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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

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

July 23, 2024, 6:00am Latest News Free

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

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

July 22, 2024, 5:59pm Northwest

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

A firefighter hoses down hot spots at Noel Piri’s home that was destroyed by the Hawarden Fire in Riverside, Calif., on Sunday, July 21, 2024.

Wildfires plague the West amid a scorching heat wave. Homes burn in Southern California

July 22, 2024, 2:54pm Latest News

Three homes lay in ruins Monday after one of many dangerous wildfires in the West suddenly swept into a Southern California neighborhood during a blistering heat wave. Read story

10 rescued from Skykomish River after they get stuck in a ‘strainer’

July 22, 2024, 2:52pm Northwest

Ten people, including a 2-year-old, were rescued from the Skykomish River east of Monroe on Sunday afternoon after their connected innertubes got caught in a tree “strainer,” according to Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden attends a Medal of Honor Ceremony at the White House in Washington, July 3, 2024. Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election.

What Biden’s exit means for WA ballot

July 22, 2024, 9:57am Election

President Joe Biden's decision to end his candidacy has a different meaning in different states, because each state has its own rules when it comes to general election ballots. Read story

FILE - Vice President Joe Biden administers the Senate oath of office to Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as her husband, Douglas Emhoff, holds the Bible during a a mock swearing in ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 3, 2017, as the 115th Congress begins. She’s already broken barriers, and now Vice President Harris could soon become the first Black woman to head a major party’s presidential ticket after President Joe Biden’s ended his reelection bid. The 59-year-old Harris was endorsed by Biden on Sunday, July 21, after he stepped aside amid widespread concerns about the viability of his candidacy.

Without Biden, choosing Harris is a less risky option for Democrats, local political experts say

July 22, 2024, 7:52am Northwest

There’s good reason Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged as the most likely replacement as the Democratic nominee for president, experts said Sunday. Read story

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez hosts a child care roundtable with Clark County first responders at Vancouver City Hall on June 20.

Here’s how some Democratic leaders in Washington responded to Biden’s announcement

July 22, 2024, 7:48am Clark County Politics

Prominent Democrats in Washington took to social media Sunday to praise President Joe Biden and his decision to withdraw from the presidential race, and some of them backed his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party's presidential nominee. Read story

Seven officers and three others hospitalized after high-speed chase in North Spokane

July 22, 2024, 7:43am Northwest

Seven police officers and three other people were hospitalized Friday after three vehicles collided during a high-speed chase in North Spokane. Read story