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Horse-drawn steamboats & bear cages: New book details Lake Whatcom's overlooked history

Local author H. Leon Greene wanted to learn more about the lake down the street from his house. Turns out it had a rich, eventful history.

Olympia History: Human Flies Climb Tall Buildings in Washington's Capitol

During the first half of the 20th century Americans were fascinated by Human Flies, who thrilled crowds by free-climbing tall buildings and doing acrobatic tricks across the United States and North America. Four of these daredevils visited Olympia during this period to climb its tallest buildings, the Old State Capitol and Hotel Olympian.

KUOW - 50 years ago, many psychiatric hospitals closed. Did that cause today's mental health crisis?

Northern State Hospital records solve mystery of family members' graves

Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe gets grant to digitize collections

BLYN — The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe has received a $14,536 grant from the Office of the Secretary of State to find previously undigitized items from their collections, digitize them and add them to The House of Seven Generations Online Museum.

Nearly 130 years after graduation, Chehalis commencement booklet to be displayed at Lewis County Historical Museum

A group of historians, professional and amateur, watched last week as W.F. West High School students delicately adjusted the pages of a small booklet. “Chehalis Public Schools, …

Secretary of State's Office to Display Original Washington Constitution Thursday

The WA state constitution will be on display for 3 hours this week. Here's how to see it

Visitors can see it at the state Capitol Campus.

Can DNA finally ID a missing mom? An Eastern WA Jane Doe to be exhumed after 37 years

Sep. 10—A mystery started when construction workers spotted a body floating in the Columbia River by the blue bridge nearly 40 years ago.

Can DNA finally ID a missing mom? Washington Jane Doe to be exhumed after 37 years

A mystery started when construction workers spotted a body floating in the Columbia River by the blue bridge nearly 40 years ago. Now Benton County Coroner Bill Leach is hoping to find some …