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Like the opening salvo of the First Gulf War. That’s how Long Beach Police chief Flint Wright describes the annual Independence Day scene that plays out on the beach in front of this Pacific …
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Gregory Scruggs / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/29/25
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Two labor rights groups rallied outside Olympia City Hall last week before handing in nearly 10,000 signatures toward qualifying the Workers’ Bill of Rights, including raising the minimum wage …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/29/25
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The plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Washington state’s down-payment assistance program for people who faced racial housing discrimination aren’t giving up hope, even after being dealt a …
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Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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6/28/25
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The only medical facility focused on caring for drug-exposed babies in western Washington is pleading for help after Gov. Bob Ferguson vetoed its funding and the state abruptly canceled its …
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Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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6/28/25
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A group of front-line health care workers are set to go on strike next week at a Parkland-area emergency medical facility, citing unfair labor practices and more amid stalled negotiations for their …
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Debbie Cockrell / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/28/25
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From 400 feet of placid, cool water, research biologist Jed Moore raises a long net containing a sample of zooplankton, the tiny marine animals salmon feed on.
The Nisqually Department of …
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Ann Duan / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/28/25
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A semitruck hauling 10,000 bottles of whiskey overturned on Snoqualmie Pass, according to a Facebook post from the Washington State Department of Transportation.
The crash led to 15 miles worth …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/28/25
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The leader of Washington’s child welfare agency said the department was forced to end its contract with a pediatric care facility in Kent due to reduced funding in the upcoming state budget, …
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Catalina Gaitán and Shauna Sowers / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/28/25
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As immigration authorities ramp up arrests to meet President Donald Trump's mass deportation goal, a question has loomed: Where will the government put all the people it detains?
The Northwest …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/28/25
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As their season reaches its midway point, the Mariners do find themselves in playoff position. They're not exactly where they want to be, though.
The Mariners do hold a 1.5-game lead for the …
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Adam Jude and Tim Booth / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/28/25
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Leaving the corporate world after 30 years to explore entrepreneurship was intimidating, but Arti O’Brien knew years ago that she was ready for the change.
“I wanted to be an …
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Sephora Charles / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/28/25
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Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Trump administration on Friday, the state of Washington still intends to seek a nationwide block of the president’s order to restrict …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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6/27/25
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A bipartisan panel of Washington state lawmakers devoted to increasing civility in politics is formally denouncing the murder of a Minnesota state lawmaker and attempted assassination of Donald Trump …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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6/27/25
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A bipartisan panel of Washington state lawmakers devoted to increasing civility in politics is formally denouncing the murder of a Minnesota state lawmaker and attempted assassination of Donald Trump …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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6/27/25
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Scammers who claimed to be Chinese law enforcement officials stole millions of dollars from Bellevue residents in recent months, with one person wiring as much as over $1 million to the fraudsters, …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/27/25
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After they’d dated for a month, Adam Hand and his girlfriend broke up. But she continued to worry he might harm himself and agreed to spend some time with him one night last week.
Before …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/27/25
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Scammers continue to instill fear and confusion in area residents, who have coughed up millions of dollars to them this year.
The Federal Trade Commission reported Washington fraud victims lost …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/27/25
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Britton Winterrose is a director for Microsoft with the deluxe healthcare that job provides, but he still relies on Medicaid to keep his Richland family together.
He joined Washington Democrat …
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Annette Cary / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/27/25
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Wealthy Washington backers and some of the state’s highest-profile businesses, including Amazon, Boeing and Microsoft, donated more than $5.3 million to President Donald Trump’s inaugural …
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Patrick Malone / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/27/25
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King County public health officials have confirmed two more measles cases in Washington residents, and warned of other possible exposures to the infectious disease over the past two weeks, including …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/27/25
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