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Washington state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, put rumors to bed on Tuesday morning, Aug. 13, as he officially announced plans to become the next representative for Washington’s Third …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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8/12/25
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Washington Attorney General Nick Brown is suing the Trump administration over more than $9 million in withheld National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration funding dedicated to mitigating climate …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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8/11/25
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Imagine living in the same house for years, maintaining that house, and having no claims on your homeowners' insurance policy, and then seeing your premiums skyrocket.
That’s reality for …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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8/11/25
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The law firm that successfully argued the landmark Bruen case has agreed to take up the high-profile Gator’s Custom Guns case concerning Washington state’s prohibition on the sale, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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8/11/25
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President Donald Trump has nominated Pete Serrano — mayor of Pasco — to be the next U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington.
The appointment will require confirmation …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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8/11/25
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The longtime superintendent at the Washington State School for the Blind is resigning amid threats from a disgruntled former employee, he announced this month.
“Change can bring …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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8/11/25
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When Siri Fiske founded the Mysa Microschool in Washington, D.C., in 2016, there wasn’t a widely accepted term for her small, one-room schoolhouse model.
Now, the school is referred to on …
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Robbie Sequeira / Washington State Standard
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8/10/25
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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 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/9/25
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Ten months after Tumwater installed a solar-powered electric vehicle charger in a city park, new data obtained by the Washington Policy Center think tank indicates the EV charger has not lived up to …
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By Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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8/8/25
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A Washington gun shop is taking its case against the state’s ban on the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Gator’s Custom Guns in Kelso filed …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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8/8/25
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A Wednesday headline in The New York Times above a photograph of a smoke-engulfed Interstate 90 Floating Bridge on Lake Washington reads, “Washington State Braces for ‘Inevitable’ …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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8/7/25
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Washington state and Seattle are not changing their immigration policies despite being identified Tuesday in a Department of Justice sanctuary jurisdictions list of 35 state and local governments …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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8/7/25
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Washington’s rural counties and school districts are preparing to start the school year without millions of dollars from a program meant to offset reduced revenue from logging on federal …
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Emily Fitzgerald / Washington State Standard
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8/7/25
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The Thurston County Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant Monday at a residence in the 300 block of School Street Southeast in unincorporated Thurston County targeting a local, mid-level …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/6/25
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Washington state loses on average two farms a day, with more than 3,700 farms lost between 2017 and 2022, according to the United States Department of Agriculture Census of Agriculture and noted in …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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8/6/25
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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 …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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8/6/25
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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 possible during some …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/6/25
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The Thurston County Road Administration Board (CRAB) named Marcus Storvick its 2025 project manager of the year with an award presentation during the Thurston County Board of Commissioners meeting …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/6/25
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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 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/6/25
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Thurston County Public Health and Social Services is reporting a toxic algae bloom for McIntosh Lake near Tenino.
Lab results from a sample collected from McIntosh Lake on July 30 detected …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/6/25
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