House Republican budget lead Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, is firing back at Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson and Democratic budget writers blaming the Trump administration for deep cuts in Medicaid ...

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 and Seattle are not changing their immigration policies despite being identified Tuesday in a Department of ...

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

The Thurston County Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant Monday at a residence in the 300 block of School Street ...

For the first time, Washington’s attorney general has enforced the state’s new cap on rent hikes, fining eight landlords $2,000 each for violating the law. House Bill 1217 took … ...

For more than six years, the Cedar Park Assembly of God in Kirkland has been fighting Washington state in court over a law that requires employer-sponsored health insurance to cover access to abortion ...

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, … ...

Some of Washington state’s food banks say they are on the brink Some have already pulled back on what they’re offering, as federal cuts and heightened demand drive deep worries about what comes next ...

Seven potential cases of tuberculosis have been reported at the federal immigrant detention center in Tacoma. But state health officials don’t believe the serious and highly contagious bacterial ...

Lawsuit targeting Washington law meant to protect trans youth in crisis is dismissed on appeal Parents sued, arguing it infringed on their rights; Washington’s attorney general said it was an “attempt ...

Two oil refinery operators in northwest Washington, HF Sinclair and Tesoro, have been hit with fines for improper management of oily sludge and acid waste at their facilities. Washington’s Department ...