THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE FOOTBALL Washington School for the Deaf at Easton, 2:45 p.m. VOLLEYBALL Camas at Battle Ground, 7 p.m. Union at Skyview, 7 p.m. Evergreen at Prairie, 7 p.m. Heritage at Kelso, 7 p.m. 2A District first round: Washougal vs. Tumwater, 4 p.m. at Woodland HS 2A District first round: Black Hills vs. Columbia River, […]

REDMOND, WA - There was a good chance there were going to be tears either way, but these were the joyful kind. For years, Tumwater High (WA) student F...

OLYMPIA — Gov. Bob Ferguson is now among the 1.69 million Washingtonians who have cast their ballots for the midterm election. On a dreary fall day at South Puget Sound Community College, Ferguson and Thurston County Auditor Mary Hall returned their ballots to a ballot drop box on the school’s campus.

It’s a state income tax, no matter what the politicians and other stakeholders in the so-called millionaires tax say. Today it is on millionaires, but the greedy spenders in Olympia see a pot of gold here. Next it will be the thousandaires tax, then the hundredaires tax. In one part of the world this is “the camel’s nose under the tent.” If you don’t push the nose out, soon the whole tax-grabbing camel will be in your tent.

OLYMPIA, Wash - Voting has already begun in Washington, with ballots mailed throughout the state in mid-October. Now, you can track your ballot to mak...

David Allen "Dave" Prock, 74, passed away on October 13, 2026. Born in Yakima, Washington, Dave was adopted at birth by Jean and Inez Prock. Raised as an only child in the Seattle area, he graduated from high school in Lacey, Washington, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Washington State University. Dave enjoyed an accomplished career as a civil engineer and...

The annual October celebration attracted thousands to Bucoda since 2011.

By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Phoenix Tailings will build a commercial-scale rare earth processing facility worth $375 million in the city of Rochester, New York state's Governor Kathy Hochul said on Tuesday. The United States is pouring billions into new rare earth [...]

David Stuebe has one term in the House and a stack of tangible work: Opposition to the income tax, votes against gas-tax and property-tax hikes, a signed law strengthening Medicaid support for emergency ambulances, and committee work on local government, health, and transportation. He still answers to Washougal as mayor. That is a leader who did not go to Olympia to disappear.

A state trooper rescued the owl near I-5 and U.S. Route 101.