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A picket sign sits outside the Angel of the Winds Arena as striking Boeing employees gather to cast their votes Wednesday in Everett.

Boeing, in need of cash, looking to raise up to approximately $19 billion in stock offering

A picket sign sits outside the Angel of the Winds Arena as striking Boeing employees gather to cast their votes Wednesday in Everett.

October 28, 2024, 9:21am Business

Boeing is looking to raise up to approximately $19 billion in a stock offering as the aerospace giant, which is dealing with a contentious strike, faces liquidity issues and tries to raise cash. Read story

Specialized Housing Executive Director Brian McCarl, right, talks to a crowd full of community members and state leaders including Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, and Clark County Treasurer Alishia Topper on Wednesday in Felida.

Nonprofit breaks ground on senior apartments in Felida after four years of planning

Specialized Housing Executive Director Brian McCarl, right, talks to a crowd full of community members and state leaders including Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, and Clark County Treasurer Alishia Topper on Wednesday in Felida.

October 28, 2024, 6:10am Clark County Health

As excavators scooped up dirt, community leaders celebrated a unique development that will help Clark County seniors age in place. Read story

Washougal school buses wait to collect students in 2018.

Washougal schools transportation director says school year off to a smooth start

Washougal school buses wait to collect students in 2018.

October 28, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News

David Tsao couldn’t pass up an opportunity to do some recruiting while offering an update on the Washougal School District’s transportation department during a school board meeting earlier this month. Read story

Buttons, who the Associated Press is referring to only by her childhood nickname because of her legal status, sits for a portrait behind her baby photo taken before she was adopted from Iran to a family in America, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Henderson, Nev. Buttons is one of thousands of children adopted from abroad by American parents, many of them military service members, who were left without citizenship by loopholes in American law that Congress has been aware of for decades, yet remains unwilling to fix.

Thousands of children adopted by Americans are without citizenship. Congress is unwilling to act

Buttons, who the Associated Press is referring to only by her childhood nickname because of her legal status, sits for a portrait behind her baby photo taken before she was adopted from Iran to a family in America, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Henderson, Nev. Buttons is one of thousands of children adopted from abroad by American parents, many of them military service members, who were left without citizenship by loopholes in American law that Congress has been aware of for decades, yet remains unwilling to fix.

October 28, 2024, 6:06am Latest News

The 50-year-old newspaper was turning yellow and its edges fraying, so she had it laminated, not as a memento but as proof — America made a promise to her, and did not keep it. Read story

According to Washington State Department of Transportation spokesperson Tina Werner, the state employs a variety of different methods for making lane stripes visible at night. That includes reflectors, although they're not the most common method.

Why don’t many WA highways have reflectors if the state gets so much rain? We asked WSDOT

According to Washington State Department of Transportation spokesperson Tina Werner, the state employs a variety of different methods for making lane stripes visible at night. That includes reflectors, although they're not the most common method.

October 28, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

Anyone who has driven in Washington knows that it can be tough to see the road when it’s raining, especially at night. Reflectors can go a long way in helping with that. Read story

Biden marks anniversary of deadly 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack

October 27, 2024, 1:17pm Latest News

President Joe Biden on Sunday marked the sixth anniversary of a gunman’s deadly attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue and called out what he called an “appalling surge of antisemitism” amid the war in Gaza. Read story

Supporters of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gather for his campaign rally outside Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York.

Trump veers away from swing states for his Madison Square Garden moment

Supporters of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gather for his campaign rally outside Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York.

October 27, 2024, 11:28am Election

Donald Trump is finally getting his Madison Square Garden moment. Read story

Israeli police and rescue services inspect the site where a truck driver rammed into a bus stop near the headquarters of Israel&#039;s Mossad spy agency, wounding dozens of people, according to Israel&#039;s Magen David Adom rescue service in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024.

Israeli strikes on northern Gaza kill at least 33, while a truck ramming near Tel Aviv kills 1

Israeli police and rescue services inspect the site where a truck driver rammed into a bus stop near the headquarters of Israel&#039;s Mossad spy agency, wounding dozens of people, according to Israel&#039;s Magen David Adom rescue service in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024.

October 27, 2024, 9:47am Latest News

Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 33 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials said Sunday, as Israel's offensive in the hard-hit and isolated area entered a third week and the U.N. secretary-general called the plight of Palestinians there “unbearable.” Israel said it targeted militants. Read story

Columbia Basin Railroad receives $11.55 million federal grant

October 27, 2024, 9:26am Latest News

A regional railroad has received an $11.55 million federal grant to rehabilitate a section of its line. Washington Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray announced the award Thursday. Read story

** EMBARGOED UNTIL TUESDAY, JUNE 15 AM EDITIONS - FILE ** This World War II era file photo shows the historic &lsquo;B&rsquo; Reactor on the Hanford nuclear reservation near Richland, Wash. Efforts to preserve the reactor, the world&rsquo;s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, are sheduled to receive a boost Tuesday, June 15, 2004 when the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation is expected to name the&rsquo; B&rsquo; Reactor to the 2004 Most Endangered Historic Properties list.

How a small reactor in Eastern WA became the world’s first nuclear plant 80 years ago

** EMBARGOED UNTIL TUESDAY, JUNE 15 AM EDITIONS - FILE ** This World War II era file photo shows the historic &lsquo;B&rsquo; Reactor on the Hanford nuclear reservation near Richland, Wash. Efforts to preserve the reactor, the world&rsquo;s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, are sheduled to receive a boost Tuesday, June 15, 2004 when the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation is expected to name the&rsquo; B&rsquo; Reactor to the 2004 Most Endangered Historic Properties list.

October 27, 2024, 6:05am Latest News

Nothing about the young officer would draw more than casual attention. It was February 1945 and the train he rode was crowded with men in uniform. Read story