For the first time, Washington’s attorney general has enforced the state’s new cap on rent hikes, fining eight landlords $2,000 each for violating the law. House Bill 1217 took … ...

Microschools are growing in popularity, but state regulations haven’t caught up States may define microschools as homeschools, private schools or something else ...

The Thurston County Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant Monday at a residence in the 300 block of School Street ...

A 28-year-old registered sex offender who sexually exploited 10 different minor teens after cutting off his electronic monitoring device and absconding from Department of Corrections community custody ...

Thurston County Public Health and Social Services is reporting a toxic algae bloom for McIntosh Lake near Tenino. Lab results ...

Providence Swedish hospitals throughout the Puget Sound region have again been recognized for their overall excellence, as well as excellence in specialty areas, in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ...

Whether it’s called June Jubilee or Down on the Farm, Wilcox Farm’s fourth annual event offers fun for the entire community. Sunny, oftentimes cloud-less skies greeted visitors to Wilcox … ...

Two oil refinery operators in northwest Washington, HF Sinclair and Tesoro, have been hit with fines for improper management of oily sludge and acid waste at their facilities. Washington’s Department ...

The Rainier School District Board of Directors unanimously voted to approve the adoption of the district budget for 2025-26 at its regular meeting on Wednesday, July 30. The vote was preceded by a ...

Photos of gray wolf and badly injured cow on K-Diamond-K Guest Ranch from gray wolf depredation following July 29, 2025, wolf kill by WDFW.

House Bill 1217 took … The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) recently issued a news release encouraging new hunters to complete their mandatory hunter education course as soon as ...

Trump, Congressional Republicans propose big cuts for Western renewable energy labs The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory would lose a third of its funding, and the National Renewable Energy ...