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Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., questions witnesses during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington.

One of the last Republican congressmen to vote for Trump impeachment defends his seat in Washington race

Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., questions witnesses during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington.

August 1, 2024, 7:54am Clark County Politics

Congressional primary races in Washington state are attracting outsized attention, including one that pits one of the last remaining U.S. House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump against two conservative candidates whose platforms are in lock-step with the GOP presidential nominee. Read story

Jerrod Sessler is a candidate for Rep. Dan Newhouse's seat in Congress.

WA GOP congressional candidate is offering to pick up your ballot. Is that legal?

Jerrod Sessler is a candidate for Rep. Dan Newhouse's seat in Congress.

August 1, 2024, 7:51am Election

A ballot collecting strategy deployed by the Jerrod Sessler for Congress campaign aims to gain 11th-hour support as voters finish returning their primary ballots for the Aug. 6 election. Read story

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 Dems torn on who to support in AG race. Winner likely to face Tri-Cities councilman

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.

August 1, 2024, 7:43am Election

Democrats have a tough decision to make on Aug. 6: Which candidate do they want as Washington’s chief law enforcement officer for the next four years? Read story

FILE - The ruins of a building that was part of a Native American boarding school on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in Mission, S.D., are show here Oct. 15, 2022. Federal officials with the Interior Department called on the U.S. government Tuesday, July 30, 2024, to apologize for a nationwide system of boarding schools in which Native children faced abuse and neglect.

60 Native children from Northwest died in U.S. boarding schools, among nearly 1,000 deaths nationwide

FILE - The ruins of a building that was part of a Native American boarding school on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in Mission, S.D., are show here Oct. 15, 2022. Federal officials with the Interior Department called on the U.S. government Tuesday, July 30, 2024, to apologize for a nationwide system of boarding schools in which Native children faced abuse and neglect.

August 1, 2024, 7:39am Latest News

More than 60 children from tribes with homelands in Washington, Oregon and Idaho are among the nearly 1,000 Native American children who died in the U.S. government’s abusive boarding school system that tore families apart and devastated Indigenous communities, according to the results of a federal investigation released Tuesday. Read story

Disabled vets find healing through wakeboarding

July 31, 2024, 7:47pm Northwest

A tight-knit group of veterans gathered at Big Lake on Saturday to go wake surfing and wakeboarding as part of the organization Wake for Warriors. Read story

U.S. road safety agency will look into fatal Tesla crash

July 31, 2024, 7:14pm Northwest

U.S. road safety investigators say they will look into an April crash near Seattle after authorities determined that a Tesla was operating on the company’s “Full Self-Driving” system when it hit and killed a motorcyclist. Read story

Puget Sound, on the southern end of the Salish Sea, which divides Washington state from British Columbia, Canada.

Two apex predators discovered in Washington state waterway for first time, researchers say

Puget Sound, on the southern end of the Salish Sea, which divides Washington state from British Columbia, Canada.

July 31, 2024, 5:26pm Editor's Choice

Researchers discovered two apex predators in a Washington waterway for the first time. Read story

Kelso sinkhole could take weeks to repair

July 31, 2024, 5:23pm Northwest

Kelso officials say it could take weeks for the sinkhole east of the Three Rivers mall to be repaired because the damage is caused by a leaking storm drain which is hard to reach and owned by the state. Read story

FILE - Investigators from Israel examine wreckage on March 12, 2019 at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crash near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia. Families of people killed in the 737 Max crashes formally asked a federal judge in Texas to reject Boeing&#039;s plea deal with the Justice Department.

Lawyers for families of passengers killed in 737 Max crashes ask court to block Boeing plea deal

FILE - Investigators from Israel examine wreckage on March 12, 2019 at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crash near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia. Families of people killed in the 737 Max crashes formally asked a federal judge in Texas to reject Boeing&#039;s plea deal with the Justice Department.

July 31, 2024, 4:24pm Northwest

Lawyers for relatives of some of the people killed in Boeing Max jetliner crashes asked a federal judge on Wednesday to reject a plea agreement the aircraft maker struck with U.S. prosecutors, saying it is too lenient and lets Boeing avoid accountability for causing 346 deaths. Read story

Washington considering killing wolves in two areas after livestock conflicts

July 31, 2024, 8:30am Northwest

Wildlife officials are considering killing wolves from two packs in northeast Washington after two separate series of attacks on livestock. Read story