WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it is proposing requiring four key Boeing Co 737 MAX design and operating changes to address safety issues seen in two fatal crashes that led to the plane’s grounding in March 2019.
SEATTLE — Washington's primary election is upon us, and turnout is running ahead of four years ago — but that's not a terribly high hurdle.
SEATTLE — Emergency actions taken last May to halt a massive fraud in Washington’s unemployment system prevented at least $200 million in additional losses on top of the more than half-a-billion dollars taken by scammers, officials said Monday.
SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines filed notice Monday with Washington state of almost 1,600 permanent layoffs starting on Oct. 1, the day after the government’s Payroll Support Program (PSP) ends.
EAST WENATCHEE — The Eastmont School Board on Monday approved the reopening plan recommended last week by school administrators, setting off a communication blitz to parents covering options and offering opportunities to get details.
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YAKIMA — Health care providers, labs and local health districts will be required to report race and ethnicity data on COVID-19 cases, under a decision from the state Board of Health last week.
SEATTLE — Seattle City Council members have unveiled a plan to shrink the Police Department, starting with a spate of budget proposals that could reduce the force by as many as 100 officers through layoffs and attrition this year.
WHITE RIVER — They were impaled and exhausted, weakened, or left dying in waves: pink salmon by the thousands, defeated by a nearly 80-year-old fish trap and dam on this waterway that also harmed spring chinook, the prize diet of endangered southern resident killer whales.
SEATTLE — Six months after the surprise announcement in January to close the National Archives at Seattle, the update isn't good news for those who rallied to reverse the decision.
BREWSTER — A 63-year-old guest worker in Okanogan County died Friday night while under quarantine at a farm labor camp, according to a statement released by his employer, Gebbers Farms.
BIRCH BAY — Washington has trapped its first Asian giant hornet, the first step toward what state officials hope will be the eradication of the invasive insects from the country.
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School Board on Thursday unanimously approved a school reopening plan for the fall that will give parents the choice of online instruction, full-time on-campus learning or a blend of the two.
SEATTLE — Tuesday’s primary election in Washington state will narrow the field to the top two in races ranging from Jay Inslee’s bid for a third term as governor to secretary of state, lieutenant governor and all 10 seats in Congress.
SEATTLE — A federal judge has postponed scheduled arguments over whether Seattle police violated an injunction against using force on peaceful protesters, and has asked lawyers for Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County and the city to plan for a full hearing on the issue.
SEATTLE — Amanda Riley’s timing couldn’t have been worse.
SPOKANE — As a law student at Gonzaga University, Allison Drescher of Orondo spent three years preparing for the bar examination — two consecutive days of multiple-choice questions and complicated essay prompts that test not only the legal wit of aspiring lawyers but also their mental stamina.
WENATCHEE — Wenatchee Valley residents should be wary of close-to-record heat coming to North Central Washington this Thursday and Friday, according to a report from the National Weather Service in Spokane. Along with the high temperatures comes dry and windy conditions, raising the potentia…
SEATTLE — Boeing slashed production on its widebody programs, delayed the arrival of its newest jet, and confirmed the demise of its iconic 747, as it reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Wednesday amid fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
SEATTLE — The Port of Seattle will help bankroll a $3.57 million ad campaign to lure travelers back to Washington state, hoping to repair damage done to its hospitality sector as a result of lockdown measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus.
NCW — From the dusty brown sagebrush hills near Malaga to a mid-elevation meadow amidst a ponderosa pine forest, the Wenatchee Valley is home to several rare and sensitive flowers.
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SEATTLE — A federal security detail recently deployed to the Seattle area has withdrawn after pressure from local and state officials, Gov. Jay Inslee’s office announced Tuesday.
MOSES LAKE — The Port of Moses Lake is considering what it would take to become a base for very large firefighting aircraft, including a converted a Boeing 747 used to fight fires.
SPOKANE — On July 27, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife lethally removed an adult, non-breeding female member of the Wedge wolf pack in Northeast Washington, reducing the pack to two known remaining members. According to the WDFW, this pack has repeatedly preyed on cattle on pub…
ELLENSBURG — Central Washington University will limit campus residency by more than half this fall term, cutting the number of people living on campus to 1,800.
SEATTLE — Tahlequah is pregnant again.
