The Ecostudies Institute and the Center for Natural Lands Management organized the prescribed ecological burn on land south ...

Washington’s Department of Ecology fined the U.S. Postal Service $33,000 this week for improperly storing and disposing of packages containing dangerous wastes at its Seattle Bulk Mail Center.

Rainier will host the 31st annual Bluegrass Festival from Aug. 21 through 25 during the Rainier Round-Up Days weekend at Wilkowski Park. The festival, hosted by the We Love Rainier WA nonprofit ...

Thurston County Public Health and Social Services is reporting a toxic algae bloom for McIntosh Lake near Tenino. Lab results ...

The West Thurston Fire Authority and its partner agencies were able to halt a brush fire in South Thurston County on Monday afternoon before it could reach homes in the area.

Ten months after Tumwater installed a solar-powered electric vehicle charger in a city park, new data obtained by the Washington Policy Center think tank indicates the EV charger has not lived up to ...

Should biological boys play in girls’ high school sports? Of the Thurston County residents responding to that question in a recent poll, 84% voted no. You wonder how the remaining 16% … ...

A Washington gun shop is taking its case against the state’s ban on the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines to the U.S. Supreme Court. Gator’s Custom Guns in Kelso filed a petition this week, ...

As our kids head back to school this fall, many families across Washington are feeling the sting — not just from the cost of backpacks, pencils and notebooks, but from the crushing financial weight ...

Marcus Storvick, right, receives the Thurston County Road Administration Board's Project Manager of the Year award from Steve Johnson during the Thurston County Board of Commissioners meeting on ...

Thousands of Washington motorists have been caught speeding through highway work zones by new cameras the state deployed this year.  Since the cameras turned on in April , the Washington … ...

Photos of gray wolf and badly injured cow on K-Diamond-K Guest Ranch from gray wolf depredation following July 29, 2025, wolf kill by WDFW.