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Members of the Winlock City Council convened on Monday, Aug. 10, for their first regular meeting of the month to discuss a number of different agenda items.
Among these items included a proposal …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/12/26
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Firefighting crews on Tuesday continued suppression efforts at the site of the Backbone Fire in East Lewis County, according to a joint statement from the Washington state Department of Natural …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/12/26
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Chehalis is poised to acquire three service vehicles for its fire department in order to serve an expanded city limits after its recent annexation.
The Chehalis City Council approved a request …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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8/12/26
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The Tuesday, Aug. 18 Lacey City Council meeting will be first-term City Councilmember Nicolas “Nic” Dunning’s last.
Dunning, fresh off a primary win in his bid for the Thurston …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/12/26
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The Spokane Regional Health District announced Tuesday that household hazardous material cleanup operations have begun under the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency for fire-damaged …
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Julia Pentasuglio / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/12/26
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Answers about the lengthy delay in informing the public during the police response to the Bite of Seattle shooting scene were elusive Tuesday, with promises of a full review into the communication …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/12/26
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The Seattle City Council voted to ban most types of rental fees on Tuesday — a move welcomed by tenants' advocates, who argue that tacked-on charges make housing more expensive and obscure its true …
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Jessica Fu / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/12/26
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Several shiny black fins emerged from the water near the Ballard Locks just after 5 p.m. Monday, as onlookers snapped photos and videos. They belonged to transient orcas, or Bigg’s killer whales, …
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Ann Duan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/12/26
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In 2021, Washington lawmakers expanded the state's power to strip cops of their certification. In an effort to keep officers fired for certain types of misconduct out of law enforcement, they passed …
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By Melanie Henshaw/InvestigateWest
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8/12/26
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In Seattle, as in most big cities, the population swells on weekdays as commuters flood into town for work — a key part of what's called the daytime population. But recent census data shows that in …
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Gene Balk / FYI Guy / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/12/26
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Oregon voters’ narrow passage of some of the nation’s strictest gun control restrictions in 2022 prompted thousands of new gun purchases in the state despite the restrictions never going into …
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Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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8/12/26
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The Trump administration has pulled federal support from the Arctic Report Card, an annual, peer-reviewed report that has been published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration since …
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Yereth Rosen / Alaska Beacon
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8/12/26
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Yellowstone National Park is on pace for its third busiest season on record, falling just off record pace during July.
Park officials released the latest monthly and year-to-date statistics …
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Micah Drew / States Newsroom
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8/12/26
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PACIFIC COUNTY — After nearly four years of ongoing issues with “roaming goats” on Nelson Road in Raymond, the situation came to a head. It was not because a man snapped several months ago over …
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By The Chinook Observer
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8/12/26
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Oregon’s schools will need nearly $2.5 billion more to maintain the status quo of service for the 2027-29 school years, and nearly $5 billion more to help students meet new accountability and …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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8/12/26
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On the land along Tansy Creek, an old Sitka spruce stands as a witness. The tree was already growing when Chinook leaders gathered at Tansy Point 175 years ago to negotiate treaties with the United …
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By Aislin Tweedy / The Chinook Observer
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8/12/26
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The 2026 commercial albacore tuna season is off to a limping start, beleaguered by high fuel prices, sporadic fishing and fewer fishermen.
“Our expenses have gone up over 30% overall,” said …
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By Luke Whittaker / The Chinook Observer
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8/12/26
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What began as a truck convoy from Aberdeen to Elma to honor Jason Reed , who passed away in a tragic accident July 28, turned into a major event of community support for Reed’s friends and …
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By T. Michaels / The Daily World
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8/12/26
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The Pacific County Fair is just around the corner at the fairgrounds in Menlo, Wednesday through Saturday, Aug. 19-22.
The fair’s opening ceremony is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and it closes at 9 …
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By The Daily World
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8/12/26
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The Washington State Department of Transportation is relocating employees and scaling back access to its aging headquarters on the Capitol Campus in Olympia amid continuing concerns about the …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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8/12/26
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