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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, recently made a swing through Wahkiakum County in a visit that included a meeting with local log truck drivers, a talk with the Wahkiakum County Public …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/7/25
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Brian Kernagis, a Vancouver-area marketing manager, voted early.
Around 5 or 6 p.m. on Oct. 27, a week before the general election last year, he put his and his girlfriend’s ballots …
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By Daniel Walters / InvestigateWest
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2/7/25
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A Cowlitz County man charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has been pardoned following President Donald Trump’s sweeping clemency for the reported 1,500-plus people charged with …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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2/7/25
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More than 2,600 people signed on to support a school choice bill that received a public hearing Thursday in Olympia.
House Bill 1140 , sponsored by Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, would create …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/7/25
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State lawmakers are forwarding a bill that would change how medical debt impacts Washingtonians' credit scores.
Senate Bill 5480 doesn’t erase medical debt completely but “Declares a …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/7/25
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The Trump administration on Thursday told states it was blocking money for electric vehicle chargers, including $71 million for Washington, one of the latest steps by the White House to halt …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/7/25
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The latest beef in Olympia? Cow burps, farts, and poops. Washington lawmakers are considering a bill that seeks to gather better data on the scale and scope of methane emissions released by dairies …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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2/7/25
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They’re not old enough yet to drink in bars, but a group of Washington students wants to make nightlife in the state safer.
A bill in the state Legislature requested by Lake …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/7/25
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A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal immigration …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/6/25
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Washington’s new Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson has vowed to veto any state budget bill that does not include $100 million for hiring more cops.
The idea doesn’t sit well with Black …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/6/25
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The status of more than $50 million in federal grants to Washington’s Department of Ecology remained in doubt late Tuesday, halting projects on water quality, shoreline restoration and toxic …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/6/25
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A public community meeting will be hosted by the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, and the Gifford Pinchot and Mount Hood national forests to share information about proposed changes to the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/6/25
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A bill to limit major investors from buying up large numbers of single-family homes got a public hearing in Olympia on Wednesday.
Senate Bill 5496 , according to a brief summary of the bill, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/5/25
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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., blasted the administration of President Donald Trump for holding back hundreds of millions of dollars that were allocated to Washington state projects. That's despite …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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2/5/25
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Washington’s governor, attorney general and state lawmakers are in line for hefty pay raises in the next two years.
And salaries for the state’s seven other executives and hundreds …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/5/25
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Throughout a snowy day in Olympia, around 1,500 people showed up at the Washington state Capitol campus to protest against President Donald Trump and his policies.
Crowds marched around …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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2/5/25
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Washington Senate Democrats on Wednesday approved changes to an initiative passed last year that establishes a parental “bill of rights” for families with children in the state’s …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington State Standard
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2/5/25
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A Washington state bill that critics say would kill the initiative process got a mixed response during its public hearing, with proponents claiming it would better secure the election process and …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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2/5/25
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No one was hurt after an Amtrak train crashed into a rental car Sunday night in Kalama.
Troy Brightbill, chief criminal deputy with the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office, told The Daily News the …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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2/5/25
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Two-and-a-half years after Melissa Kerson’s son was born, she had to give up her dream job and care for him full time.
Kerson’s son was born with a rare genetic disorder that …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington State Standard
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2/5/25
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