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Mother files $50 million claim over Yakima County jail death of son, alleged cover-up

The mother of a man who died after a struggle with Yakima County jail guards last year has filed a $50 million tort claim against the county, accusing the jail of causing her son's death and alleging … more

Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 10/10/24

Cowlitz Tribal member and artist Sarah Folden, right, and volunteers paint a mural on the side of the Pals For Hair building on Saturday, Sept. 28 in Longview.

Cowlitz Tribe artist aims to show culture is alive, thriving with new mural

Without opening a history book, it can be hard to see the presence of the Cowlitz villages that once dotted the Cowlitz River. Now, a vibrant reminder of the area’s first inhabitants is … more

By Beth Lipoff / The Daily News | 10/9/24

The strange, putrid smell overnight between Tuesday, Sept. 24, and Wednesday, Sept. 25, throughout the region was tracked by the National Weather Service of Portland with wind patterns. The smell originated in Cowlitz County before burning the nostrils of Clark County residents but was also reported throughout the Portland area and north to Centralia and Chehalis

Strange ‘burning’ smell returns to Portland; industrial fire probably not cause

Some Portlanders are again complaining about an unpleasant odor of uncertain origin, weeks after a mysterious smell wafted through the city and Southwest Washington, baffling residents and officials. … more

Fedor Zarkhin / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/9/24

FILE PHOTO — Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, left, speaks during a Washington 3rd District Congressional debate at Lower Columbia College in Longview on Wednesday, Oct. 2. The two met for a second debate earlier this week.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Joe Kent spar as poll shows rematch is a dead heat

Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Republican Joe Kent’s contrasting personalities and policies came into sharper focus during a debate Monday as a new poll showed their race to … more

By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington Standard | 10/9/24

The home that firefighters and police responded to in the Fox Run manufactured home complex on Thurs., Sept. 12, 2024. Two-year-old Aurora Fernandez was found in cardiac arrest and later died at a hospital from fentanyl poisoning, police said.

Mother whose 2-year-old daughter died from fentanyl poisoning is arrested in Seaside

Mary Elizabeth Jacobo, the woman who fled after her 2-year-old daughter was found in cardiac arrest and later died of fentanyl poisoning, was arrested Tuesday in Seaside, police said. Jacobo, … more

Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/9/24

Hundreds of people attended a vigil for Meshay Melendez, 27, and Layla Stewart, 7, Sunday, March 26, 2023, at Esther Short Park in Vancouver, Wash. The gathering was organized by family members, the YWCA and the National Women’s Coalition Against Violence & Exploitation.

‘They were everything to me’: Family mourns mother, 7-year-old daughter as Vancouver killer gets life

A Vancouver man who killed his ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old daughter and then dumped their bodies on the side of a wooded Washougal road last year was sentenced Tuesday to life behind bars. … more

Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/9/24

Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, speaks during a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on October 1, 2024 in New York City.

Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz blows through Seattle area on fundraising trip

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz blew through the Seattle area Tuesday, extracting cash from wealthy local donors at an Eastside fundraiser to spend in swing states that will decide the presidential race. … more

Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 10/9/24

Man set on fire at homeless camp in Thurston County, police say

A 47-year-old man is in stable condition at a regional hospital after Olympia police say he was set on fire at a homeless encampment known as the Jungle. About 1 a.m. Tuesday, police were … more

Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS) | 10/9/24

Man threatened to kill two people in a canoe on Thurston County lake, police say

A 61-year-old Lacey man was arrested Sunday night for threatening to kill two people in a canoe on Chambers Lake, according to Olympia police. Chambers Lake is in both Olympia and Lacey. It is … more

Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS) | 10/9/24

Suspect poured gas on himself, later rammed patrol car, Thurston County sheriff says

A 42-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of six separate crimes Monday evening after he fled from deputies and rammed a patrol car, Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders said. Deputies … more

Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS) | 10/9/24

Man chased down highway, shot after checking on possibly sick woman, Pierce County deputies say

Four people are suspected of shooting a man who was attempting to help one of them near Greenwater, Pierce County deputies said. Pierce County sheriff's deputies were dispatched at 10:15 p.m. … more

Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS) | 10/9/24

A 61-year-old man was found dead from homicide in his vehicle north of Aberdeen last month, the subject of a quiet investigation. (Courtesy photo / GHSO)

Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office investigates homicide after man shot and killed in vehicle

A mid-September call about a vehicle sitting on a turnout north of Aberdeen turned into a homicide investigation that has been quietly running since, after deputies found a 61-year-old man dead from … more

By Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World | 10/9/24

Mount Adams glows at sunset on Saturday, March 16, as seen from Peters Road in Randle.

Unusual earthquake activity at Mount Adams leads to increased volcano monitoring

Researchers are setting up extra volcanic monitoring stations in the Cascades this month after a flurry of earthquakes. Should you panic? No. According to Wes Thelen, a research … more

Lizzy Acker / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/8/24

Dog died slow death after eating rat poison ‘carelessly’ left out by Oregon company, lawsuit says

Victoria DeFilippis can’t forget the heart-sinking feeling that October day two years ago when she looked out onto her back yard and then saw a blue powder encrusting the face of one of her two … more

Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/8/24

Massive, 164-pound bluefin tuna caught off Oregon coast

Wicked Tuna Oregon came to Garibaldi Sunday when a 164-pound bluefin was certified on the scales of Captain’s Corner. Barnes Cooper of Hillsboro has targeted the large tunas for years, … more

Bill Monroe / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/8/24

Oregon governor directs DMV to pause automatic voter registration after it discovers more potential non-citizens it registered

The Oregon DMV said Monday it mistakenly registered an additional 302 individuals to vote who did not provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Non-citizens are prohibited from voting in local or … more

Carlos Fuentes / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/8/24

Oregon Senior Assistant Attorney General John Casalino, who is serving as interim Klamath Falls District Attorney, urged the public's help to identify other potential victims in the case in this file photo.

Trial of Oregon man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting women gets underway

Jury selection starts Tuesday in the trial of Negasi Zuberi, accused of abducting two women last year, taking them to his Klamath Falls home and sexually assaulting them. The government is … more

Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/8/24

'Friend or foe?' Wild Man of the Wynoochee legend lives on 111 years after he was killed in Washington wilderness

Deep in the rain-soaked foothills of the Olympic Mountains is a clearing filled with shrines framed with elk bones, photos and artifacts more than a century old. Some are rusted with age, others have … more

Craig Sailor / The News Tribune (TNS) | 10/8/24

Woman evades police after stabbing man in downtown Olympia on Sunday night

Olympia police are searching for a woman who stabbed a man in the ribs in downtown Olympia just before midnight Sunday night. The man was transported to Providence St. Peter Hospital for surgery, and … more

Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS) | 10/8/24

Artist rendering of the Snake River John Doe, now identified as Dewayne Surls, 17. (Othram and DNASolves)

A missing Idaho teen was identified 42 years after police thought he died in a crash. But he was shot twice

Idaho investigators never connected the dots in 1982 that a body with two gunshot wounds pulled from the Snake River 24 miles south of Lewiston was that of missing Moscow teenager Dewayne Surls, who … more

Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS) | 10/8/24