A Washington judge has ordered the state to pay roughly $120 million to thousands of public school teachers for withholding interest on pension contributions they made more than two decades ago.

A little more than a year after President Donald Trump signed a memorandum revoking Biden administration actions that supported the removal of the four lower Snake River dams in Eastern Washington, ...

For decades, federal wildlife officials have protected old-growth forests as critical habitat for northern spotted owls. But a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act issued by the Trump ...

Editor's note: This article was produced as part of a collaboration between InvestigateWest and The Daily Herald . On Aug. 6, 2025, a Lynnwood police officer got a call from a social worker at a ...

Starting Thursday, July 23, a musical comedy made famous by Carol Burnett is taking the stage in Tenino, offering audiences a whimsical escape to a far off-place, many moons ago. Tenino … ...

A legislative audit committee instructed the state auditor to investigate the past three years of process and legal compliance of the board tasked with developing policy and managing Alaska’s … ...

In Focus: Capital Lakefair Funtastic Traveling Shows Carnival delights visitors during annual summer festival Scenes from the Capital Lakefair Funtastic Traveling Shows Carnival on Thursday, July 16.

Julie Parker, assistant general manager of Thurston Public Utility District (PUD), has been named a 2026 CFO of the Year honoree by Puget Sound Business Journal, an honor given to local leaders who ...

Following over a decade of fundraising efforts and volunteering from multiple people, the Tenino Veterans Honor Roll Memorial Wall is finally standing at Tenino City Park. Dozens of local … ...

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read on Monday rebuked the Trump administration’s recent round of threats against state-run elections and urged Oregonians to educate themselves on how best to &hellip ...

The suspect in an Olympia-area homicide on July 3 has been positively identified by the Cowlitz County Coroner’s Office as Forest N. Poplack, 26, of Olympia. Detectives reportedly located … ...

A cadre of Washington lawmakers, budget officials and business and labor leaders set out Monday in search of a “shared understanding” of why budget shortfalls are plaguing the state and what can ...