3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (120+ words) The Daily Chronicle Group of bikini baristas win nearly $2M in legal battle with business owner A group of 70 former bikini baristas in the Puget Sound region won a yearslong legal battle against their coffee stands’ owner over pay violations. A…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (147+ words) The Daily Chronicle Veterans Memorial Museum hosts Rust or Shine Car Show, music festival with 383 cars entered A Seabee’s souped-up 260Z, a salvaged Studebaker Bullet Nose and his-and-hers’ Skylines at 11th annual event With the sun shining down, gearheads from throughout the…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (276+ words) It’s time for one last ride on the Wild Waves waterslide. The cherished Federal Way institution, home to candy-colored waterslides and countless childhood memories, is shutting the doors of its water park after Sept. 7, at the end of Labor Day…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (247+ words) A 22-year-old Federal Way man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle this week to nine years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute massive amounts of fentanyl, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd announced in a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (114+ words) The Daily Chronicle Originally scheduled to start on Sept. 25 in Randle, East Lewis County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors President Rhonda Cornwell announced the second annual Sasquatch: Beyond the Footprint festival has been officially postponed on Friday morning. The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (424+ words) Members of the Tumwater City Council convened for their first regular bi-monthly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 1, inside Tumwater City Hall. During the meeting, proclamations were made declaring Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 to be National Hispanic Heritage Month in the Thurston County…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (258+ words) The U.S. Marshals Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF) arrested a fugitive Tuesday, Aug. 18, who was wanted on a felony warrant for dealing child sexual abuse material, according to a news release from the U.S. Marshals. Beau Saperstein, 41, was wanted by…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (515+ words) A 45-year-old woman who was a victim of an attempted rape and robbery at knifepoint in 2022 by a man released from prison to a reentry center was awarded $5 million through a settlement with the Department of Corrections. The woman, who…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (817+ words) With contract negotiations nearing a critical deadline, hundreds of Washington state workers walked off the job for an hour Monday to highlight demands for wage hikes in their next two-year deal. Roughly 100 employees from an array of agencies lined Capitol…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (148+ words) New research has found that northern spotted owls are approaching or have already crossed functional extinction across large areas of the Pacific Northwest, despite decades of conservation efforts to revive the species. “Northern spotted owls are already functionally extinct in…...