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Spring District Block 6, an office tower, and buildings in Bellevue on Friday, July 26, 2024.

Seattle area leads the world in big new tech office leases

Spring District Block 6, an office tower, and buildings in Bellevue on Friday, July 26, 2024.

August 4, 2024, 6:02am Business

Even as some of the Seattle area’s largest tech firms shrink their spaces, the region’s tech office market is, by one measure at least, the best in the world. Read story

Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., hug as Murray arrives for her ceremonial swearing-in, at the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.

‘She’s a person for our time’: Washington senators see Harris reshaping presidential race

Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., hug as Murray arrives for her ceremonial swearing-in, at the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.

August 4, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

It may have been the most momentous fortnight in modern U.S. political history. Read story

Organic farmers fight Idaho for land they thought was theirs

August 4, 2024, 5:44am Northwest

Nearly a half century ago, Greg and Leah Sempel began scratching a living out of land that almost nobody wanted. Now the state of Idaho has made their simple life awfully complicated. Read story

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials release a gray wolf onto public land Dec. 18, 2023, in Grand County, Colo.

Washington won’t provide Colorado with wolves

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials release a gray wolf onto public land Dec. 18, 2023, in Grand County, Colo.

August 4, 2024, 5:08am Northwest

The Washington tribes that agreed to provide wolves to Colorado’s reintroduction program have rescinded their offer, forcing state wildlife officials to seek a different source — a search that has proved difficult in the past. Read story

Hannah Power, 18, is photographed at Redondo Park near her home in Federal Way, Wash. on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Power was commercially sexually exploited by a man she met on Tinder in June 2022, when she was 16. The man met her in a hotel in Lynnwood and had her perform on Chaturbate, a popular online platform with uncensored live webcam shows. After that night, Hannah decided to drop out of high school and has been struggling with depression and anxiety stemming from the exploitation.

A WA teen was trafficked by a man she met on Tinder, she says. She’s still waiting for justice.

Hannah Power, 18, is photographed at Redondo Park near her home in Federal Way, Wash. on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Power was commercially sexually exploited by a man she met on Tinder in June 2022, when she was 16. The man met her in a hotel in Lynnwood and had her perform on Chaturbate, a popular online platform with uncensored live webcam shows. After that night, Hannah decided to drop out of high school and has been struggling with depression and anxiety stemming from the exploitation.

August 3, 2024, 6:03am Editor's Choice

Hannah Power was 16 when she first saw Max. One face among a sea of adult men that she scanned on her phone screen. Read story

Nick Burson points to Mount Adams fom the summit of Mount St. Helens during a trip with Marc McPherson, when the two climbing pair scaled Washington&rsquo;s five volcanic peaks in five days. The pair set a new record last month, making the trip in less than four days.

Ellensburg climbers summit five Washington volcanoes in under 4 days

Nick Burson points to Mount Adams fom the summit of Mount St. Helens during a trip with Marc McPherson, when the two climbing pair scaled Washington&rsquo;s five volcanic peaks in five days. The pair set a new record last month, making the trip in less than four days.

August 3, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

Nick Burson and Marc McPherson weren’t thinking about setting a record the first time they climbed Washington’s five tallest Cascade Range volcanoes in a single trip. They just wanted to see if they could do it. Read story

Mint production has been decreasing in Idaho because of the challenges in getting rid of pests.

Fungal disease endangers Idaho’s $21M mint industry

Mint production has been decreasing in Idaho because of the challenges in getting rid of pests.

August 3, 2024, 5:55am Business

Though Idaho may be known for its potatoes, the state exceeds most any other for a much lesser-known crop: peppermint. But across the U.S., mint farmers see a major threat to production that’s prompting them to find another business. Read story

The tiny town of Marshall is grappling with the legal implications of a mysterious new lake

August 3, 2024, 5:44am Northwest

New lakefront property has appeared southwest of Spokane. But it’s not necessarily the homes that are new — it’s the lake. Read story

Environmental activist groups are suing Idaho officials and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game over legal bear baiting in protected grizzly bear habitat.

Environmental coalition threatens lawsuit over black bear baiting in Idaho

Environmental activist groups are suing Idaho officials and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game over legal bear baiting in protected grizzly bear habitat.

August 2, 2024, 8:56pm Northwest

A coalition of environmental groups has notified the state of Idaho that it plans to file a lawsuit over the use of bait for hunting black bears in habitat occupied by federally protected grizzly bears. Read story

FILE - This booking photo provided by the Idaho Department of Corrections shows Skylar Meade. Meade, an Idaho inmate who escaped custody after an ambush at a hospital in March, pleaded guilty Wednesday, May 15, 2024, to escaping from prison and to being a persistent violator, but two additional felony enhancements related to injuries others received during the violent escape are still pending in court.

Idaho prosecutor says he’ll seek death penalty against inmate accused of killing while on the lam

FILE - This booking photo provided by the Idaho Department of Corrections shows Skylar Meade. Meade, an Idaho inmate who escaped custody after an ambush at a hospital in March, pleaded guilty Wednesday, May 15, 2024, to escaping from prison and to being a persistent violator, but two additional felony enhancements related to injuries others received during the violent escape are still pending in court.

August 2, 2024, 7:34pm Northwest

An Idaho prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty against an Idaho inmate charged with killing a man while he was on the lam during a 36-hour escape from prison. Read story