Regional News

Tue, Jul 5, 2022 4:22 PM

King County Council passed an ordinance Tuesday to send $500,000 to the Northwest Abortion Access Fund. The...

Tue, Jul 5, 2022 4:14 PM

The Kirkland Police Department has an approach to removing firearms from circulation, with Visa gift cards. ...

Tue, Jul 5, 2022 3:25 PM

The state Board of Natural resources passed a motion on Tuesday morning approving renaming Harney Channel in the San Juan...

Tue, Jul 5, 2022 2:37 PM

The high cost of housing in Spokane County is a major contributor to a growing homeless population, according to a new study. ...

Tue, Jul 5, 2022 2:20 PM

Construction season is underway in Spokane and this week brings street closures to accommodate nearly $5 million in projects. ...

Mon, Jul 4, 2022 1:39 PM

The City of Spokane Valley wants to help businesses get certified to bid on projects with local governments, state agencies,...

Mon, Jul 4, 2022 12:35 PM

Renton’s Sunset Gardens, which provide 76 affordable housing units for veterans, persons with disabilities and seniors, broke...

Mon, Jul 4, 2022 7:55 AM

Paul McDaniel says he doesn’t think of himself as a politician, even as he seeks to become a member of the Washington State...

Sat, Jul 2, 2022 11:25 AM

“We’re operating on the plan that we’ll win,” Washington State Republican Party Chair Caleb Heimlich said of Tiffany Smiley’s...

Fri, Jul 1, 2022 4:54 PM

Initiative 135, a proposal that would create a "social housing developer," might have received enough signatures to appear on...

Fri, Jul 1, 2022 3:59 PM

Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl said learning that one of his officers had been shot and was being rushed to the hospital...

Fri, Jul 1, 2022 3:36 PM

About half of Washingtonians will have zero or heavily discounted out-of-pocket costs for hospital care in the state starting...

Fri, Jul 1, 2022 3:01 PM

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee has issued a directive making COVID-19 vaccines a permanent condition of employment for state...

Fri, Jul 1, 2022 2:51 PM

Residential property values in Pierce County, Washington, are up 19% compared to a 16% increase in 2021. “Home...

Fri, Jul 1, 2022 12:51 PM

As of Friday, Washington state has joined nine other states restricting gun magazine capacity size, and the Attorney General’s...

Fri, Jul 1, 2022 12:42 PM

When ranchers lose a calf or two to wolves, they are out a couple of thousand dollars, but the state spends up to $20,000 to...

Thu, Jun 30, 2022 4:24 PM

Monthly Avista bills could climb in Eastern Washington later this year under the terms of an agreement being considered by state...

Thu, Jun 30, 2022 4:01 PM

It was a tale of three cities in Washington state, with Tacoma and Seattle ranked among the worst-run large cities in the U.S.,...

Thu, Jun 30, 2022 3:17 PM

The Seattle Department of Education and Early Learning continues its streak of funding organizations that focus on learning...

Thu, Jun 30, 2022 2:57 PM

Cities are legally constrained from banning urban camping outright, but they can take steps to accommodate the homeless and...