WALLA WALLA — Washington State Patrol Trooper Dean Atkinson Jr. is back home in Walla Walla.
SKYKOMISH — Highway 2 has reopened after the Bolt Creek fire temporarily shut it down, but small portions of the road will continue to close briefly as crews work to battle the flames, officials said Sunday.
WENATCHEE — Wick Communications, The Wenatchee World’s Sierra Vista, Arizona-based parent company, is adding to its newspaper holdings.
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WENATCHEE — Six new pickleball courts in the Chelan County PUD’s Walla Walla Point Park will officially open later this month.
WENATCHEE — Driving by Orondo Avenue’s intersection with Okanogan Avenue and Methow Street? It may have a detour, some construction equipment or concrete pouring.
SEATTLE — When Kevin Saavedra landed at Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center in February, it became the sixth hospital he’s worked at in less than three years.
SPOKANE — Twa-le Abrahamson-Swan has seen firsthand how Indigenous and rural communities are at a disadvantage when they need cancer treatment.
DENVER — Lodgepole pines grow thick in mountain foothill forests west of Denver. Government-backed loggers cut down thousands. This left a hole across several acres of the popular Flying J Ranch Park that, close up, looks to visitors more like mowing than thinning.
SKYKOMISH — Officials on Thursday reopened the portion of Highway 2 that had been closed near Skykomish after the Bolt Creek Fire encroached on the roadway on Tuesday.
SPOKANE — One of the women raped by a former Spokane police officer has filed a $1 million claim against the city alleging the police department ignored "red flags" in the officer's behavior.
SPOKANE — Annual prescribed fires on lands managed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in Eastern Washington are scheduled to start in October as conditions allow, according to a department press release.
OLYMPIA — Heat pumps could soon be mandated in all new residential construction, if a code change proposed by the Washington State Building Code Council goes into effect.
WHIDBEY ISLAND — The bodies of multiple victims of the deadly Labor Day weekend plane crash in Mutiny Bay have been recovered, along with most of the wreckage.
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee has ordered the Washington Air National Guard to deploy a team to help first responders in the wake of Hurricane Ian.
SEATTLE — Only 73 southern resident orcas remain along the coast of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia as of July 1, according to the latest census from the Center for Whale Research.
SPOKANE — In Tuesday afternoon’s heat, Spokane city workers following a garbage truck picked up debris from a camp along the river, where a few dozen people lived until told to leave earlier in the day. Several Spokane police officers watched from patrol cars after helping with the cleanup.
SEATTLE — The Seattle School Board put the final stamp of approval on its long-anticipated, multimillion-dollar collective bargaining agreement with the teachers union Wednesday night.
YAKIMA — Eligible immigrants living in Washington have until Nov. 14 to apply for the state's COVID-19 Immigrant Relief Fund.
BOISE, Idaho — The University of Idaho in a memo last week warned employees against promoting abortion or services for the “prevention of conception” and recommended limits on discussions of abortion in the classroom.
ORONDO — The Chelan County PUD and Washington State Parks are seeking input on new playground equipment at Daroga State Park.
EAST WENATCHEE — They’ll be jetting in sooner than expected to Pangborn Memorial Airport.
SOAP LAKE — Soap Lake Police Chief Ryan Cox will be appointed at the next city council meeting as the interim city administrator for Soap Lake.
YAKIMA — Two Sunnyside men were arrested after local drug-enforcement agents raided two Lower Valley marijuana grows last week.
MOSES LAKE — After months of delay, a sleek all-electric airplane prototype buzzed like a hornet at the end of the runway, then sped off and lifted into the sky above Central Washington on its first flight at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday.
SPOKANE — Homebuyers in Spokane County may have an easier time finding a property in a real estate market is beginning to swing in their favor.
SPOKANE — A staffing shorting may force Spokane County to close the Geiger Corrections Center in Airway Heights, Detention Services Director Mike Sparber told Spokane County commissioners last week.
