Federal prosecutors accuse a Kirkland pastor of using his church position to obtain at least $13 million in investments and loans for a Bellevue internet company and diverting millions for personal…

Chelan County Public Utility District No. 1 complied with state requirements for its 2024–2025 energy conservation target, according to a Washington State Auditor’s Office report released yesterday.…

The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday upheld dismissal of a privacy-act claim brought by parents who alleged Seattle Children’s Hospital shared their website searches with Meta without their…

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police are asking for the public’s help investigating an elk poaching near Highway 504 in Cowlitz County after officers found that someone had also cut off…

Clallam County Superior Court Judge Simon Barnhart dismissed the second-degree rape charge against former Sequim police officer Christian Whitaker on Monday, finding prosecutors had not produced…

The Washington Court of Appeals on Thursday reversed Chelan County Superior Court Judge Kristin Ferrera’s dismissal of a civil conspiracy claim arising from a mosquito control dispute, also…

The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Virginia Mason Medical Center violated patient protections by privately communicating with three of its former physicians who had participated in a…

A Port Hadlock man was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years and three months in prison for the April 2025 robbery of Kitsap Bank in Sequim. Clallam County Superior Court Judge Brent Basden imposed the…

Wenatchee listed about $34 million in federal expenditures under the wrong grant program in its 2025 reporting, according to a state audit published September 30, 2026. A similar error in the city’s…

Mason County understated cash in its external investment pool fund by nearly $14 million and overstated cash in its custodial fund by the same amount after failing to fully report investment…

The Washington Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a Chelan County judge’s decision denying resentencing for Lisa Ann Dugan, ruling that four later felony convictions would leave her sentencing range…

A Forks man was sentenced to 90 days in jail and a year of community custody Thursday after pleading guilty to assaulting and threatening a law enforcement officer. Gabino Escalante Cruz, 32, pleaded…

The Housing Authority of Chelan County and the City of Wenatchee lacked records showing it followed up on life-threatening deficiencies in federally subsidized rental housing within required…

A 39-year-old Port Angeles man faces four felony charges after investigators alleged he secretly photographed a 16-year-old girl in a shower and shared explicit images of minors through the messaging…

A federal judge has ruled for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and two related church corporations in a sexual abuse survivor’s negligence lawsuit, concluding that her allegations did…

Two speakers pressed the Quillayute Valley School Board on student safety Tuesday. Sharon Millett questioned how the district treats people who raise concerns, while Shannon Gaydeski renewed a demand…

Kitsap County overreported federal opioid grant expenditures by $2.2 million and reported nearly $3.7 million in disaster assistance expenditures in the wrong year, according to a Washington State…

An investigation into a motorcycle reported stolen in Port Angeles led to two arrests at a residence near South Barr Road in Sequim, according to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies…

The Washington State Auditor’s Office has again warned that Olympic Medical Center’s declining financial condition puts the Clallam County hospital district at risk of being unable to meet its…

The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Initiative 2066, the voter-approved measure restricting state and local efforts to discourage natural gas use, is unconstitutional because it violates…

For a victim of domestic abuse, the legal system is supposed to offer an exit strategy. A swift, permanent protection order creates the only legally enforceable boundary between a victim and their…

A 42-year-old Port Angeles man escaped arrest Friday morning after a supervisor ended a Highway 101 pursuit because of high speeds and driving into oncoming lanes, according to the Clallam County…

Multiple speakers challenged the Quillayute Valley School Board’s account of the Larson lawsuit Tuesday, pointing to a verdict against the district and a cancelled investigative interview as they…

A 39-year-old Port Angeles woman was arrested Sunday morning after a Clallam County sheriff’s deputy used her patrol vehicle to stop the woman’s vehicle as it entered oncoming traffic in Carlsborg,…

An 18-year-old Kent man has been arrested in connection with the Chelan Hills Fire, the July 4 wildfire in Douglas County that killed an Orondo resident, injured firefighters and caused millions of…

The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the mother of a woman killed by Tacoma police in 2016 can sue the city for keeping an officer on the force after, she alleges, it learned of domestic…

A Clallam County Superior Court judge set bail at $500,000 last week for a 58-year-old Sequim man who was arrested at his home on a Virginia warrant accusing him of sexually abusing an 11-year-old…

Clallam County Superior Court Judge Brent Basden set bail at $10,000 for a 47-year-old Brinnon man who was arrested Sunday night at a Sequim hotel. Ryan M. Simmons was detained on Sunday, August 30,…

A Port Angeles medical assistant has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Clallam County Public Hospital District No. 2, the public entity that operates Olympic Medical Center, alleging the…

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a 35-year-old man who disappeared after setting out on a borrowed motorcycle toward the Elwha River in November 2025.…

Brian Weekes has resigned from the Forks Planning Commission, Mayor Tim Fletcher confirmed to The Olympic Herald, leaving the city's land use panel on the same day a petition seeking his removal was…

A divided Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that breath test results are admissible in a vehicular homicide prosecution even though the arresting deputy saw tiny strands of chewing tobacco…

A 30-year-old Port Angeles man sought by law enforcement since Monday afternoon was arrested Tuesday after he collided with a deputy and was stopped with a Taser, according to the Clallam County…

The Olympic Herald has taken the Clallam County Superior Court to court. Today I filed an Application for Writ of Mandamus and, in the alternative, Writ of Certiorari in Clallam County Superior…

Nine years ago, Lindy Clevenger stepped down as Superior Court administrator after 43 years with the county, having started as a clerk in 1974 and taken the top administrative job in 1997. The detail…

Spokane County Superior Court, Spokane County District Court and the City of Spokane Municipal Court have continued nearly all civil and criminal matters set for Monday and Tuesday and called off…

The Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that a judge who grants a mental health sentencing alternative may also waive the mandatory confinement that normally comes with a deadly…