South Sound

Virus spurs Bainbridge salmon farm to destroy crop

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND – A deadly fish virus has been detected in the state’s waters for the first time, forcing a fish farm to kill its entire stock of Atlantic salmon.

Dad defends locking up his autistic sons

VANCOUVER, Wash. – A Washington state man accused of locking his two young autistic sons in a room with a cage-like door says he heard on a television show that it’s OK to do so for their own safety.

Family gives deployed soldier a new perspective on life

QALAT, AFGHANISTAN - Staff Sgt. Chris Miller smiles when he says he and his wife, Sarah, “bucked the trend” and kept their relationship together through four deployments in the past 10 years.

Families also pay price for repeated war tours

Resilient, tough, experienced, professional. The Army uses words like these to describe U.S. soldiers in the post-9/11 era who have had to adapt to the new normal of repeat combat tours.

Lacey working on well-traveled part of Ruddell Road this year

The City of Lacey is going beyond its usual road-paving budget to tackle a three-mile stretch of Ruddell Road this summer.

South Sound's Memorial Day weekend gets a sunny beginning

Sunshine provided a warm start to what could become a wet Memorial Day weekend for Olympia.

Top educator to retire after 41 years

Bill Lahmann’s office is filled with silly retirement cards, baseball caps and T-shirts. He even has a new set of golf clubs to break in. They are plastic toys, but golf clubs nonetheless.

Overcome prejudice and build a better world

Prejudices of all kinds must be forgotten. This principle of the Baha’i Faith would serve us all very well.

Chinook Pass reopens in time for holiday

The state Transportation Department has reopened Chinook Pass on Highway 410 on the east side of Mount Rainier.

Student found dead in burning home

Police are looking for the ex-boyfriend of a 17-year-old girl found dead in a Renton home that had been set on fire.