U.S. House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, who made history as the first woman to hold the speaker’s gavel, announced Thursday she will retire, ending a 40-year legislative career as one of the ...

Kevin Mills, the 40-year-old Rochester man accused of sexually assaulting a child, was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison in Thurston County Superior Court Oct. 24. In addition to ...

Thurston County’s Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials, also known as the salary commission, voted Monday, Oct. 20, to retain current salaries for the Thurston County Board of ...

Running a business in Washington is getting harder due to rising health care costs, a challenging regulatory and tax environment, and trade uncertainty. Surveys from the Association of … ...

Mount Rainier was one of the most heavily sampled parks in the study. It also showed some of highest variations in mercury contamination of any of the parks studied by the United States Geological ...

WorkSource Thurston will host a job fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, for an opportunity to connect with a ...

Officials say Monday’s salary commission announcement was a welcome relief. “We started 2025 facing a $36 million gap between 2026 revenues and expenses. Thanks to tough decisions and hard work by ...

Washington voters have rejected ballot measures and constitutional amendments proposing an income tax ten times. The most recent ballot failure was in 2010, with 64% voting no. When the legislature ...

Some Thurston County Democratic candidates are cutting ties with a company hired to do campaign work, after learning that the owner of Seeley Media is a convicted child rapist. Joshua Headley, a ...

It’s easy to find examples of how years of one-party rule have made living in Washington less safe, less affordable and less beneficial for our children — but here’s one that … ...

World War II army veterans M. Leo Bradshaw (1916-1993) and Earl Leonard Irwin (1909-1973) opened the B&I Sales Company, an army surplus store located in Lakewood in southern Pierce County, in … ...

Current scientific data indicate that Native Americans arrived from Siberia via the Bering Sea land bridge about 12,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age. Native Americans in King County, who are … ...