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After over two decades of service at Yelm Timberland Library, Stefan Abaun will retire on Saturday, Aug. 30.
Yelm Timberland Library to celebrate retirement of longtime associate with final storytime
Stefan Abaun has been part of the local community for over 20 years as a member of Yelm Timberland Library’s staff. On Aug. 30, he’ll say goodbye in one final storytime event at 10:30 … more
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Brad & Slideman Johnny perform during the 31st annual Rainier Bluegrass Festival at Wilkowski Park on Friday, Aug. 22.
Rainier Bluegrass Festival provides country vibes
Mount Rainier peeks out from the clouds at the High Rock Lookout in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on Sunday, Aug. 17.
Volunteers work to finish High Rock Lookout by opening date
Since the High Rock Lookout Trail’s closure in early July, volunteers with the Sand Mountain Society have been working to restore the lookout — now with less than a month until its … more
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Rainier High School cheerleaders perform during the Rainier Round-Up Days Parade on Saturday, Aug. 23.
Round-Up Days Parade rolls through Rainier
A memorial display with Robert Gordon’s helmet and jacket from his time as a firefighter with Bucoda Fire Department at the dedication ceremony in his honor on August 19, 2025.
Ceremony held to rename Bucoda Post Office in honor of late Mayor Rob Gordon
With his old personal restored fire truck parked on display, family, friends and various local and federal officials who worked with the late Bucoda Mayor Robert “Rob” Gordon attended a … more
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Lacams Community Center held a two-day fair, which was full of fun activities for friends and family to enjoy.
88th annual Lacamas Community Fair deemed a “great weekend”
The 88th annual Lacamas Community Fair, which was hosted on Saturday, Aug. 23, and Sunday, Aug. 24, at the Lacamas Community Center in Roy, welcomed attendees from all throughout the Western … more
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Rainier Chapel displays a cross that was signed 25-years ago by different members of the church.
Rainier Chapel to celebrate 90th anniversary in September with service, activities
Rainier Chapel is one of the oldest entities in the Nisqually Valley region. It will celebrate its 90th anniversary at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 14, with a service and outdoor activities to follow. … more
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Bald Hills Fire District 17 will run a levy lid in the November 2025 general election.
Bald Hills Fire Department to pursue levy lid lift in November general election
This November, the Bald Hills Fire Department will seek a levy lid lift in Thurston County’s general election and ask voters within the district to reset the levy rate to $1.50 per $1,000 of … more
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The Washington state Liquor and Cannabis Board provided these photos of an allegedly illegal marijuana operation at the “Red Barn Trading Post,” located at 34011 state Route 507 South, Roy.
State busts unlicensed marijuana operation in Roy
On Aug. 21, the Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) in collaboration with the Tacoma Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) carried out a search warrant on an illicit, unlicensed … more
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Washington Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove signs a directive ordering the conservation of about 77,000 acres of older forests on state logging lands, on Aug. 26, 2025, at the High Peak Trailhead on Tiger Peak Mountain. Behind him are Washington Conservation Action CEO Alyssa Macy, left, and Thurston County Commissioner Tye Menser, right. (Photo by Emily Fitzgerald/Washington State Standard)
Washington state lands commissioner moves 77,000 acres of older state forests into conservation
Eight months after Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove entered office and paused logging sales in older forests on state land, Washington’s Department of Natural Resources has identified … more
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A Bridgewater Logging truck drives through the Loggers Jubilee Parade in Morton on Saturday, Aug. 9.
Transportation secretary warns Washington to enforce English proficiency requirements for truckers
California, New Mexico and Washington could risk losing federal funding if they fail to enforce English Language Proficiency requirements for commercial motor vehicle drivers, U.S. Transportation … more
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrest a fugitive in 2020.
Washington state spent more than $23M to hold illegal aliens with ICE detainers in 2024
A group of Washington state Republican senators, including 31st Legislative District Sen. Phil Fortunato of Auburn, are calling for the repeal of a state law that limits law enforcement's cooperation … more
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The Washington state Capitol on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Bill Lucia/Washington State Standard)
Debate flares over Washington state child welfare law after rise in deaths and injuries
Lawmakers in Washington are divided on whether to dial back a state law critics blame for a sudden spike in deaths and serious injuries among children enmeshed in the state’s child welfare … more
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A protester throws a smoke canister back at Spokane police officers and sheriff deputies.
Washington city dismisses all failure to disperse charges against ICE protesters
Just over two months after the largest protest in Spokane since the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement, the City Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed all misdemeanor charges for failure to disperse … more
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Gov. Bob Ferguson in a media availability after signing the budget on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Photo by Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero/Washington State Standard)
Gov. Bob Ferguson’s top policy adviser on extended leave
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson will be without his top policy adviser through the rest of the year. Policy Director Sahar Fathi went on leave July 1 and will not return before Jan. 1, a … more
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As Democrats fight ‘fire with fire,’ gerrymandering opponents seek a path forward
When California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his plan to retaliate if Republican-led Texas redrew its congressional districts to favor the GOP, he affirmed his support for less partisan maps … more
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Karla Carlisle, a managing attorney with the nonprofit legal aid program Northwest Justice Project, stands outside the Benton County Justice Center in Kennewick, Wash. Some judicial officers in Washington state, including Benton County, stopped ordering alleged domestic abusers to surrender their guns following a 2022 Washington State Court of Appeals decision. Carlisle hopes that a Court of Appeals ruling issued on June 30 will change that.
Some Washington judges aren’t ordering accused abusers to surrender guns. A new court ruling could change that.
In summer 2022, Brandon Montesi told a King County judge that he had no guns. His ex-wife, afraid for the lives of her family members and herself, said it was a lie. Montesi’s ex-wife had … more
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State data: Homelessness still rising in Washington
Homelessness is still on the rise in Washington, but data collected by the state Department of Commerce shows that the growth rate across much of the state slowed last year.  This comes as … more
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Peninsula School District cracked down on student cell phone use at the beginning of the 2023-24 school year. (Photo courtesy of Peninsula School District)
Teachers are happy with cellphone bans; students are more ambivalent
When the Peninsula School District implemented one of Washington’s first bans on cellphones in the classroom two years ago, Keyna Houston said it could not have come soon enough. “I … more
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Backlash continues to July’s ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ event at Washington state elementary school
According to event officials, a July 26 event held at Donald Eismann Elementary School, part of the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District in Washington state, that included a “Drag Queen Story … more
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