6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (982+ words) The crowds came to Portland’s Pearl District this weekend to look at paintings, woven tapestries, metal sculptures, pottery and other handmade art. Buying it was another matter. At Art in the Pearl, where nearly every purchase can be put off…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (433+ words) Max Vogt, the owner and designated broker of Centralia’s Windermere Real Estate office, wants you to thank a realtor. “If you enjoy the right to purchase, own and sell real estate in this country with reasonable taxation and regulation, you…...

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, 4+ day ago   (748+ words) Many Seattle residents have kept the pandemic's ultimate perk: trading the grueling I-5 crawl for a morning commute to the living room. The most recent census data, from 2024, shows that about one-quarter of the city's employed residents now work from home....

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   (758+ words) OLYMPIA — Lawsuits are costing local and state taxpayers in Washington too much, some lawmakers say. Months after a proposal to change how state and local governments respond to claims of misconduct stalled, an advisory committee has spent much of the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (612+ words) Oregon used to be something of a bargain. The state was a rare find on the West Coast, a place where homes were cheap by national standards, household products like groceries were relatively inexpensive and utility rates were the envy…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1127+ words) On Monday, the 10,000 residents of Independence, Oregon, woke up to all five of their city parks barricaded by chain link fences, with signs saying the parks were closed “due to insufficient funding.” Gone were the music and movies in the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1081+ words) After months of hype and mere hours in front of the jury, California's blockbuster suit against Meta ended on Wednesday with a sweeping $17-billion settlement and 130 pages of promised changes to the platforms. Witnesses at the blink-and-you-miss-it Oakland trial echoed…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (221+ words) A Kennewick coffee stand employee is still haunted by the anxiety of discovering that her former shift manager secretly recorded her in a work restroom over a year ago. She told of her struggles to sleep and other worries in…...