …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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7/22/26
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Online prediction betting market Kalshi faces an uncertain future in Washington after a King County Superior Court Judge found that it likely violates state gambling laws.
The order by Judge …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/22/26
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A 41-year-old man was arrested in connection with kidnapping his daughter after strangling his girlfriend in a Kennewick apartment.
Matthew G. Susmilch turned himself about 4 p.m. Tuesday, …
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Cameron Probert / Tri City Herald
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7/22/26
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A new WinCo will open next month at The Landing in Renton.
The store will open its doors at 9 a.m. Aug. 3 in its new location at 800 Garden Ave. N. — the former location of a Fry’s …
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Alexis Weisend / Seattle Times
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7/22/26
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The race for Washington’s Third Congressional District is expected to be one of the most competitive in the nation this fall, thanks to a wave of redistricting across the U.S. that has left few …
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By Erik Neumann / Oregon Public Broadcasting
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7/22/26
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Amid the hottest temperatures of the year, Washington state now has a law that gives renters the right to install portable air conditioning units.
Senate Bill 6200, signed by Gov. Bob Ferguson …
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Icarus Blethen / Seattle Times
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7/22/26
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As the Kaiser Canyon fire erupted late last week, Tito Pakootas saw smoke in the distance and prepared for the worst.
“There was no hand crew, no dozer line,” he said, standing outside his …
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Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/22/26
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As hundreds of police officers, sheriff’s deputies, state troopers and federal agents — both in uniform and plain clothes — kept their eyes peeled for bad actors around Seattle Stadium and fan …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/22/26
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The lawyer appointed by judges to be the U.S. attorney in the Western District of Washington, only to be fired by President Donald Trump less than an hour later, has sued the president and his …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/22/26
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Alaska Air Group reported Tuesday a $76 million loss in its second quarter, citing volatile fuel costs that cut back flights in April and May.
In the second quarter, which ran from April to …
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Mirandah Davis-Powell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/22/26
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The U.S. widened the scope of its airstrikes on Iran overnight, as President Donald Trump and officials in Tehran signaled a renewal of peace talks is unlikely in the near-term.
American forces …
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Patrick Sykes and Arsalan Shahla / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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7/22/26
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High school students in Washington may soon have more options to connect coursework with their career plans.
In the first comprehensive update to graduation requirements in over a …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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7/22/26
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The Oregon Department of State Lands is proposing for the first time to charge multinational telecommunications and tech companies for using the seafloor off the state’s Pacific Coast for …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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7/22/26
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A Chehalis man faces possible prison time after allegedly stealing an e-bike, portable speaker and phone from a skateboarder at Fuller's Twin City Skate Park on Monday.
Kevan J. Waterman, 49, is …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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7/22/26
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The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a man found on Lech Road near Pe Ell Tuesday afternoon, according to a news release.
The sheriff’s office said a …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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7/22/26
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Immigration arrests reached 1,593 per day in early July in a new push to detain and deport immigrants that has led to deaths in traffic stops. There were more than 43,000 arrests in June, the highest …
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By Tim Henderson / States Newsroom
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7/21/26
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Colleagues and community members are seeking donations from the community to aid Gather Church pastor Cole Meckle and his family as he fights an aggressive and terminal form of cancer.
On …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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7/21/26
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A five-month-old baby died in a vehicle fire in the Tumwater area on Tuesday, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
Two other children who were in the vehicle when it caught …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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7/21/26
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Every day seems to provide more evidence that Washington-based businesses are leaving the state or expanding outside the state because of the mounting tax and regulatory burden.
Some of those …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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7/21/26
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Washington’s runaway payouts for government misconduct climbed to $537 million in the past year, as the ever-growing sum continues to strain the state’s finances.
That tally from the fiscal …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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7/21/26
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