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Semi Bird addresses the crowd at a fundraising event at The Lodge at Frontier Park Graham on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.

Did a failed WA governor candidate threaten a state GOP party leader? Here’s the 911 call

August 26, 2024, 7:43am Election

A Pierce County Republican has alleged that former gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird made threats against his life at a weekend meeting of the state party. Read story

The entrance to an Albertson's grocery store is shown on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, in Cheyenne, Wyo.

Albertsons executives deleted texts about Kroger merger to destroy evidence, FTC says

August 26, 2024, 7:41am Business

Federal regulators accused Albertsons executives of deleting text messages relevant to a lawsuit challenging the Boise, Idaho, company’s merger with Kroger, according to a filing in a federal court in Portland, Oregon. Read story

MarathonÇ&fnof;Ùs refinery on March Point, just outside Anacortes, Washington on Aug 1, 2024.

Washington farmers want their promised carbon-pricing exemptions

August 26, 2024, 6:05am Latest News

Hay farmer Jon Driver uses 2,500 to 3,900 gallons of fuel a year, driving farm equipment all over his 700 acres of hay and timothy grass in Pend Oreille and Spokane counties and getting his crops to his customers. Read story

Former Ridgefield School District superintendent Nathan McCann is pictured at Ridgefield High School on August 26, 2019. McCann, who resigned in August 2023, was the subject of a Title IX investigation last year after an employee filed a complaint describing an angry outburst about a school policy. The investigation found McCann was not guilty of committing acts of gender discrimination or sexual harassment, but interviews with staff included in investigation documents revealed many female employees felt he displayed a pattern of unprofessional behavior toward them during his nine-year tenure.

Investigation into former Ridgefield schools chief found pattern of mistreatment after female employees speak out

August 26, 2024, 6:04am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

A 2023 investigation into former Ridgefield School District Superintendent Nathan McCann found he exhibited a pattern of mistreating female employees throughout his nine-year tenure, but that such behavior did not amount to a violation of Title IX. Read story

Keeley Chiasson, left, who is a coastal geomorphologist grad student and geologist in training, observes patterns on a bluff that may indicate the flow of coastal erosion along the Sound coast near the Tulalip reservation in Marysville on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024.

Climate change is already reshaping PNW shorelines. Tribal nations are showing how to adapt

August 26, 2024, 6:03am Latest News

SHORES OF THE SALISH SEA, Tulalip, Wash. — Keeley Chiasson plodded through the steep, sandy sediment near the base of the bluff. Carefully perched on a firm shelf, she scraped back the weathered surface of the wall, revealing stripes of cocoa, rust and tan sediments. Read story

Suspect in the Germany attack was motivated by Islamic State group ideology, prosecutors say

Flowers and candles are placed in Solingen, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, near the scene of Friday's deadly attack.

August 25, 2024, 1:09pm Latest News

A Syrian man on Sunday was ordered held on suspicion of murder and membership in a terrorist organization in connection with the Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary. Read story

NASA decision against using a Boeing capsule to bring astronauts back adds to company’s problems

August 25, 2024, 12:51pm Business

NASA's announcement Saturday that it won't use a troubled Boeing capsule to return two stranded astronauts to Earth is a yet another setback for the struggling company, although the financial damage is likely to be less than the reputational harm. Read story