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People traveling southbound on Interstate 5 near Vader in Lewis County should plan for daytime delays this weekend, the Washington state Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced Thursday. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/22/23
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A Thurston County jury acquitted a 26-year-old Olympia man of murder charges Monday after a five-day trial.
Antonio Princeton Lee Hooks was accused of killing Patrick O'Neil, a 47-year-old man …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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9/22/23
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A Pasco man accused of killing his 8-year-old son and then leaving his body in a shallow grave is back in the Tri-Cities to face a host of charges.
Edgar S. Casian-Garcia, 35, was booked into …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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9/22/23
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Whether you're from Washington or have never set foot in the Evergreen State, you might think you have America's most northwestern state all figured out. Despite any stereotypes or preconceived …
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Karlee Van De Venter / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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9/22/23
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WENATCHEE — The 2023 apple harvest was underway last month and the Washington State Tree Fruit Association estimates a full crop of around 134 million 40-pound boxes will be harvested this …
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Gabriel Garcia / The Wenatchee World (TNS)
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9/22/23
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WENATCHEE — Police arrested a Wenatchee man after his 1-year-old son was hospitalized Tuesday from a drug overdose.
First responders were called at 8:26 p.m. to a home on the 1100 block of …
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Pete O'Cain / The Wenatchee World (TNS)
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9/22/23
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The wife of the pilot killed last year in a floatplane crash off Whidbey Island has become the latest to file a lawsuit against companies associated with the aircraft's operations and manufacturing.
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/22/23
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Public health officials closed a Kirkland taco restaurant this week after more than 30 people were sickened from eating food catered by the restaurant.
Tacos El Guero runs a restaurant and food …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/22/23
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The federal government will devote more than $200 million over the next 20 years toward restoring salmon in the Upper Columbia River basin under an agreement signed Thursday.
The agreement …
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Michael Wright / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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9/22/23
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Tokitae the orca has come home.
Not to swim in her Salish Sea, but for her ashes to be scattered there, in a private ceremony by members of the Lummi Nation, who regard her as a relative.
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/22/23
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Nisqually tribal representatives unveiled before Lacey City Council Thursday night an eye-opening plan for land the tribe owns near the outdoors store Cabela's, including a 155,000-square-foot casino …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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9/22/23
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Mr. 1,500 is no more. Now, he’s Mr. 2,000.
“Who's ready to rock!?,” Toledo High School Senior Chris Havey, 17, said in front of the roughly 200 students Thursday afternoon who …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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9/21/23
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A driver sustained minor injuries after his vehicle was struck by a slow-moving freight train while crossing the tracks in the 1700 block of Sandra Avenue just before 10:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/21/23
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An Olympia man is facing felony charges in Lewis County Superior Court after members of the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET), Thurston County Narcotics Task Force (TNT) and the federal Drug …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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9/21/23
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A pedestrian who was struck and killed while lying in the roadway on northbound Interstate 5 in Chehalis just before 1 a.m. Sept. 14 has been identified as an Onalaska woman.
Andrea L. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/21/23
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Lummi Nation will honor the orca known as Tokitae who died in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium in August with private traditional ceremonies in Bellingham Bay this weekend, tribal officials said …
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Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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9/21/23
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A Ferndale nursing assistant has been accused of sexually assaulting a developmentally disabled adult for whom he was caring.
Nathaniel Matthew Miller, 46, was charged in Whatcom County Superior …
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Denver Pratt / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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9/21/23
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The only library in tiny Columbia County will survive.
The Dayton library — which was on the verge of becoming the first library in the country to shutter over disputes about what books it …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/21/23
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Most significant 10-game stretch since ...
Well, it's hard to beat 1995. The Mariners, who'd never been to the postseason before, were one game behind the Angels in the AL West with 10 games to …
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Matt Calkins / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/21/23
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WASHINGTON — As House Republicans struggled to overcome internal divisions and pass a short-term spending bill, Northwest lawmakers from both parties on Wednesday said a government shutdown …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Revie (TNS)
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9/21/23
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