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Who says stargazing is just for the summer?
Coming off the high of the Perseid meteor shower in August, stargazers can find many more meteor showers to enjoy in the fall — with the caveat …
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Jamie Hale / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/14/24
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In a dozen years as state attorney general, Bob Ferguson has vastly expanded the size and reach of the office, establishing himself as one of the country's most aggressive filers of consumer …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/14/24
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Jonathan Tovar would often tell his mother that his biggest goal was to work hard so he could buy her a house. He wanted a better life for her and was determined to make that possible.
Tovar, …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/14/24
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The Thurston County Sheriff's Office is asking the public to help locate a man accused of rape and burglary.
The Sheriff's Office reports that on Sept. 29 a woman called 911 to report she was …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/14/24
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A 33-year-old man who was hit and killed by a city bus in Grays Harbor County early Thursday morning has been identified, according to the Washington State Patrol.
About 7 a.m., the city bus was …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/14/24
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A 63-year-old woman who was beaten and sexually assaulted last week is reportedly under care at an area hospital, a spokeswoman for Lacey police said.
The woman was in stable condition as of …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/14/24
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A 35-year-old pedestrian, who witnesses say appeared to suffer a medical emergency prior to being hit by a vehicle in downtown Olympia, has been identified, according to the Thurston County Coroner.
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/14/24
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An orca calf born into the southern residents pod in the San Juan Islands appears to be struggling for life, whale researchers said Friday.
The calf, called L128, was born to a 31-year-old …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/13/24
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A 78-year-old Vancouver woman found dead Tuesday in her home was strangled to death, Clark County officials have determined.
Patricia Jimerfield was found around 9:40 p.m. in her home near …
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Fedor Zarkhin / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/12/24
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The federal government announced this week that it is considering listing an Oregon newt that lives only at Crater Lake National Park as threatened or endangered because an invasive predator has …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/12/24
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A 19-year-old woman was killed when the car she was driving veered off state Route 16 near Gig Harbor on Thursday, according to the Washington State Patrol.
A WSP news release says the Everett …
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Julia Park / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/12/24
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Local business owners spoke out at this week's City Council meeting to oppose any plans to raise the minimum wage to $20.29 and adopt a Workers' Bill of Rights.
But Mayor Dontae Payne began the …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/12/24
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Did you know a UFO sighting in Washington state is credited with kicking off decades of reported sightings across the country?
In 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold reported seeing nine shiny …
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Karlee Van De Venter / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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10/12/24
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The second week of October marked this year's Flood Awareness Week in Washington. Flooding is relatively common in the state, with each of Washington's 39 counties having received at least one …
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Daniel Schrager / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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10/12/24
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An 86-year-old Tumwater man died in a car crash Friday on state Route 706 in Pierce County.
Arvil Crase was riding in a vehicle that was traveling westbound at 226th Avenue at 10:45 a.m., …
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Julia Park / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/12/24
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Wildfires continue to torch the Washington landscape, but well-positioned aircraft and a streamlined communication process helped limit burned land to just more than 300,000 acres this year, …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/12/24
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When the Portland Trail Blazers visited Seattle two years ago for a preseason game, the conversation around potential NBA expansion to Seattle was a constant murmur.
Now?
"Everybody talks …
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Tim Booth / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/12/24
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Only a handful of spots for new offenders are left at the state's medium- and maximum-security juvenile facilities in the wake of site overcrowding problems and staffing shortages.
Criminal …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/12/24
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Editor’s Note: Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is also scheduled to speak to the Woodland Chamber of Commerce. Look for an article on her appearance in an upcoming …
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By Norman Helgason / For The Chronicle
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10/11/24
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Washington will have more than 1.5 million job openings in the next eight years but it’s not currently training enough people to fill them.
A new report from the Washington Roundtable …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington Standard
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10/11/24
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