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YAKIMA — A Yakima County Superior Court Judge has sentenced an Ellenburg man netted in a nationwide child sex trafficking sting to nearly six years in prison, according to an announcement from …
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Staff Report / Columbia Basin Herald
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6/14/22
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Historic flooding caused by torrential rains have forced the closure of all Yellowstone National Park entrances Monday.
"Due to record flooding events in the park and more precipitation in the …
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Eli Francovich / The Spokesman-Review
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6/14/22
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Coeur d'Alene police received numerous death threats and warnings that officers would be doxed in the aftermath of the department's Saturday arrest of 31 men suspected of being members of the white …
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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6/14/22
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will attempt to kill up to two wolves in the Togo pack area following repeated attacks on cattle.
WDFW Director Kelly Susewind authorized the …
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Eli Francovich / The Spokesman-Review
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6/14/22
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George Weyerhaeuser Sr., the fourth-generation timber family scion who ran one of America's largest forestry firms and was briefly one of America's most famous kidnapping victims, died Saturday, June …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times
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6/14/22
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Three members of a Puyallup family have been charged with a series of misdemeanors for their alleged role in the Jan. 6 insurrection, including counts of destruction of government property, …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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6/14/22
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Anti-hate groups in Seattle and Spokane had been hearing for nearly two months that a Pride event in a northern Idaho city was likely to be targeted by far-right extremists.
Police in Coeur …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times
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6/14/22
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In late 2020, the Washington Supreme Court was called on to decide the legality of a Tim Eyman initiative to lower car tab taxes. The court ruled the initiative was unconstitutional because it …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times
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6/14/22
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All 31 members of a white nationalist group arrested on suspicion of conspiring to riot in Coeur d'Alene during a Pride event had bonded out of the Kootenai County Jail as of Sunday afternoon.
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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6/13/22
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Susan Kane-Ronning lives in Whatcom County, where she drives an electric car and has solar panels on her home. A Sierra Club member, she backs the push to expand renewable energy to combat climate …
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Hal Bernton / The Seattle Times
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6/13/22
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A tentative agreement on national legislation to respond to mass gun violence, announced Sunday by a bipartisan group of senators, could provide the state of Washington with money for mental health …
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Jerald Pierce / The Seattle Times
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6/13/22
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In a small research center nestled near the heart of Seattle's South Lake Union, Dr. Elizabeth Duke has been testing medicines to arm us in the fight against COVID-19.
Since the pandemic began, …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times
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6/13/22
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The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission unanimously voted to deny a petition allowing those 65 and older to use a crossbow for hunting during archery season.
The commission is appointed by the …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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6/12/22
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Thurston County's COVID-19 vaccination clinic is set to permanently close after operating for more than a year.
Thurston County Public Health and Social Services announced last week the clinic at …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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6/12/22
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Washington wildlife managers are increasing how often they will be testing for a deadly neurological disease found in deer and elk.
Starting on July 1, the Washington Department of Fish and …
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Eli Francovich / The Spokesman-Review
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6/12/22
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Human-animal encounters — of the violent kind — have been in the news. Most notably, and closest to home, a 9-year-old girl was attacked by a cougar less than two hours from Spokane. …
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Eli Francovich / The Spokesman-Review
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6/12/22
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Clark-Cowlitz firefighters rescued a man and his two daughters from drowning in the East Fork Lewis River after their boat capsized Saturday afternoon.
Firefighters from Clark-Cowlitz Fire …
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Dylan Jefferies / The Columbian
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6/12/22
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Masked and uniformed members of a white nationalist group were arrested in Coeur d'Alene on Saturday afternoon, the same day as Pride in the Park was scheduled, police said.
Coeur d'Alene …
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Quinn Welsch and Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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6/11/22
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SEATTLE — The Seattle Space Needle has sued a local coffee chain for using its trademarked logo in coffee shop branding and merchandise.
The logo for Local Coffee Spot, which has four …
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Maya Miller / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/11/22
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MAPLE VALLEY — The banks of the Cedar River are lush and verdant. A patchwork carpet of soft green biodiversity. Just within a couple of yards of the water's edge, the species are abundant, the …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times
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6/11/22
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