OLYMPIA — Republican candidates running for state Senate this year say they have a plan to push back on progressive policies coming out of Olympia: forming a bipartisan coalition of moderates that could work together to block certain legislation and tax increases.

FOX ISLAND — When Dan White voted in August’s primary election, he was sure most of his neighbors in Pierce and Kitsap counties would join him in supporting Republican state Senate candidate Michelle Caldier.

Six Washington state community colleges will receive $9.26 million to expand and develop new curriculum related to the management of natural resources and ultimately grow the number of people working on the front lines of climate change, especially Indigenous workers.

SEATTLE — King County’s best employee, Errol the Courthouse Dog, is hanging up his collar and starting his golden years.

PORTLAND — Seth Todd was wearing an inflatable frog costume while protesting outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Building in Portland when a federal officer unleashed a torrent of chemical spray directly into the costume's air vent.

The Pacific Science Center is reopening Thursday after a nearly two-month closure to retire its 35-year-old life-size dinosaur animatronic exhibit. All but one of the 11 prehistoric reptiles were decommissioned after they’d begun to fall apart and were too expensive to repair.

OLYMPIA — Republican candidates running for state Senate this year say they have a plan to push back on progressive policies coming out of Olympia: forming a bipartisan coalition of moderates who could work together to block certain legislation and tax increases.

Afraid you may have been exposed to measles? Washington’s Department of Health is launching an online tracker showing locations where people with the disease visited.

Alaska Airlines has grounded all flights amid an IT outage.

Amazon, Microsoft and T-Mobile, all headquartered in the Seattle area, have donated to President Donald Trump’s new ballroom at the White House, according to a list of donors.

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This Week in Clark County History for Oct. 24, 2025

Ridgefield’s much-delayed water play structure is finally ready to make a splash, more than two years after it was originally scheduled to open to the public.

Residents of The Jefferson in downtown Vancouver have urged the city to remove a homeless encampment that stretches in front of their apartment complex, but that’s unlikely to happen.

I was skeptical when I first heard about Social Kitchen, which recently opened on the corner of Main Street and East Evergreen Boulevard in downtown Vancouver.

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the two men who died in an Oct. 17 murder-suicide at a 7-Eleven in Hazel Dell.

A Ridgefield woman was sentenced Thursday to nearly three years in prison for an August 2022 rollover crash on Interstate 205 in Vancouver that killed her passenger.

The Clark County Council may revisit an earlier decision not to renew the FBI’s contract for the use of the shooting range at Camp Bonneville. The FBI asked the council to reconsider its decision during a work session Wednesday morning.

Officers found a gun in a Hudson’s Bay High School student’s backpack at the Vancouver school Wednesday.

U.S. Rep Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, on Wednesday met with residents of an east Vancouver mobile home park who fear it will be sold out from under them.

A Portland woman was killed in a three-vehicle crash Wednesday on Interstate 205 in Vancouver.

The forecast is still on track to a wetter weather pattern, beginning on Friday and into early next week. I believe this is the threshold of our annual rainy season and the huge trough of low pressure developing in the Gulf of Alaska won’t disappoint.

As Vancouver voters consider Proposition 5, a measure on the Nov. 4 ballot that would raise property taxes to add up to 13 full-time sworn police officers, other Clark County cities are also looking for ways to fund public safety.

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The city of Washougal is mulling possible design changes to its project to improve Shepherd Road, which has elicited criticism from residents concerned about impacts to Sandy Swimming Hole, a popular recreational destination that draws people from all over the Portland metropolitan area.

It's been a good year to be a Microsoft shareholder, and an even better year to be the company's CEO.

The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe ordered "South Hill rapist" Kevin Coe off their land two weeks ago, prompting his latest move to a group home in Federal Way.

The African nation of Malawi’s bid to seek $309 billion from a Vancouver gem wholesaler appears to be at its end.

Clark County residents have one last opportunity to learn more about an agricultural lands study to be included in the county’s 20-year growth plan update.

SEATTLE — A 4-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed last week at a Seattle apartment did not die quickly, according to King County prosecutors who charged his mother with first-degree murder domestic violence on Tuesday.

A complaint filed with Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission accuses Vancouver City Council candidate Pooneh Gray of violating a state law regulating false claims in political advertising.

A new study led by Washington State University researchers revealed that high school firearms-related deaths are dramatically increasing.

For years Seattle Public Schools received warnings about math teacher James Johnson for allegedly using profanity and making students uncomfortable.

A former Boundary County Sheriff's Office deputy is facing a criminal charge after being accused of beating and throwing a jail inmate around "like a rag doll" two years ago.

Sylvana Niehuser, who has worked for the city of Olympia for 21 years, including the last several months as the interim director of the city’s parks, arts and recreation department, is now its director, the city manager announced during Tuesday’s council meeting.

WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon is staging a marathon speech on the Senate floor to protest President Donald Trump’s “tightening authoritarian grip on the country” amid the government shutdown.

Does the Pacific Northwest have the energy it needs to prevent rolling blackouts? A new report commissioned by the region’s largest utilities has raised concerns.

BOISE, Idaho — Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger, who is serving life in prison for killing four University of Idaho students, are protesting a request to tack on additional restitution paid by their client to cover expenses for two of the victims’ families and will make arguments in court in two weeks.

Thousands of sea cucumbers have washed up on the beach in the Oregon coastal town of Seaside thanks to a combination of heavy surf and low tide.

PORTLAND — A baby elephant at the Oregon Zoo had more tricks than treats to show when handlers gave it a small pumpkin to play with during an annual fall event where giant elephants smash half-ton pumpkins.

The city of Spokane made reforms Monday to its funding pool for building affordable housing and behavioral health services, meant in large part to help house the homeless and prevent people from being priced out of the market.

Washington quietly ended funding this summer for a program that provided millions of dollars in rebates to farmers who paid unfair fuel surcharges under Washington’s landmark climate law.

A mushroom picker helped authorities find a missing 88-year-old man’s body in Oregon, police said.

Two newcomers are vying for outgoing Washougal City Councilor Julie Russell’s position on the Nov. 4 ballot.

Vancouver officials are preparing for a $700,000 remodeling project of City Hall’s council chambers that will include installation of bullet-proof materials.

A nude beach at Denny Blaine Park can stay open to the public until at least next spring after a King County Superior Court judge ruled Seattle had done enough this summer to curb behaviors that neighbors called illegal and lewd.

A state board significantly limited the spots where wind turbines and solar panels can be placed in the large Horse Heaven Hills wind farm project south of the Tri-Cities. The limits are to protect endangered ferruginous hawks.

In a severe drought year, like this one, some farmers and ranchers in the Yakima River Basin come to expect a letter from the state cutting off one of their main water sources, and they plan accordingly.

When 99-year-old Evelyn Hallet began attending lunch at Luepke Senior Center in Vancouver, the solemn atmosphere made eating there less enjoyable.

TUALATIN, Ore. — Hoisting his kayak paddle in the air triumphantly, Gary Kristensen celebrated as he crossed the finish line, victorious in his giant, floating pumpkin.