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Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released age data covering the 2020 – 2025 period, offering a portrait of a graying America.
The findings showed that outside the South, the number of …
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By Gene Balk / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/1/26
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Seattle lawmakers are considering a new ordinance that would make it illegal to solicit unwilling homeowners to sell their properties.
The legislation, introduced by Councilmember Dionne Foster, …
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By Randy Diamond / The Center Square
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7/1/26
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Seattle Councilwoman Debora Juarez atoned to residents of North Aurora Avenue Tuesday for the city’s slow response to gun violence tied to sex trafficking that has increased over several …
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By Randy Diamond / The Center Square
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7/1/26
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North Dakota’s leaders spent decades building up former President Theodore Roosevelt as a hero, highlighting his Badlands experience and conservation efforts.
But for Native Americans, …
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By Jacob Orledge / North Dakota Monitor
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7/1/26
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Oregon’s landmark effort allowing adults older than 21 to access psilocybin has evolved beyond “strictly medical uses” and may be allowing more people to enroll in the program than is safe, …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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7/1/26
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A bipartisan group of 11 Western governors signed a letter endorsing the establishment of a multi-state task force to develop a study and action plan to update the region’s energy grid.
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By Alixel Cabrera / States Newsroom
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7/1/26
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A wildfire sparked by lightning has been burning for nearly a week in the Olympic National Park.
The 86-acre Mount Tom Creek Fire is long and narrow, burning slowly and creeping up steep …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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7/1/26
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It’s a landmark moment for the endeavor known as WA Cares, envisioned as a means to help Washington’s workforce afford long-term care and services as they age.
Starting Wednesday, insurance …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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7/1/26
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Following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday that upheld states’ rights to ban biological males who identify as females in girls’ and women's sports, Washington athletes and activists …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/30/26
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More than 26,000 Washington state public school teachers finally won a decades-long class action lawsuit last week, in a fight over their retirement accounts.
Thurston County Superior Court …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/30/26
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The King County medical examiner's office has found that a man in Federal Way police custody at a local hospital died as a result of a heart attack and prolonged restraint in prone position."
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/30/26
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An unexpected visitor turned a Pasco woman’s fireplace into an unusual rescue scene Friday morning.
Pasco Police Department received a 911 call, but no one could be heard on the other end of …
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Ellie Conover / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/30/26
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Columbia Basin Dive Rescue returned to the Columbia River on Sunday to assist federal investigators searching for additional aircraft debris from last week’s fatal floatplane crash near the cable …
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Scott Hunt / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/30/26
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On Friday, June 26, at approximately 1:49 p.m., Aberdeen Police officers responded to the Aberdeen City Jail after on-duty jail staff reported that two inmates were experiencing separate medical …
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By The Daily World
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6/30/26
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A 40-year-old man who fatally stabbed his father in 2024 at an East Central Spokane apartment was sentenced to 21 years in prison.
Damian C. Eiffert pleaded guilty to second-degree murder …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/30/26
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When two North Idaho firefighters were shot to death as they responded to an intentionally set blaze on Canfield Mountain, it wouldn't be that tragic day that would define how they would be …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/30/26
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A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday leaves Washington's mail-in voting deadline intact, allowing ballots to continue to be counted even if they arrive after Election Day.
In a 5-4 decision, the …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/30/26
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In a major staff turnover in the administration of Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, communications director Seferiana Day Hasegawa has been replaced, and a supporter of the mayor has been named in a new …
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Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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6/30/26
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday kept in place state laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams.
The decision stems from challenges to bans in …
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Jacob Fischler and Shauneen Miranda / States Newsroom
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6/30/26
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Oregonians making minimum wage will get a 50-cent bump per hour beginning Wednesday, resulting in an average of $573 more per year for someone working full time.
In the Portland metro, the floor …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/30/26
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