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As the FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament begins in roughly a dozen U.S. cities this week, law enforcement officials have been implementing national security measures.
Forty-eight teams are …
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Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor
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6/10/26
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A Bellevue SWAT team arrested an Issaquah man on four counts of human trafficking, money laundering and leading an organized crime ring where abused teenagers were coerced into participating in …
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By Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/10/26
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After one of the Woodland Park Zoo’s two new baby gorillas had a rough start, the babies switched mothers — and are now healthy and well.
On May 18, mother Jamani gave birth to a son and on …
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By Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times
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6/10/26
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WASHINGTON — Congress must act to shore up Social Security during the next six years to avoid an automatic drop-off in benefits in 2032, according to a report released Tuesday.
The …
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By Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom
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6/10/26
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The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation is on track to regain control over civil legal matters on its tribal land.
Gov. Tina Kotek in late May signed a proclamation to return …
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By Mia Maldonado / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/10/26
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Washington state Rep. Tarra Simmons got her long-sought opportunity Tuesday to publicly defend herself against an array of ethics charges.
The Bremerton Democrat spent nearly three hours in …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/10/26
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail …
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By Jonathan Shorman / States Newsroom
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6/9/26
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A judge on Tuesday rejected a challenge from major pharmaceutical companies against Washington’s new law trying to reduce prescription drug prices for hospitals.
Gov. Bob Ferguson in March …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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6/9/26
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A state board on Tuesday held a second day of public hearings into an ethics complaint against Washington state Rep. Tarra Simmons that could result in tens of thousands of dollars in fines for the …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/9/26
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A privately owned engineering and manufacturing company selected Great Falls as the site for an $800 million manufacturing facility.
Based in Washington state, Janicki Industries designs and …
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By Keila Szpaller / The Daily Montanan
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6/9/26
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A bear hunter hiking through the Coeur d'Alene National Forest on Sunday stumbled upon the remains of what appeared to be a 69-year-old woman.
The woman is believed to have been there for an …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/9/26
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A man shot and killed his new wife in front of her young children in north Spokane on Sunday evening, according to court records.
Josiah Ballinger, 42, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/9/26
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Eliot Abramson, a Mercer Island High School sophomore, died Sunday from injuries sustained during a lacrosse showcase event last week. His death marks at least the second time in the past year a high …
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Kate Shefte / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/9/26
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Seattle and King County's top officials are installing their own oversight measure to get the region's homelessness agency on better financial footing after deciding the agency's plan to do so …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/9/26
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Washington’s governor and state schools superintendent both plan to ask the legislature next year to ban cellphone use during the school day at K-12 public schools.
Gov. Bob Ferguson and state …
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Denisa R. Superville / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/9/26
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The Governor of Montana tells The Center Square he hopes to lure more out of state business expansion into his state, following this week’s announcement that Sedro-Woolley based Janicki Industries …
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Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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6/9/26
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Hundreds of frustrated residents and neighbors marched along North Seattle's Aurora Avenue for a demonstration last Saturday night.
Organizers called the event "Stop the Traffickers, Stop the …
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Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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6/9/26
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When her son was a teenager, Connecticut mom Amy Wadsworth said, he was the type of kid parents rarely worry about.
He played sports, cared about his health and stayed away from drugs. In 2018, …
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Amanda Watford / Washington State Standard
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6/9/26
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The state Department of Fish and Wildlife rescinded an order to kill a wolf in northeastern Washington one week after authorizing the plan in response to attacks on livestock.
A calf was killed …
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Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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6/9/26
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Washington is facing a new financial reality as the Office of Financial Management signals an era of severe fiscal constraint ahead.
In a June 5 memo sent to state agency directors, OFM Director …
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By Andrew Paxton / The Center Square
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6/8/26
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