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The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association passed the amendment to add girls flag football as an official sport. The sport was officially sanctioned in April, and the resolution to hold …
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Caleb Perez / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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6/19/25
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A bipartisan group of federal and state lawmakers is voicing concern over a provision tucked into the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would restrict states from "limiting, restricting, or …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/19/25
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Washington's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is laying off 37 people at the start of July, part of a broader wave of state layoffs that could affect 1,000 jobs across state government.
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/19/25
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People across Washington state are celebrating Juneteenth on Thursday, the holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.
June 19 holds significant meaning for …
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/19/25
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Washington state motorists could feel more pain at the pump than usual this summer as a combination of supply issues, global tensions and state polices drive up fuel costs.
Gasoline prices …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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6/18/25
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The Spokane City Council banned virtual currency kiosks on Monday and directed operators to remove dozens around the city amid a rise in scams targeting residents.
Councilmember Paul …
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Tim Clouser | The Center Square
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6/18/25
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More American children and teens die from firearms than any other cause, but there are more deaths — and wider racial disparities — in states with more permissive gun policies, according …
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Nada Hassanein / Washington State Standard
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6/18/25
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The shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers over the weekend sent shock waves throughout the country, with reverberations reaching the Washington state Legislature.
Authorities say that suspect …
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/18/25
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A Pierce County sheriff’s deputy used a lasso to capture a 32-year-old man over the weekend after the man allegedly threatened his parents with a chainsaw.
Neighbors reported that at …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/18/25
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The Columbia Generating Station, the Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant, is again supplying enough electricity to power about 1 million homes after a 65-day refueling outage.
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/18/25
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Rescuers haven’t been able to reach the body of an 18-year-old man who died over a week ago at a popular Washington waterfall, rangers said.
Recovery efforts for the man’s body at …
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Helena Wegner / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/18/25
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Washington singles are saddled with the fifth-highest salary needs in the nation, according to a new study.
The 2025 study from financial technology company SmartAsset puts a six-figure total on …
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Simone Carter / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/18/25
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The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association passed an initiative to increase ticket prices for the 2025-26 school year during their executive board meeting June 8. The official full ticket …
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Caleb Perez / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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6/18/25
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The elderly former owner of a Sunnyside plant where inspectors found putrid and moldy juice product was sentenced to three years probation Tuesday in federal court.
Mary Ann Bliesner, 83, and …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/18/25
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A city in Washington will pay $2 million to the family of 30-year-old Katelynn Rose Smith, who was shot to death by police officers responding to a 911 call from her boyfriend, who had repeatedly …
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Julia Marnin / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/18/25
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A Jefferson Middle School teacher has been suspended since students reported to their parents that he threatened students in his fifth-period classroom.
On May 20, parents reported to Olympia …
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Ann Duan / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/18/25
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A former U.S. Postal Service employee from San Jose, California was arrested Tuesday on an indictment from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Johnny Q. Nguyen, 49, …
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Hannah Edelman / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/18/25
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The Washington attorney general’s office on Tuesday urged a federal judge in Seattle to order the Trump administration to reinstate funding to build out an electric vehicle charging network .
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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6/17/25
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The Washington family of a man murdered by two teenagers in 2004 are speaking out against their potential early release by the state Intermediate Sentence Review Board, while a state House bill …
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TJ Martinell | The Center Square
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6/17/25
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Colorado Democrats are leading the effort against legislation proposed by Senate Republicans that would sell off millions of acres of public lands.
The proposal is to add the provision to the …
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Elyse Apel | The Center Square
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6/17/25
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