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A gray wolf.

Vote nears on ending ‘endangered’ status for WA wolves

A gray wolf.

June 25, 2024, 5:24pm Latest News

The Washington State Fish and Wildlife Commission will decide next month on lowering gray wolves’ status under the state’s endangered species law. Read story

Jury: Seattle police violated graffiti protesters’ rights, must pay $680,000

June 25, 2024, 8:31am Northwest

A federal jury has awarded four anti-police graffiti protesters $680,000, including punitive damages, after finding Seattle police officers violated their civil rights with “malice, oppression and reckless disregard” when officers booked them into jail during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story

Seattle campaign to fund social housing submits signatures

June 25, 2024, 8:19am Northwest

The campaign to raise $53 million a year to fund publicly owned “social housing” in Seattle submitted just over 37,000 signatures Monday, likely guaranteeing the question a place on the ballot this year or next. Read story

A plane crashed on the Horizon Middle School football field in Spokane Valley Monday. No one was injured.

FAA investigating plane crash at Spokane Valley school, 4 occupants uninjured

A plane crashed on the Horizon Middle School football field in Spokane Valley Monday. No one was injured.

June 25, 2024, 7:43am Northwest

A plane crash at a Spokane Valley middle school Sunday is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration. Read story

Bellevue man gives $1 million to Trump PAC after felony convictions

June 24, 2024, 1:43pm Northwest

A prominent Bellevue wealth manager gave $1 million to a super PAC supporting former President Donald Trump the day after the ex-president was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Read story

Safa Peera, of Seattle, speaks at the Washington State Democrats convention on Sunday, June 23, 2024, in Bellevue, Washington. State Democrats passed three resolutions concerning the war in Gaza, including a call for a ceasefire.

WA Dems call for cease-fire in Gaza war, end to military aid to Israel

Safa Peera, of Seattle, speaks at the Washington State Democrats convention on Sunday, June 23, 2024, in Bellevue, Washington. State Democrats passed three resolutions concerning the war in Gaza, including a call for a ceasefire.

June 24, 2024, 1:42pm Latest News

State Democrats passed a trio of resolutions Sunday at their convention concerning the war in Gaza, including a call for an immediate cease-fire and to halt U.S. military aid to Israel. Read story

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., asks a question during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing to examine FAA oversight of aviation on Capitol Hill Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Washington.

Maria Cantwell seeks fifth Senate term, facing GOP’s Raul Garcia and 10 other primary foes

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., asks a question during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing to examine FAA oversight of aviation on Capitol Hill Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Washington.

June 24, 2024, 8:40am Latest News

Sen. Maria Cantwell’s first term in the Senate didn’t come easy, as she defeated incumbent Republican Slade Gorton by a margin of less than 0.1% in 2000. Since then, the Democrat has cruised to re-election three times as Washington has become an ever-bluer state. Read story

Josh Frank spreads hops as they're dumped into a truck following a harvesting combine in 2011 at the Puterbaugh Farms in Mabton. The Yakima Valley and the U.S. are looking at record hop acreage.

Falling beer demand, crushing glut putting a chill on Eastern WA hop crop

Josh Frank spreads hops as they're dumped into a truck following a harvesting combine in 2011 at the Puterbaugh Farms in Mabton. The Yakima Valley and the U.S. are looking at record hop acreage.

June 24, 2024, 8:37am Business

Washington hop growers are dramatically curtailing production amid a crushing glut and chilling demand for both craft and commercial beer. Read story

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Did you hear about the bear in Tumwater? Here’s what happened

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June 24, 2024, 8:36am Latest News

A black bear sighted on Tuesday in the Tumwater area has safely returned to a less popular area. Read story

FILE - In this April 11, 2017, file photo, the entrance to Western State Hospital is seen in Lakewood, Wash.

WA paid $100 million over mental health delays. Here’s where it’s going

FILE - In this April 11, 2017, file photo, the entrance to Western State Hospital is seen in Lakewood, Wash.

June 24, 2024, 8:35am Health

Up to $100 million could soon be poured into building housing for patients recently released from Washington’s state psychiatric hospitals, with the hope that increasing housing supply will stop patients from returning to the criminal justice system. Read story