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

If state funding for forest health and wildfire prevention isn’t ramped back up in the next legislative session, it could hinder efforts to prevent severe fires in the coming years, … ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Washington state Rep. Shaun Scott was fined $11,000 on Thursday for not disclosing properly how much he raised and spent as he ran for office last year, and using campaign funds to pay for haircuts.

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 ...

Rocking a bright pink T-shirt with the words “Wanna Be Ballers” written in teal lettering for her team of the same name, Lexi Beckman is anything but a wannabe baller. In the girls ninth and 10th ...

A new firearms-related law took effect this month in Washington, but the state is still two years away from implementing a controversial law requiring a permit to purchase firearms. House Bill 2118 ...

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% … ...

Employees at one of Washington state’s largest health agencies are bracing for layoffs due to ongoing funding challenges. Though how many could lose their jobs and when aren’t known, the leader of the ...