1+ hour, 7+ min ago   (138+ words) The Daily Chronicle In focus: Yelm graduate Trevontay Smith puts on show to win Capital City 3-on-3 Basketball Dunk Contest Yelm High School graduate Trevontay Smith, currently a jumper for the University of Washington track and field team, showed off…...

10+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1405+ words) For residents and travelers in the San Juan Islands, the shock over Thursday's crash of a Kenmore Air floatplane has given way to relief that no one died and hope for a quick restart to the flights that play a…...

10+ hour, 46+ min ago   (845+ words) More than a month after a Seattle Public Schools investigation determined that a special-education teacher — and recently elected president of the local teachers union — “more likely than not” grabbed a student’s arm hard enough to cause bruising, the educator is…...

10+ hour, 47+ min ago   (457+ words) A pyrocumulus cloud from the Little Giant fire was visible from Seattle on Friday, as the wildfire saw dramatic growth north of Lake Wenatchee. A pyrocumulus cloud is formed by intense heat, usually from a wildfire or volcanic eruption. The…...

11+ hour, 3+ min ago   (779+ words) President Donald Trump said Friday the United States was “locked and loaded” for major new strikes on Iran, but added he had not yet made a decision on whether to go ahead with them while the two sides were in…...

10+ hour, 51+ min ago   (553+ words) A lawsuit filed Thursday challenges the constitutionality of the public investment impact statement that will appear on the November ballot alongside an initiative to repeal the state’s “millionaires tax,” opening a new legal front over the tax since it was…...

10+ hour, 53+ min ago   (331+ words) A search for two missing hikers was officially called off Friday night at Cape Flattery, as search and rescue efforts could not locate them, according to authorities. The two hikers, Jeffery Hunter, 53, and Florin Grigoriu, 44, went missing the same week…...

11+ hour, 19+ min ago   (442+ words) A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general has joined a lawsuit seeking to end the Trump administration’s halt of onshore wind projects in the United States. Last week, 18 states and the District of Columbia moved to intervene in a lawsuit…...

11+ hour, 22+ min ago   (319+ words) A record number of Washington high school students applied for college financial aid this past school year, state officials announced Thursday. As of this week, 46,168 seniors in the Class of 2026 completed either the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, also…...

11+ hour, 27+ min ago   (641+ words) After school cellphone bans passed many statehouses with bipartisan support in recent legislative sessions, state lawmakers are turning to legislation governing how long students should spend looking at screens. This year, four states passed laws restricting or regulating screen time…...