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A 48-year-old Newport, Washington, man is facing murder, kidnapping and rape charges after a woman was found chained and a dead man buried nearby, according to the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review, (TNS)
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6/7/25
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A Bonney Lake man has been arrested after his 15-month-old son died from acute fentanyl toxicity in March.
Prosecutors charged Nicholas Lee Tucker, 33, with first-degree manslaughter. His son …
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Puneet Bsanti / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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6/7/25
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A Pierce County man described as a “high-volume” drug redistributor for the leader of a drug distribution ring tied to white supremacist prison gangs was sentenced Friday in U.S. District …
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Debbie Cockrell / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/7/25
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Standing in front of his locker late Friday night, Julio Rodríguez could have pushed the discussion to another day. Coming off a fourth straight Mariners loss …
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Tim Booth / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/7/25
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A jury has found former Aberdeen City Councilor Riley T. Carter guilty of all charges, three counts of rape of a child in the first degree, three counts of incest in the first degree, one count of …
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By Jerry Knaak / The Daily World
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6/7/25
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Salaries in Washington continued to climb in 2024.
The statewide average annual wage reached $95,160 last year, according to the Washington Employment Security Department . That’s …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/7/25
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The Washington State Patrol (WSP) announced this week that it has added 57 new troopers to its ranks during the 120th Trooper Basic Training (TBTC) and 3rd/4th Trooper Lateral Training Class …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/6/25
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A dad has been charged in connection to the death of his 5-year-old daughter, Washington officials said.
On May 29, Federal Way police officers responded to an apartment building after Woo …
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By Paloma Chavez / The Olympian
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6/6/25
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The Columbia County teen who authorities say planned a mass shooting at the Kelso mall is charged with eight crimes, including second-degree attempted murder and first-degree attempted assault.
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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6/6/25
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Thurston County Superior Court Judge Chris Lanese ruled against anti-tax activist Tim Eyman on Friday regarding his request for a recall petition against Secretary of State Steve Hobbs.
Eyman …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/6/25
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The Catholic Bishops of Washington on Thursday asked a federal court to block a new state law requiring priests to report instances of child abuse or neglect – even when it’s disclosed in …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/6/25
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The Washington State Library in Tumwater and the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library in Seattle will close to the public on July 1 due to a lack of state funding.
State libraries will …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/6/25
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This week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, along with Reps. Emily Randall. D-Washington, and Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, introduced the Tribal Emergency Response Resources Act (TERRA)
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/6/25
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The highly contentious “Uncle Sam billboard” off Interstate 5 in Lewis County has a new owner: The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.
And yes, the tribe intends to take …
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By Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/6/25
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Washington may have finally turned a corner in the fight against its rising death toll from car accidents, according to a new estimate from the Washington State Traffic Safety Commission.
After …
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Daniel Schrager / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/6/25
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The Washington State Department of Ecology declared a large portion of Pierce County under drought emergency at a press conference Thursday, although Tacoma was spared.
The emergency declaration …
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Constanza Montemayor / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/6/25
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The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the cause and manner of death for a man whose body was found on a jogging trail in Parkland on Jan. 5.
Francisco Guzman Gaytan, 45, …
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Julia Park / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/6/25
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Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank called out the Washington State Patrol on social media Thursday after the statewide law enforcement agency apologized for interrupting the raising of the Pride flag …
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Peter Talbot / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/6/25
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An older sibling stabbed his 16-year-old brother to death over not picking up trash, police in Washington said.
James Young Jr., 18, was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder on June 2, …
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Helena Wegner / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/6/25
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Washington state’s population has been on a steady increase for several decades.
It passed 8 million in 2024, according to the Washington State Office of Financial Management, and …
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Karlee Van De Venter / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/6/25
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