SPOKANE — As forecasters frantically work to pinpoint where Hurricane Ian may land, they’re getting a little help in the Inland Northwest.
BELLINGHAM — After two and a half years, Amtrak’s Cascades passenger service from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C., through Bellingham, restarted Monday, Sept. 26, 2022.
TACOMA — A former Nigerian official was sentenced to five years for what prosecutors called a "litany of scams" that took in more than $600,000 in public and private funds, including Washington unemployment benefits intended for pandemic victims.
WHIDBEY ISLAND — The U.S. Navy will begin recovering wreckage from the Labor Day weekend plane crash in Mutiny Bay on Tuesday morning in an effort to piece together what led to the mysterious crash that killed 10 people.
SEATTLE — Prolific ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson, who grew up in Seattle, is reportedly missing after falling into a crevasse Monday during an expedition in Nepal.
WALLA WALLA — Trooper Dean Atkinson Jr., who was shot and wounded in Walla Walla Thursday, Sept. 22, continues to undergo surgery at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. But he is expected to make a full recovery, according to his father, Dean Atkinson Sr.
KENNEWICK — The Benton Franklin Health District is accepting applications to add members of the public to its board under a new requirement mandated by the Washington state Legislature.
YAKIMA — A search of the pond at Sarg Hubbard Park and Buchanan Lake by an FBI dive team over the weekend turned up no new information in the search for missing 4-year-old Lucian Munguia, according to Yakima police.
SPOKANE — Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich intends to handle the East Central homeless camp known as Camp Hope the same way that Spokane Valley handles homeless camps. A “hand up” not a “hand out,” he said.
Months after it was launched, a national 988 suicide prevention hotline represents an important step toward dealing with the United States’ mental health crisis.
INDEX — The Bolt Creek fire intensified Sunday, prompting authorities to raise the evacuation level to level 2 from Skykomish to Baring, King County. Level 2 means residents should be ready to leave on short notice.
YAKIMA — The decades-long battle to restore ownership of Mount Adams' summit and east slope to the Yakama Nation includes an often little-remembered chapter that included actor Marlon Brando and legendary newsman Walter Cronkite.
YAKIMA — Yakima city staff is recommending a switch to paid parking for on-street stalls and city lots in downtown Yakima.
For the first time in years, the race for secretary of state in Washington does not include a Republican — at least not officially.
MOSES LAKE — The 54-year-old Moses Lake man suspected of murdering his wife was arrested on the East Coast less than two days after her body was discovered in Lincoln County.
KENNEWICK — Public health officials were generally pleased this past week with trends for COVID-19 in the Tri-Cities area and the state.
With hopes of becoming the tastiest family-oriented hangout in Quincy, Monkey ‘n’ Around Pizza is set to open its doors this month, occupying the space formerly filled by a Chinese restaurant next to the roundabout on State Route 28.
WENATCHEE — A regional aquatic center, Pangborn Memorial Airport, economics and more will be discussed at the Chelan County Tri-Commission meeting Tuesday.
CASHMERE — The Chelan Douglas County Regional Port Authority is trying to get rid of more of the Cashmere Mill District.
SPOKANE — The city of Spokane and its insurers will pay $4 million as part of a legal settlement with the family of a man shot and killed by police in 2019.
OLYMPIA — Viral infection levels continue on a downward trend in Washington, bringing the state into a "cautiously optimistic" place as public health teams continue to work on COVID-19 and monkeypox prevention this fall.
TUMWATER — The Washington Department of Labor and Industries is proposing to raise the price that employers will pay for workers compensation insurance next year, according to an L&I press release.
UNION GAP — After sitting mostly empty with little merchandise for more than a year, the Sears store at the Valley Mall will close later this fall.
SEATTLE — Getting homes, libraries and city-owned buildings off fossil fuels; collecting climate data; and creating climate “resilience hubs” to support residents during weather events are just a few of the programs slated to roll out under the $6.5 million in environmental investments Seatt…