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Sales of Washington’s pass to access state parks and other recreation areas fell after an Oct. 1 price hike, but fee collections increased.
Figures presented to the state Parks and …
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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11/19/25
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Starting Jan. 1, 2026, a scheduled 4-cent increase in the price for plastic film carryout bags at Washington restaurants and retailers will take effect and raise their minimum cost to 12 cents per …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/19/25
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Lacey police have arrested a suspect in the Nov. 14 double murder of two teenage boys.
Trequanne Trenelle Wilson-Mason, 20, of Lacey, was arrested and booked into the Thurston County Jail …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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11/19/25
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Providence Health & Services is cutting more than 150 jobs across Oregon, the latest round of reductions as the state’s largest health system continues to confront significant financial …
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Kristine de Leon / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/19/25
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Oregon National Guard members released from federal duties in Oregon will now have to travel to Texas to “demobilize” from their mission.
U.S. Northern Command ordered the Oregon …
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Sami Edge / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/19/25
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Zechariah Boesman was homeless for most of his life.
He spent his childhood touring practically “every homeless shelter across America” and landed as an adult in Oregon, where he …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/19/25
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Long gone are the days when items sold at the dollar store cost, well, a dollar.
Dollar Tree — which operates thousands of stores nationwide and a dozen in Portland — isn’t …
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Veronica Nocera / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/19/25
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Oregon state economists delivered some good and bad news to lawmakers on Wednesday. The good news: the state’s forecasted budget deficit has shrunk from more than $370 million to $63 million, …
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Carlos Fuentes / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/19/25
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Authorities with the Northwest Washington Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force on Thursday arrested a man suspected of traveling to Washington to have sex with a fictitious underage girl. The …
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Hannah Edelman / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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11/19/25
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A leak from a pipeline carrying jet fuel from the British Petroleum (BP) at Cherry Point in Whatcom County to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport spilled an unknown amount of fuel in an agricultural …
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Jack Belcher / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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11/19/25
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Washington state's long-term revenue forecast has weakened yet again, amplifying pressure on lawmakers as they prepare to navigate a tight budget cycle. The latest revenue forecast released Tuesday …
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Shauna Sowers / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/19/25
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U.S. marshals arrested a 31-year-old Auburn man last Thursday morning in northwest Alabama after he was charged last week with second-degree murder, accused of throwing a punch that ended up killing …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/19/25
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An Amber Alert was lifted after two girls, 8 and 12, were located by authorities, according to the Washington State Patrol.
The girls were seen leaving an address in Montesano, Grays Harbor …
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By Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/19/25
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Providence Swedish plans to eliminate nearly 300 positions in the Puget Sound area in the next few months, the health care system announced Tuesday, citing new state taxes and federal cuts.
The …
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By Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/19/25
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Authorities say a Rainier, Oregon, man fell asleep behind the wheel while driving south on the Lewis and Clark Bridge Tuesday afternoon and struck another vehicle head-on.
Dana C. Cathcart, 68, …
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The Daily News
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11/19/25
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A late February trial date has been set for the former principal of Oregon’s Rainier Jr/Sr High School arrested in September for suspicion of possessing over 30 files of child sex abuse …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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11/19/25
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Washington state budget writers got a mild dose of good news on Tuesday, but are still looking at a strained balance sheet.
Revenue projections show collections up $105 million for the current …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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11/19/25
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Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington succeeded Tuesday in getting the House to publicly reprimand a Democratic colleague.
But she needed support of nearly every House …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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11/19/25
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A famous conservative activist known for getting out the vote paid a visit to Battle Ground on Monday to encourage people to protect the vote.
Hundreds of people welcomed Scott Presler during a …
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Paul Valencia / Clark County Today
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11/18/25
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The Bear Gulch Fire was 100% contained as of Nov. 6, according to the official fire update webpage managed by the USDA Forest Service.
Since July 6, the human-caused fire has burned 20,232 acres …
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By Steve Bloom / The Olympian (TNS)
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11/18/25
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