The U.S. Senate voted early Thursday to prevent California from enforcing regulations on tailpipe emission from new cars and trucks, upending state regulations for the nearly 40% of Americans whose ...

The queen of the Class 2B girls discus had four contenders to wear the crown. And all were from the Central 2B League. Onalaska’s Kiley Talley, Rainier’s Janess Blackburn and the Adna duo of Lillian ...

Magdalena Leland, the second valedictorian to speak at YHS’s 2025 graduation ceremony, took her time at the podium to thank God for providing her with the tools necessary to succeed in high school and ...

For the first time in parade history, Richardson said Thurston County TV (TCTV) filmed the event and interviewed several participants in attendance. She noted that a video from TCTV was uploaded on ...

Every year around this time, I find myself pausing. Not just because the calendar says it’s a three-day weekend, or because the grill needs to be cleaned because of mold, a Pacific Northwest thing, ...

Washington drivers really like their specialty license plates — and they are getting more of them. Up to six new options will arrive this fall, including plates featuring Smokey Bear, pickleball ...

If you grew up in Tenino, you know the Quarry Pool isn’t just a swimming hole. It’s a place where local legends are born — whispered by teens sneaking up to the top of the waterfall and diving off the ...

Facing $34 million in damages, the Washington state Congressional delegation sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, pleading for disaster relief. Severe winds and heavy rainfall that ...

Frank Chopp, a citizen activist who became the state of Washington’s longest-serving House speaker, spent a half-century relentlessly agitating for social change. It seemed fitting then that Chopp, ...

Each of the last two 2B District 4 championship meets at W.F. West High School have concluded in eerily similar ways for the Rainier Mountaineers. On May 17, 2024, the Rainier girls celebrated a ...

This legislative session, state Senate Republicans proposed requiring hearings after each payment over $1 million to force agencies to explain what went wrong. The bill didn’t get a hearing. The spike ...

Nearly 100 community members gathered to pay their respects to friends, family, loved ones and strangers who paid the ultimate sacrifice by dying while serving in the United States military during a ...