YAKIMA — About 1 million Washingtonians are expected to travel, the vast majority of them by car, for the Fourth of July weekend. With that much traffic on the state's highways, it's best to plan ahead.
SEATTLE — Washington State Patrol on Friday launched a missing Indigenous person alert system, hoping to address the crisis of missing Indigenous people, often women.
SPOKANE — Gov. Jay Inslee has ordered the state patrol to refuse cooperation with investigations from agencies in other states related to abortion.
TACOMA — Washington state health officials used their time at a Wednesday news briefing to emphasize the importance of COVID-19 vaccines for children and staying safe over the holiday weekend and summer months.
SPOKANE — In a sometimes heated meeting Washington wildlife managers continued to debate last week on whether to implement new wolf-livestock rules.
SEATTLE — The 2,000-passenger Norwegian Sun cruise ship is headed to Seattle for repairs after it hit a piece of ice near Hubbard Glacier off the coast of Alaska, according to a spokesperson for Norwegian Cruise Line.
SPOKANE — Monthly Avista bills are poised to climb in Eastern Washington later this year.
WENATCHEE — Plans for Microsoft’s cloud storage data center buildings in Malaga are moving along.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dramatically increased the power of states over Native American tribes and undercut its own 2020 ruling that had expanded tribal authority in Oklahoma, handing a victory to Republican officials in that state.
SEATTLE — Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo has dismissed three top leaders, all at once, in a major shake-up directed by the zoo's president.
YAKIMA — Registered dietitian Stephanie Ahlgren and retired registered nurse Daylene Ackerman were appointed to the Yakima Health District’s Board of Health.
OLYMPIA — At the end of this week, motorists will pay more for a Washington license plate. It’s likely to be the most noticeable change as pieces of a new $17 billion bill to fund transportation in the state start taking effect.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court has chipped away at the wall separating church and state in a series of new rulings, eroding American legal traditions intended to prevent government officials from promoting any particular faith.
LAKE STEVENS — Three children were dropped off at Davies Beach on Lake Stevens to swim and play Sunday, but the day ended in tragedy with one dead and two in critical condition.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a former high school football coach in Bremerton, who prayed with his players and other students on the field, could legally do so under his First Amendment rights to free speech and free exercise of religion.
SAN FRANCISCO — About 300 Hanford site workers have asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a federal court ruling that dismissed their lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccine requirements.
KENNEWICK — Jerrod Sessler, a candidate for the congressional seat now held by Rep. Dan Newhouse, is calling the Congressional Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2020, attack on the Capitol an exercise in propaganda.
BOISE — A Planned Parenthood affiliate on Monday filed a lawsuit in the Idaho Supreme Court seeking to stop the state’s trigger law that would effectively ban abortion in the state after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
LOS ANGELES — California’s largest lumber company is closing public access to its vast holdings of forestland in the state, citing wildfire concerns.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court, in the latest in a spate of decisions expanding religious liberty, ruled on Monday that a Washington state public school district violated the rights of a Christian high school football coach who was suspended for refusing to stop leading prayers wi…
WYOMING — An adult grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park can weigh 400 to 700 pounds and sprint short distances at speeds up to 40 mph. They possess large, bone-cracking jaws and teeth, as well as sharp claws as long as your fingers.
SEATTLE — Susan Kane-Ronning lives in Whatcom County, where she drives an electric car and has solar panels on her home. A Sierra Club member, she backs the push to expand renewable energy to combat climate change by phasing out fossil fuels.
CASHMERE — Yellow mealworms and data centers have a future together if you ask those involved with Beta Hatch.
OLYMPIA — Since the leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court abortion decision came out in May, people have been weighing the consequences for Washington, as well as for the rest of the country. Now, the decision is here: Roe v. Wade is overturned.
KENNEWICK — A Republican congressional candidate from the Tri-Cities said he was "packing" a firearm while at a debate at a high school in North-Central Washington earlier this week.
