On the 247th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Eric Schwartz discuss the grand closing of the 2025 SWW Fair, the livestock sale and all the money local 4-H kids got for ...

Immigration officials this week released four children, all U.S. citizens, to a family friend after the kids were detained with their mother for about two weeks. U.S. Customs and Border … ...

The Washington State Patrol is asking the public for help identifying a driver who’s accused of running over a pedestrian on southbound Interstate 5 in Olympia last month. The fatal hit … ...

For the first time in many years, the Pierce County Republican Party will not have a booth at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup — better known to locals as the Puyallup Fair.

A southwest Washington restaurant fined nearly $1 million for repeatedly violating the state’s indoor dining ban during the COVID-19 pandemic must pay the penalty, a state court of appeals ...

In November 2020, about eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, I called attention to how classroom closures were causing academic, emotional and social harm to the majority of K-12 students ...

Eleven Lewis County departments, offices and related agencies have teamed up to create the Passport to Lewis County Public Services game for this year’s Southwest Washington Fair, a news ...

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Whether you look at the price of gasoline, groceries or housing, it’s easy to see how costs are going up across Washington. It’s harder sometimes to understand why. While … ...

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. The fire authority was ...

Washington state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, put rumors to bed on Tuesday morning, Aug. 13, as he officially announced plans to become the next representative for Washington’s Third … ...