Nine days remain in the 2026 legislative session in Olympia, and the proposed income tax has yet to reach the House floor and ...

Zahid Chaudhry, a U.S. Army veteran, was held in the Northwest ICE Processing Center for four months last year. He was released in December. While inside, he saw multiple fellow detainees … ...

One of the first of an expected 656 signs stating that city property in Seattle cannot be used by federal authorities for civil immigration enforcement efforts has been posted at Jefferson Park in ...

Around 12:50 p.m. Feb. 19, the Volcano Rescue Team (VRT) was dispatched to a reported avalanche burial near Shoestring Gully, at about 5,800 feet on Mount St. Helens. The incident involved a … ...

Washington state and the federal government are considering actions to lower the ever-increasing risk of a container ship striking Longview’s Lewis and Clark Bridge , potentially causing the … ...

King County and Seattle have recently taken steps to hamper any possible federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities in their jurisdictions, specifically to limit enforcement on local … ...

Several farming groups, including Whatcom County-based Save Family Farming, have sent a letter to Washington state leaders regarding recent data indicating the state ranks last in farmer take-home pay ...

Democratic lawmakers in Washington state are moving closer to repealing a 2025 law that raised the state’s top estate tax rate to 35%, the highest in the nation. Senate Bill 6347 , introduced … ...

U.S. Sen Maria Cantwell, a Washington state Democrat, will register a protest of President Donald Trump’s attempt to exert more control over election infrastructure by bringing her state’s … ...

A Kelso man was sentenced Thursday to five years for striking and killing a pedestrian in 2025 . Larry M. Hole, 46, said the collision was "100% avoidable," and sobbed openly in court. He … ...

For Rivian and Lucid, path finally emerges for direct-to-consumer car sales in Washington Legislation in the state Senate would put the companies on the same footing as Tesla; it has support from auto ...

Democrats’ main attempt to reduce skyrocketing lawsuit payouts by the state and local governments isn’t moving forward in the Washington Legislature this year. Lawmakers were looking to … ...