With high school and college commencements wrapping up, employers now worry about the graduates’ preparedness to enter the work world. This year, 3.9 million students graduated from our … ...

In an effort to promote data transparency and accountability, the Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, along with Measures for Justice, a national nonprofit, unveiled a new data tool … ...

Ideally, legislators would have to respond to most needs only once. Our branch of government makes the appropriate change in law, the executive branch implements it, and away we go. Back in … ...

If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s worth the drive across the border to fuel up in Idaho instead of Washington, the answer is a resounding yes — especially if you care about ...

Construction is set to begin soon on the new Riverside Garden housing development, as around 80 people, including the developers, architects and Centralia city councilors and staff, attended the ...

Following are members of Napavine Middle and High School second semester honor rolls. Students are listed in alphabetical order. The lists were provided by Napavine Schools. Honorable Mention ...

Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Trump administration on Friday, the state of Washington still intends to seek a nationwide block of the president’s order to restrict … ...

Washington state lawmakers condemn political violence as attack on democratic process The action by a bipartisan committee follows the assassination of a Minnesota ...

Britton Winterrose is a director for Microsoft with the deluxe healthcare that job provides, but he still relies on Medicaid to keep his Richland family together. He joined Washington Democrat ...

The Ocean Shores Fire Department reported the drowning deaths of two individuals at Copalis Beach on Wednesday, June 25. According to a news release, at 9:48 a.m. Wednesday morning, the Ocean … ...

Washington utilities, tribes, counties and others have spent years planning how to use the state’s $1.2 billion chunk of a federal program to improve high-speed internet access. But … ...

Starting July 1, Washington families, seniors and small businesses will begin feeling the effects of the largest tax increase in state history. Passed by a Democratic majority in Olympia &mdash ...