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U.S. Attorney Nick Brown, from left, state Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, and Pasco Mayor Pete Serrano are running for Washington state AG in the August primary.

WA attorney general primary results: Pete Serrano, Nick Brown lead

August 8, 2024, 8:10am Election

After a hard-fought and high-dollar contest between the Democrats in the race, Republican Pete Serrano and Democrat Nick Brown appeared to be advancing Tuesday in the contest to become the state’s next attorney general. Read story

The top section of the door plug from the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282's Boeing 737-9 MAX airplane is shown at the National Transportation Safety Board laboratory, in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. The door plug is showing damaged bolts on the top right corner.

Claims of retaliation, inaction fly as Boeing faces NTSB in Alaska Air blowout

August 8, 2024, 7:46am Business

Boeing retaliated against two employees who were likely involved in removing the panel that flew off Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, the top U.S. aviation safety regulator said on Wednesday. Read story

Body found 26 years ago in Washington identified as woman from Yakima

August 8, 2024, 7:46am Northwest

A body found 26 years ago on the shore of Puget Island has been identified as a Yakima woman who was never reported missing. Read story

Eastern WA nuclear workers who inhaled plutonium, radioactive particles are suing

August 8, 2024, 7:42am Northwest

The two workers who took the brunt of contamination during a release of radioactivity in a 2021 incident within the Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power reactor have sued Energy Northwest. Read story

Insurance fraud case kingpin pleads guilty after years as a fugitive

August 8, 2024, 7:41am Northwest

The 63-year-old man at the center of a large federal fraud case pleaded guilty to staging car accidents to get insurance money, not declaring that income on his tax returns and eluding prosecution for years. Read story

Woman accused of throwing flaming jug of gas in Pasco says it was revenge for being raped

August 8, 2024, 7:37am Northwest

A Pasco woman is in jail for attempted arson after allegedly throwing a flaming jug of gasoline toward a home. Read story

Seattle’s budget forecast worsens

August 7, 2024, 7:42pm Northwest

Seattle’s budget lift this fall is looking heavier, according to a new economic forecast, as commercial and sales taxes continue to drag down the city’s overall financial picture. Read story

Smoke from a wildfire rises on a road near La Pine, Ore., Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The fire prompted mandatory evacuations in the small town in central Oregon and was growing rapidly in hot, dry conditions.

Oregon on track to set new wildfire record for acreage burned

August 7, 2024, 2:31pm Latest News Free

The wildfire season in Oregon has likely not yet peaked and already 1.3 million acres have been blackened or are ablaze, with 34 large fires burning. Read story

Dollar Tree required to reform testing process after WA finds toxic children’s products

August 7, 2024, 12:04pm Business Free

Dollar Tree must test its children’s products more thoroughly after a state investigation found bracelets and pencil pouches in the company’s Washington stores with illegal levels of lead and cadmium, the attorney general’s office announced Thursday. Read story