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Early yields show strong wheat harvest season ahead

July 23, 2024, 8:35am Business

Combines have made their way back to wheat fields in the Walla Walla Valley; the harvest is about 10 percent complete, and the early yields show promising results. Read story

FILE - A Boeing 777X plane takes off at the Farnborough Air Show fair in Farnborough, England, on July 18, 2022. An ongoing safety and manufacturing crisis has Boeing keeping a lower profile at the 2024 Farnborough International Air Show, which kicks off Monday in England.

Boss of biggest 777X customer wants Boeing fixed — with union help

FILE - A Boeing 777X plane takes off at the Farnborough Air Show fair in Farnborough, England, on July 18, 2022. An ongoing safety and manufacturing crisis has Boeing keeping a lower profile at the 2024 Farnborough International Air Show, which kicks off Monday in England.

July 23, 2024, 8:33am Business

Tim Clark, who runs Gulf carrier Emirates and is an essential and exacting customer of both Airbus and Boeing, is waiting for delivery of more than 200 giant 777Xs with both optimism and worry. Read story

FILE - Travelers walk through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday, April 1, 2022 in Seattle. On Monday, April 18, 2022, a federal judge in Florida voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation saying it exceeded the authority of U.S. health officials. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Airline travel increasing across the country. Is Washington back to pre-pandemic levels?

FILE - Travelers walk through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday, April 1, 2022 in Seattle. On Monday, April 18, 2022, a federal judge in Florida voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation saying it exceeded the authority of U.S. health officials. (AP Photo/Ted S.

July 23, 2024, 8:33am Business

Many facets of daily life were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, from individual routines like working from home to businesses limiting their hours. Read story

North Cascades Highway closes again due to wildfire

July 23, 2024, 7:56am Northwest

A portion of North Cascades Highway is once again closed as authorities try to control the Easy fire that has been burning for days east of Ross Lake. Read story

Thousands of low-income WA families qualify for a tax credit they aren’t claiming

July 23, 2024, 7:55am Latest News

Less than half of Washington residents eligible for a tax credit aimed at low-income working families received it last year — the first year it was available. Read story

Jury awards former Port of Seattle police chief $24.2M over wrongful firing

July 23, 2024, 7:51am Business

A former Port of Seattle police chief fired three years ago after claims of workplace misconduct was awarded $24.2 million in damages by a King County jury. Read story

Court grants protection order against Longview student following school-shooting threats

July 23, 2024, 7:49am Northwest

Cowlitz County Superior Court granted an extreme risk protection order against an 18-year-old R.A. Long High School student, preventing him from having access to or purchasing firearms for one year due to threats made against the school. Read story

FILE - Democratic Presidential candidate Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, center, greets people as he tours the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2019, during an event where he unveiled part of his plan to defeat climate change.

In Washington, Inslee’s final months aimed at staving off repeal of landmark climate law

FILE - Democratic Presidential candidate Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, center, greets people as he tours the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2019, during an event where he unveiled part of his plan to defeat climate change.

July 23, 2024, 7:45am Latest News

Standing at a transit center near four new wireless bus charging stations in a small community west of Seattle, Gov. Jay Inslee told transit and city leaders where money to pay for them — more than $1 million — came from. Read story

Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning visits sage brush restoration work near Burns, Oregon (U.S.

Feds say new investments in Oregon sage grouse habitat paying off, but conservationists disagree

Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning visits sage brush restoration work near Burns, Oregon (U.S.

July 23, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

Work to restore imperiled sage grouse habitat in southeast Oregon is moving faster than Tracy Stone-Manning had imagined a year into massive federal investments in landscape restoration. Read story

North Cascades Highway closes again due to wildfire

July 22, 2024, 6:00pm Northwest

A portion of North Cascades Highway is once again closed as authorities try to control the Easy Fire that has been burning for days east of Ross Lake. Read story