SEATTLE — In December 2020, 15-year-old Tyler Schmidt took a deadly chemical to a wooded area near his home in Camas, Clark County, Washington.
His body was found two days later. The …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/21/24
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The Cowlitz County Coroner's Office issued a warning Wednesday about the dangers of street drugs after recently seeing four drug-related deaths within a three-day period.
All of the …
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By Minka Atkinson / The Daily News
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4/20/24
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Backers of three new initiatives to the people of Washington state have around eleven weeks to gather signatures if they hope to qualify for the November ballot.
“It’s a heavy …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/20/24
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According to the American Automobile Association , as of Friday, Washington state drivers are paying an average of $4.67 a gallon for regular unleaded gas — 34 cents higher than a month ago, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/20/24
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The Clark County Sheriff’s Office on Friday publicly released the names of the four officers involved in the fatal shooting last week of a suspected carjacker in Vancouver. The office also …
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Tanner Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/20/24
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Requesting college financial aid has not been easy this year because of technical glitches and processing backlogs with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
But Washington state …
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Jenn Smith / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/20/24
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SPOKANE — An aggravated crowd of delegates at the statewide Republican Party convention chanted an expletive and yelled in opposition Friday afternoon after GOP officials initially announced …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/20/24
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Providence Health & Services must pay more than 33,000 hourly employees a total of more than $200 million after a King County judge found evidence the hospital system had willfully been …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/20/24
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A 62-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes tied to domestic violence over the weekend after he emerged from his home with a shotgun, according to Lacey police and Thurston County …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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4/19/24
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Jerome Adrian Markert pleaded guilty Monday in connection with the murder of a transient man whose remains were later blown up in a failed attempt to hide the crime.
According to court …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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4/19/24
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The man who was shot and killed in an American Legion hall in Vancouver while fleeing Clark County Sheriff’s deputies has been identified.
Benjamin Steven Woods, 41, of Prineville, died …
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Tanner Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/19/24
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A man who allegedly said he was “going to bash a woman’s skull” then two weeks later allegedly smashed a 34-pound boulder onto a woman’s head moments after being released from …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/19/24
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The families of a couple who drowned while kayaking over a small, underwater dam filed a pair of $50 million lawsuits against the state of Oregon, Lane County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/19/24
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Officials released the identity of a man whose body was found as crews worked to clear the North Cascades Highway in late March.
The man was identified as 52-year-old William Summer, according …
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Jack Belcher / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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4/19/24
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An Evergreen Elementary School teacher was arrested Thursday on suspicion of child molestation.
A student at the school in Lake Bay reported to Pierce County deputies on Feb. 26 that they were …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/19/24
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Thirty-four people have been indicted in an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation focused on Eastern Washington.
They are accused of criminal conspiracy involving illegal …
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By The Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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4/19/24
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A father of three was shot and stabbed 48 times in his home amid an ongoing custody battle with his ex-partner, Cynthia Khaleel, who is suspected of killing him and discarding her bloody clothes in …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/19/24
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As restrictions on law enforcement pursuing criminals are set to take effect on June 6 after passing in the Legislature, the state is offering police agencies a second funding opportunity to buy …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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4/19/24
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A timber industry group and two counties — including Lewis County — challenged a plan to set aside about 10,000 acres of trees to absorb carbon dioxide and help combat climate change
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington State Standard
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4/18/24
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OLYMPIA — In the early stages of the race for governor, Democratic Attorney General and front-runner Bob Ferguson is casting one of his opponents, Republican Dave Reichert, as too conservative …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/18/24
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