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A wildfire ignited by lightning and burning in Olympic National Park was reported to be uncontained late Thursday afternoon, but rain is expected to help.
The fire, which started Monday, had …
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Lauren Girgis and Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/26/26
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Jilma Diaz-Demangue had envisioned herself attending a big public school like Washington State University right up until she toured Pacific Lutheran University.
It really stood out to me that a …
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Dahlia Bazzaz / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/26/26
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A 15-year-old boy seemingly had no idea a SWAT team was waiting in a stairwell of a Skyway apartment building to arrest him last week when he walked out of a third-floor unit and was taken into …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/26/26
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The men who died Wednesday in an airplane crash into the Columbia River in the Tri-Cities were friends from Sonoma, Calif., flying to an event in Idaho.
The pilot was Randy J. Peterson, 64, and …
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Annette Cary Wendy Culverwell / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/26/26
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Standing outside the Franklin County Courthouse, a Kennewick man on Wednesday denied allegations that he stalked the adult daughter of a Washington state senator.
Trevor Delorme, 21, was charged …
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Eric Rosane / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/26/26
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Mead School District will pay $17 million to the families and victims of a 2023 hazing assault at a school football camp, a jury ruled Thursday.
Two former Mead High School students and their …
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Elena Perry and Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/26/26
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When a rock smashed the window of Capitol Hill's Analog Coffee last month, the owners were left with a $2,000 bill.
But within weeks, they were reimbursed the repair costs thanks to the city of …
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Alexis Weisend / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/26/26
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The death toll from the devastating double earthquake that struck Venezuela’s Caribbean coast climbed to at least 589 people early Friday, with 2,980 injured, as rescue crews raced to locate …
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Antonio María Delgado / Miami Herald (TNS)
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6/26/26
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For the second year in a row, Idaho had the highest housing unit growth rate in the nation — boasting a 2.1% increase in its housing stock in 2025, according to the Idaho Department of Labor. But …
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Abigail Gerstein / Idaho Capital Sun
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6/26/26
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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 …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/26/26
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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 …
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Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/26/26
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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 …
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Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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6/26/26
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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 …
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Alex Brown / Washington State Standard
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6/26/26
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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 …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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6/25/26
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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 …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street and Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/25/26
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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 …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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6/25/26
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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 …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/25/26
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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 …
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By The Daily Montanan Staff
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6/25/26
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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 …
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By Micah Drew / The Daily Montanan
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6/25/26
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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 …
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By Daily Montanan Staff
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6/25/26
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