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Technical troubles halt new tests at huge Eastern WA radioactive waste melter

June 21, 2024, 8:39am Northwest

The Department of Energy is unlikely to meet a deadline set by a federal court for the next step to prepare the Hanford site’s vitrification plant to treat radioactive waste for disposal. Read story

DNR to ban campfires outside of campgrounds Friday

June 21, 2024, 8:37am Northwest

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources will ban dispersed campfires in its southeast region starting Friday in response to increasing wildfire danger. Read story

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FILE - In this April 26, 2018, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens to a question during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mattis warns bitter political divisions have pushed American society to the “breaking point” in his most extensive public remarks since he resigned in protest from the Trump administration.

Richland resident retired Gen. Mattis warns of Russia-China partnership, need for U.S. citizens to unite

FILE - In this April 26, 2018, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens to a question during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mattis warns bitter political divisions have pushed American society to the “breaking point” in his most extensive public remarks since he resigned in protest from the Trump administration.

June 21, 2024, 7:40am Latest News

The nation needs to remember the hard lesson it learned with World War II, retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis told a crowd of more than 400 at a Columbia Basin Badger Club event Tuesday night in Pasco. Read story

2 killed in helicopter crash in Washington , authorities say

June 21, 2024, 7:38am Northwest

Two men died in a helicopter crash in eastern Washington state, authorities said. Read story

Apple Health Expansion opens for WA adults without legal status

June 21, 2024, 7:30am Health

Registration began Thursday for Apple Health’s new program that provides health care coverage to Washington adults without legal status. Read story

Horror film ‘Skagit’ has Washington roots

June 21, 2024, 6:02am Entertainment

A movie filmed in 2018 in Skagit County is now available on Amazon. Read story

FILE - Climbing assistant Lawrence Schultz ascends the Three Sisters sequoia tree during an Archangel Ancient Tree Archive expedition to plant sequoia seedlings on Oct. 26, 2021, in Sequoia Crest, Calif. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 20, 2024 advanced its proposal to protect old growth trees that are increasingly threatened by insects, disease and wildfires as climate change worsens.

Forest proposal doesn’t ban logging but still likely to anger industry

FILE - Climbing assistant Lawrence Schultz ascends the Three Sisters sequoia tree during an Archangel Ancient Tree Archive expedition to plant sequoia seedlings on Oct. 26, 2021, in Sequoia Crest, Calif. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 20, 2024 advanced its proposal to protect old growth trees that are increasingly threatened by insects, disease and wildfires as climate change worsens.

June 20, 2024, 5:33pm Business

The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within old-growth forests that are increasingly threatened by climate change, with exceptions that include cutting trees to make forests less susceptible to wildfires, according to a U.S. government analysis obtained by The Associated Press. Read story

Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson, center, is flanked by two of his defense attorneys as Nelson&rsquo;s murder trial gets underway, Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Kent, Wash. On the left is Tim Leary, to the right is Emma Scanlan. Nelson is charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store.

Murder trial of suburban Seattle officer goes to jury

Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson, center, is flanked by two of his defense attorneys as Nelson&rsquo;s murder trial gets underway, Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Kent, Wash. On the left is Tim Leary, to the right is Emma Scanlan. Nelson is charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store.

June 20, 2024, 5:24pm Northwest

A suburban Seattle officer who fatally shot a homeless man in 2019 ignored his training and should be convicted of murder, a prosecutor said Thursday during the trial’s closing arguments, while defense lawyers argued the officer was rightfully defending himself. Read story

This graphic from the June 2024 CDM Smith report gives an overview of how retail delivery fees work.

To help fund roads, WA lawmakers eye fee on delivery of online purchases

This graphic from the June 2024 CDM Smith report gives an overview of how retail delivery fees work.

June 20, 2024, 2:19pm Business

A fee tacked onto the delivery of many retail and online purchases could generate millions of dollars a year for maintaining city and county roads in Washington. Read story