SEATTLE — After intense confrontations between demonstrators and police on Saturday, protests Sunday got off to a calmer start as police, demonstrators and observers traded allegations over violent acts the day prior.
MOSES LAKE — Despite last year’s Phase 1 trade agreement with China, REC Silicon President and CEO Tore Torvund said China has not yet lowered tariffs on the company’s main product, solar-grade silicon.
PASCO — Pasco planners are working to solve a land jigsaw puzzle to meet the needs of the nearly 50,000 new residents they see moving into the city in the next 20 years.
BREWSTER — After a Mexican orchard worker died earlier this month from COVID 19 complications, the state Department of Labor & Industries is demanding changes in the farm labor camps of a major eastern Washington fruit grower that employed the man in Okanogan County.
SEATTLE — Susan Enfield had an ambitious goal: End out-of-school suspensions, a practice that's particularly harmful for most students of color at Highline schools. And it worked to some extent, at least for a couple of years.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress passed sweeping legislation this week allocating $900 million a year for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), and an additional $9.5 billion over five years to address an urgent backlog of maintenance projects at the nation’s parks and other public lands.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last December, before COVID-19 upended Americans’ lives, the House of Representatives accomplished something that had long eluded lawmakers, passing an immigration reform bill with significant support from both Democrats and Republicans that could give legal status to hund…
YAKIMA — Hispanic leaders raised concerns about COVID-19’s impact on their community statewide, saying improvements are needed in communication, outreach and contact tracing.
SEATTLE — Washington State University’s Pullman, Vancouver, Everett and Tri-Cities campuses will teach almost all undergraduate classes remotely this fall, with a few limited exceptions, the university announced Thursday.
SEATTLE — A day after multiple businesses were vandalized during protests on Capitol Hill, and ahead of demonstrations expected this weekend, Mayor Jenny Durkan said Thursday she had received assurances from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that federal agents would not at this time…
SEATTLE — Five news outlets, including The Seattle Times, will have to comply with a subpoena and give the Seattle Police Department unpublished video and photos from a May 30 racial justice protest that turned violent, a judge ruled Thursday.
OLYMPIA — For an agency known as the go-to source for data on Washington's jobs market, the state Employment Security Department (ESD) has been notably slow lately in sharing certain numbers on the pandemic unemployment crisis.
OLYMPIA — A governor has broad powers during an emergency that includes deciding whether to release inmates from prisons and how many should be released, the Washington Supreme Court said Thursday.
OLYMPIA — Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife director Kelly Susewind on Thursday authorized WDFW staff to lethally remove a wolf from the Wedge pack territory in response to what it called "repeated depredations of cattle on grazing lands" in Stevens County, northwest of Spokane.
PORTLAND — Oregon squared off against the Trump administration at a hearing Wednesday over the state’s request to stop the unexplained detention of anti-racism protesters in Portland by federal agents.
SEATTLE — Boeing has been anxious to get its 737 MAX cleared to fly again so it can start delivering what used to be a key moneymaker, but the latest schedule information from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) — including a lengthy public comment period — suggests the process will be…
OLYMPIA — Washington has joined a multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging the federal government is reducing state government authority in determining whether a building project will affect water quality.
OLYMPIA — Growers will continue to be able to use bunk beds in farmworker housing under a ruling last week from Thurston County Superior Court.
SEATTLE — University of Washington researchers, in partnership with a Seattle biotech company, say they have developed a promising candidate for vaccination against the virus that causes COVID-19.
SEATTLE — Police officers were injured and arrests were made during a large demonstration Sunday afternoon in which protesters marched through downtown Seattle and Capitol Hill, according to the Seattle Police Department.
SEATTLE — Nearly $6 million in federal grants have been approved for five Washington tribes to pay for programs to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus and give financial help to tribal members for rent and utility bills.
SEATTLE — Seattle City Council members are starting to home in on specific cuts to the Police Department as groups advocating for a new approach to public safety continue to apply pressure, and as defunding skeptics start to speak out.
TACOMA — Even before the state's Friday declaration that the pandemic is creating an "explosive situation," Cheryl Hill of Tacoma discovered that getting a COVID-19 test isn't easy.
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday announced a limit of 10 people at social gatherings in Washington counties that are further along in the reopening process as the state sees a rise in COVID-19 cases.
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