PROSSER — A candidate in the race for the 4th Congressional district is asking for a no contact order against an opponent's campaign manager.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered vaping giant JUUL to remove its remaining products from the market, after roughly two years of reviewing the company’s applications.
SEATTLE — Mason County Auditor Paddy McGuire has spent nearly two decades helping run elections, including stints as Oregon deputy secretary of state and at the Department of Defense, ensuring military service members overseas could vote.
The machinists’ union has reached a deal with Alaska Airlines management for a two-year contract extension that provides substantial raises for 5,300 gate agents, stores personnel and office staff, as well as for ramp workers who load cargo.
BELLINGHAM — McDonald’s is on a 4,300-employee job hiring spree in Washington state, and offering more benefits than just easy access to Big Macs.
TONASKET — Two people were killed and one injured after a shooting Monday in Okanogan County.
SEATTLE — A woman from Idaho, where abortion has become illegal, travels to Washington to end her pregnancy. A prosecutor in the woman’s home state declares an Idaho citizen has been killed — and tries to prosecute the woman or the abortion provider for murder.
SPOKANE — Two Washington lawmakers expressed outrage Sunday and Monday over findings that a flawed computer system has harmed scores of veterans since the Department of Veterans Affairs began piloting it in the Inland Northwest in October 2020.
SEATTLE — Alba Kerr gingerly climbed onto her mother's lap, a plastic toy in each hand, when it was her turn to get her first COVID-19 vaccine dose Tuesday afternoon. A Seattle Children's nurse smiled at the 3-year-old and counted to three before folding up the hem of Alba's skirt and poking…
WENATCHEE — Chelan County PUD commissioners on Monday OK’d a deal with Microsoft to let the company connect a planned Malaga data center project to PUD power lines.
SPOKANE — State regulators have approved a plan filed by Avista Utilities that outlines its goals and progress toward clean energy through 2025.
YAKIMA — The West Valley School District board of directors unanimously adopted gender-inclusive policy and procedures to honor a student’s gender identity last week, putting the district in line with Washington state law. Several parents and community members argued against the policy prior…
SEATTLE — Washington is gearing up to provide COVID-19 vaccines for children 6 months through 4 years old, which Saturday were approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
SPOKANE — An unusually cold and wet spring, one in which nearly 5 inches of rain fell between April 1 and mid-June, may be a boon for deer and elk.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A computer system at Spokane’s VA hospital has caused harm to at least 148 veterans in the Inland Northwest, a draft report by a federal watchdog agency reveals.
KENNEWICK — The Mid-Columbia Libraries main Kennewick branch may not have a fully functioning heating and air conditioning system until spring next year.
OLYMPIA — The Washington Attorney General’s office has declined to appeal a judge’s ruling that bans Navy SEAL or other military training in Washington state parks.
SEATTLE — A labor contractor based in Adams County denied 165 farm laborers more than $83,000 collectively in overtime pay for cleaning the Gorge Amphitheatre, according to a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
PASADENA, Calif. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was ordered by a federal appeals court on Friday to take a fresh look at whether glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer AG’s Roundup weed killer, poses unreasonable risks to humans and the environment.
SEATTLE — —The newest federal, state and city holiday, Juneteenth, takes place this weekend, meaning many government facilities and services will be closed or have modified hours Monday in observance.
SPOKANE — A $15.5 million renovation project will transform one of the oldest buildings on Washington State University’s Spokane campus into the central hub for the university’s College of Medicine.
EAST WENATCHEE — Abandoned Giga Watt "pods" in Pangborn Business Park soon will see some activity.
OLYMPIA — —Over 1,500 COVID-19 outbreaks were tied to Washington's K-12 schools during the 2021-22 academic year, according to a state Department of Health report on how the virus moved through campuses.
SPOKANE — A Spokane attorney's attempt to remove Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell from a case because of his wife's racist comments as well as racial disparities in charging was blocked by a judge on Wednesday.
SANDPOINT — —A judge earlier this week dismissed the cannibalism charge against a North Idaho man accused of killing a 70-year-old man last year.
