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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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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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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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An Enumclaw woman who died after a large tree fell and struck her vehicle last week has been identified as Janeil Puckett, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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11/11/25
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It's not just in your head. Restaurant prices in Seattle and across Washington state are high.
In fact, they might be higher than almost any other part of the country, according to a new …
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Jessica Fu / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/11/25
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The Washington State Department of Health is investigating an outbreak of botulism potentially linked to a powdered infant formula widely available in Washington and other states. Cases have been …
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Hannah Edelman / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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11/11/25
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The first containers of glassified Hanford tank waste have been delivered to their final destination, the Integrated Disposal Facility, a lined landfill at the center of the Hanford nuclear site.
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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11/11/25
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The future of food stamps are unclear after the U.S Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration to temporarily block funding for food stamps shortly after funding returned.
Many low-income …
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Reneé Dìaz / The Wenatchee World (TNS)
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11/11/25
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