South Sound

Autopsy of boy yeilds few clues

Thurston County sheriff’s officials said Friday that they were no closer to figuring out what happened to a missing Silverdale mother and her son after an autopsy revealed the 8-year-old boy had drowned.

Mother Nature couldn’t wait

Kathy Estes doesn’t get many chances to eat lunch outside.

O’Brien work timetable moves up

A $52 million renovation of the O’Brien office building on the Capitol Campus is being reconfigured midstream after last summer’s first phase proved “very disruptive” for staffers who worked through the commotion.

Principal admired for her strength, dedication

OLYMPIA – When former McLane Elementary School principal Maria Harrison was a teacher on a U.S. compound in Saudi Arabia in the 1960s and ’70s, she wasn’t going to let a cultural taboo keep her from her love of the water and sailing.

Gregoire signs safe-plastic law

Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a handful of environmental protection bills into law Thursday, including a ban on the sale of children’s drinking cups that contain the plastics hardener bisphenol-A, or BPA.

Compromise bill has no sales tax hike

House Democrats were preparing for a late-night vote Friday on a revenue plan offered by Gov. Chris Gregoire as a compromise between differing House and Senate proposals.

Ex-husband charged with 1st-degree murder

A Lakewood man was charged Friday with first-degree murder, accused of shooting his ex-wife five times during a counseling session at a Federal Way church.

PACIFIC COUNTY: Father of baby sentenced to year in jail

A 31-year-old Pacific County man must serve a year in jail for intentionally injuring his 5-week-old son, who suffered several suspicious injuries, according to The Daily World of Aberdeen.

Wellness event today at school

More than 45 vendors are expected to participate in the 11th annual Family Health and Wellness Festival today.

LEWIS COUNTY: Flood plan coming for Chehalis River

In the first week of April, the Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority will unveil a revised version of what could become a uniform basinwide flood-hazard-management plan, according to The Chronicle of Centralia.