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Seattle part of bid to host FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2031

The FIFA Men’s World Cup coming to Seattle next June might not be the last major international soccer tournament to play games inside of Lumen Field. The 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cup … more

Tim Booth / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 11/29/25

Washington state veteran-owned businesses targeted by phishing scam, agency warns

Some Washington veteran-owned businesses are receiving spam and phishing emails purporting to come from the state’s veteran affairs agency, according to a Nov. 26 department notice. The … more

Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS) | 11/29/25

Invasive green crab found in Skagit Bay for the first time

Research group Washington Sea Grant announced Tuesday that the first detection of an invasive European green crab in the northern Whidbey basin was made in late September this year. The northern … more

Emma Fletcher-Frazer / Skagit Valley Herald (TNS) | 11/29/25

Washington state agency accused of intentionally destroying public records

Serious allegations concerning the destruction of public records within the Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises, or OMWBE, are coming out in the latest The Public Records … more

Carleen Johnson | The Center Square | 11/28/25

Fiscal Fallout: States continue to increase budgets despite end of COVID emergency

States around the country, hooked on billions of federal dollars that flooded in during COVID, don't want the party to end. But the pandemic subsided three years ago and the federal government, … more

By Arthur Kane | The Center Square | 11/28/25

Tariffs trickle into cost of Thanksgiving dinner, jilting consumers and farmers

Collin Tuthill, president of one of the country’s largest canned and frozen food importers and distributors, said the current state of the U.S. food industry is “like we live in some kind … more

Anna Kaminski / States Newsroom | 11/28/25

Trump social media post claims to void Biden orders

President Donald Trump said Friday he will try to reverse any law, pardon or still-in-effect executive order that former President Joe Biden signed with an autopen, though it wasn’t immediately … more

Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom | 11/28/25

Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24 and Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, were both shot on Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C.

National Guard shooting suspect to face murder charge

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced Friday it has charged the man who allegedly shot two National Guard members earlier this week with first-degree murder … more

Jennifer Shutt and Ashley Murray / State Newsroom | 11/28/25

The Washington state Capitol building in Olympia.

Washington state lawmakers will gather in Olympia to gear up for 2026 session

How best to spend, save and raise money will be a recurring theme when Washington lawmakers convene in Olympia next week for their annual “ committee days .” The state is … more

Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard | 11/28/25

2nd poaching case with illegal spotlighting under investigation in Washington state

Washington state Fish and Wildlife police are investigating a second recent case of a poacher suspected of using a spotlight to illegally hunt deer at night in southeastern Washington. In the … more

Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS) | 11/28/25

Beloved Sylvester Park Tree Lighting returns to Olympia after several-year hiatus

OIympia’s Sylvester Park Tree Lighting will return this year after a several-year hiatus, the Olympia Downtown Alliance announced Monday. The beloved holiday tradition will … more