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The National Federation of Independent Business released a Washington-specific version of its monthly Small Business Economic Trends report on Tuesday, which shows the region below the national …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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7/9/26
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Now that Idaho’s transgender bathroom ban is the law, transgender Idahoans are navigating how to safely use the bathroom in public.
Preparing for the ban, Trans Affirm, a nonprofit that …
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By Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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7/9/26
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Health insurance premiums are likely to grow more expensive next year for those who buy Marketplace plans, after increases this year.
Affordable Care Act Marketplace insurers are proposing a …
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By Nada Hassanein / Stateline.org
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7/9/26
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State attorneys have asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to force Oregon to offer undercover license plates to federal agents, arguing that the Trump administration cannot force the …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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7/9/26
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Fruit growers in the Columbia River Gorge are seeking federal aid for a disastrous 2025 pear crop and asking state lawmakers to pause and revise recent laws mandating overtime and new housing …
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By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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7/9/26
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A little more than two weeks ago, the director of the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife ordered the killing of one or two wolves in southeast Washington after a series of attacks occurred on …
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Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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7/9/26
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez keeps talking about fruit.
Since 2024 , the Democrat from Washougal, Clark County, has introduced iterations of the colloquially dubbed …
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By Anumita Kaur and Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times
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7/9/26
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An apple carved from Tenino stone. A photo of the Nisqually Glacier on Mount Rainier. A commemorative FIFA World Cup ORCA card. And a snapshot of a smiling Jay Inslee in a boat.
Those mementos …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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7/8/26
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, recently introduced the The Know Your Labor Rights Act, which is aimed at ensuring workers are aware of all their rights. It was introduced with House …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/8/26
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The Pasco City Council passed a resolution Monday formally opposing Washington state’s new 9.9% income tax on annual earnings over $1 million, and officials may go even further to ensure a similar …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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7/8/26
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Oregonians kept more than 130,000 mattresses and box springs from landfills during 2025, the first full year of a new statewide recycling program with free collection points in nearly all of the …
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The Daily Astorian (TNS)
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7/8/26
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Washington's roadway overhaul unfolded quietly, at a few crossings where highway engineers hoped they could reduce crippling crashes, if they made drivers outside Bellingham, Lake Stevens or …
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Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/8/26
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A 14-year-old boy died Tuesday evening after crashing on an electric bike at the I-5 Colonnade mountain bike park, Seattle police said.
The teenager was riding down steep stairs at the mountain …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/8/26
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A 25-year-old woman died after being struck by a Sounder train Tuesday afternoon, Seattle police said.
The woman was on the tracks near Carkeek Park when she was hit by a train traveling …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/8/26
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Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Takeshi Numoto has purchased Hunts Point mansion for nearly $20 million.
Takeshi Numoto, who spent 26 years in multiple roles at Microsoft before becoming its …
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Alexis Weisend / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/8/26
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A 49-year-old Bellingham man died after a boat capsized in Bellingham Bay on the Fourth of July.
First responders received a report around 6 p.m. Saturday of the capsized vessel with one person …
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Jack Belcher / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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7/8/26
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The body of a Federal Way man who disappeared while he was swimming in Moses Lake Saturday was recovered from the lake Tuesday morning, according to a media release from the Grant County Sheriff's …
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Cheryl Schweizer / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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7/8/26
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CHELAN — Under the sweltering Tuesday sun, two sweating, dirt-covered firefighters whacked their axes into a Central Washington hillside, clouds of dust swirling around their boots. Hazy smoke …
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/8/26
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SEATTLE — Summer crabbing season started Thursday. But while the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says it should be a similar season to last year’s, there are a few things that have …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/8/26
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The death of a red fox kit in Pullman this May confirms what scientists have long suspected: A species of deadly tapeworm has made itself at home in Washington.
"We've known it's been around," …
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Cannon Barnett / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/8/26
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