The Tenino Police Department announced over the weekend that it has arrested the prime suspect in a theft of thousands of dollars of fencing near Tenino Elementary School. According to a news release ...

Funding for more police officers, parking requirements for new housing and penalties for littering. These are just a few of the issues covered by 333 new Washington state laws set to take effect ...

On Wednesday, a former Washington State University criminology Ph.D. student who brutally murdered four University of Idaho students in 2022 was sentenced to four consecutive life terms in prison ...

The Thurston County Board of Commissioners will host a media day and proclamation Tuesday, July 29 in recognition of the county winning 19 national awards for community programs. The National ...

Acclaimed stand-up comedian Sam Miller will perform live at Simply Organic Cafe & Catering in Tenino on Thursday, Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. Miller, from Olympia, is 6 feet, 6 inches tall, 360 pounds, and over ...

Federal immigration arrests across Washington rose sharply in June as the Trump administration continues its aggressive nationwide push for deportations, according to new data. Arrests in June, more ...

The Washington State Department of Licensing is seeing a surge in applications for concealed carry permits for firearms. “At the end of June 2025, there were 709,334 Washington residents with an ...

The Washington state Department of Youth, Children & Families Oversight Board received devastating news from the state Office of the Family and Children’s Ombuds. During a four-hour meeting on ...

The LGBTQ+ subnetwork has been part of the 988 suicide and crisis line since the program launched in 2022. It has been a critical resource for LGBTQ+ youth to receive help tailored to their specific ...

Groups that assist crime victims in Washington will look at reducing services as federal dollars remain down and funding in the state budget falls short filling the gap. Since 2018, funding for crime ...

“Withholding these federal grants undermines students as they work on their high school diploma or GED, learn English, math, and digital literacy skills, and train for jobs,” Rose told The Center ...