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A new Washington state law offers a way to make change in an era without pennies .
The federal government stopped making pennies last year but intends to keep the roughly 114 billion pennies in …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/24/26
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A group of Washington sheriffs urging Gov. Bob Ferguson to veto sections of Senate Bill 5974 is still waiting to find out if their concerns will be addressed when the bill is signed into law.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/23/26
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The Puyallup School District says a controversial student art project that depicted President Donald Trump as a pig, a KKK member and a clown with references to assassination, has been taken …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/23/26
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Howard “Skip” Frank Lee Jr., the volunteer wrestling coach at Black Hills High School accused of sexually assaulting a student athlete, has pleaded not guilty to two gross misdemeanor …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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3/23/26
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The Southwest Washington Grazing school will host its second course April 16-19 in Tenino.
The four-day, on-site course is focused on rotational grazing systems, pasture management and grazing …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/23/26
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An armed man in crisis at Tanglewood Mobile Home Park in Rochester was taken into custody without incident on Saturday.
The man, whose name has not been released by law enforcement, had possibly …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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3/23/26
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Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders and a team of deputies captured two retail theft suspects following a high-speed chase from Centralia into Lacey Sunday, March 22.
According to Centralia …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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3/23/26
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Earlier this year, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, introduced the bipartisan Fuel the Force Act with Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania.
The legislation is aimed at improving …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/23/26
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Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders, along with Thurston County Commissioner Wayne Fournier and Tenino Mayor Dave Watterson, will host a town hall this Saturday, March 28, to discuss the future of …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/23/26
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At the close of last year’s Washington state legislative session, a key bucket of wildfire prevention funding was slashed nearly in half by lawmakers attempting to offset a budget deficit. If it …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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3/23/26
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U.S. Supreme Court skeptical of allowing states to count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices on Monday appeared skeptical of the validity of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, in a case that could potentially affect hundreds of …
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By Jonathan Shorman / States Newsroom
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3/23/26
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Instead of implementing an income tax in Washington, the Washington Center for Housing Studies (WCHS) recommends unleashing Washington’s housing productivity to raise revenue and at the same time …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/23/26
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More than two weeks after a tort claim was filed against the Washington Department of Licensing (DOL) claiming the agency knowingly allowed a major security flaw in its data system and potentially …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/23/26
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The Reason Foundation’s 29th Annual Highway Report ranked Washington state dead last in three categories, suggesting that taxpayers spend far more than they’re getting in return.
The …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/23/26
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State lawmakers and the governor are rethinking how Washington marks the legacy of Cesar Chavez following stunning accusations of sexual abuse against the transformational leader of the farmworker …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/23/26
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Traffic stops can be anxiety-inducing encounters, especially for people with autism.
To address this, Washington is establishing a program to improve communication between neurodivergent …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/23/26
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Since their peak less than three years ago, opioid overdose deaths dropped nearly by half as of October, according to a Stateline analysis. The drop comes as a shrinking fentanyl supply has made the …
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Tim Henderson / Washington State Standard
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3/22/26
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Eight former Timberland Regional Library (TRL) Board of Trustees members are supporting the call for an independent investigation into TRL’s operations amid sweeping layoffs and an ongoing budget …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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3/20/26
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The Washington state Republican Party has announced it will hold a protest titled “No King Ferguson” at noon on Saturday, March 28.
It will be held at the State Capitol in Olympia, on the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/20/26
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Through the eyes of state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, Washington state's 2026 legislative session was full of many disappointments, but also some glimmers of hope — especially where local project …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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3/20/26
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