Yakima County plans to sue if the Trump administration doesn’t pull back plans to reintroduce grizzly bears in the area and delist them from the Endangered Species Act. The Biden administration ...

This year’s events include bareback riding, barrel racing, bull riding, calf roping, team roping, cow milking, saddle bronc, steer wrestling and breakaway. According to the Roy Pioneer Rodeo ...

Rainier’s Lily Peralta finished tied for second at the 1B/2B Girls State Golf Championships in Liberty Lake, where she posted a two-day score of 166. Peralta entered Day 2 in third place and just one ...

Critics of a new law concerning student rights and privacy protections at school say the fight is far from over, but note the damage has been done. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1296 was signed into ...

Jason Ronquillo, longtime head football coach for Yelm High School, resigned Friday, May 23. No public statement has been provided by either Ronquillo or Athletic Director Rob Hill regarding the ...

Timberland Regional Library has announced its four headlining performers to entertain and educate the community as part of the 2025 Summer Library Program. The free events will span five counties — ...

When someone makes a statement that simply is not true, I tend to call it that, rather than say it’s a lie. If the state budget shortfall is nowhere near $16 billion, yet someone claims it is — as ...

If Thurston County continues on its current financial trend without any adjustments, its general fund will run into the negative by 2027. That’s why the Board of County Commissioners sat down with ...

A second event was held on May 17 in Yakima’s Meadowbrook Estates neighborhood. Additional education events are scheduled for North Bend on June 7 and Eatonville on June 21. For residents in a ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson vetoed key provisions of a bill related to Washington state’s Clemency & Pardons Board (CPB). Engrossed Second Substitute House HB 1131, signed partially into law by the governor on ...

A powerful statewide labor union was fined $6,000 on Thursday for failing to report more than $430,000 in contributions to candidates and political committees days ahead of the 2024 election. The ...

A new school will be etched onto the side of the 2B District 4 boys championship trophy, one that hasn’t hoisted the hardware in 10 years: the Onalaska Loggers. Onalaska claimed its second postseason ...