• JAMES RICHARD JOHNSON, 72, Rochester, died June 8 at home. Arrangements are under the care of Fir Lawn Funeral Chapel. • LESTER S. FLETCHER, 81, Winlock, died June 20 at his … ...

Not exactly ideal, but also not surprising. That’s how Gov. Bob Ferguson and Washington budget writers described the latest state revenue forecast out this week. The Washington State … ...

The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe and the Washington state Department of Commerce recently signed a historic memorandum of understanding (MOU) establishing government-to-government relations between … ...

Hweqwidi Hanford McCloud remembers the Nisqually River of his childhood as large and cold, bustling with so many salmon it was almost pathetic, he said. Elders warned him it wouldn’t be … ...

Winston Morton boats the Grande Ronde River every year with friends and family, camping on the riverbank along the way. When he recently set out for the 40-mile float, he didn’t expect to be … ...

Isaiah Esquire danced his way through the Oregon House of Representatives on Wednesday to the sounds of Aretha Franklin, followed closely by fellow Black drag performer Aqua Flora, who held a ...

Fred Grandy arrived in Ukraine’s capital city late last month with a group of volunteers to clear up rubble on the streets as Russia intensified its attacks. Kennith Reed said his … ...

A Columbia County judge on Friday found the state had failed to show that a 14-year-old accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Washington mall had taken any “substantial step” toward … ...

A Texas man was rescued after falling into the Ohanapecosh River at Mount Rainier National Park near Packwood on Monday, June 9, and transported to Arbor Health Morton Hospital, park officials … ...

After recently finishing a project to renovate the W.F. High School baseball stadium, including the installation of a turf playing surface, the Chehalis Foundation has now set its sights on a new … ...

In this installment of A Look Back in Time, the Friday, June 21, 1935, edition of The Chronicle featured a story about Harmon Waley, one of three conspirators charged with kidnapping the son of ...

When Camren Bowes received the call that he had been hired as the next head football coach at Oakville High School, the first two additions he made to his first staff were his father Hal and his … ...