Northwest

Spokane apartment management company agrees to pay nearly $330,000 after federal fraud claims

June 14, 2024, 7:48am Northwest

A Spokane property management company operating apartments owned by a rapist while he’s in prison agreed to pay nearly $330,000 after admitting they fraudulently obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 pandemic rental assistance. Read story

Here’s how police identified a 72-year-old bank robbery suspect in Kennewick

June 14, 2024, 7:48am Northwest

When a man was caught on camera robbing a bank Thursday, it didn’t take police long to recognize him — by his walk. Read story

FILE - Author Ursula Le Guin appears in a 1972 photo. Le Guin’s family has donated their three-story house to the Portland, Oregon-based community nonprofit for what will become the Ursula K. Le Guin Writers Residency. Le Guin, the award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer who explored feminist themes and was best known for her Earthsea books, died Jan. 22, 2018, at 88.

Ursula K. Le Guin’s Portland home will become a writers residency

June 14, 2024, 6:05am Entertainment

Theo Downes-Le Guin, son of the late author Ursula K. Le Guin, remembers well the second-floor room where his mother worked on some of her most famous novels. Read story

It is illegal in Washington to leave a dog alone in a care in the heat.

It’s illegal to leave dogs in a hot car in Washington; leaving the window cracked isn’t enough

June 14, 2024, 5:40am Courts & Crime

Without ventilation, the temperature inside your car will rise high and fast. Leaving pets in a hot car can cause heat stroke or death — and no, cracking a window open isn’t enough. Read story

Firefighters are using the Lakeshore Trail along Lake Chelan to access parts of the Pioneer Fire. Smoke from the fire is visible in the background.

Fire report: New blaze flares up on Hanford Reservation

June 13, 2024, 1:52pm Latest News

MOSES LAKE — A wildfire kindled suddenly Wednesday morning on the Hanford Reservation, and was estimated at 150 acres at a little after 2 p.m., according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Dubbed the Cold Creek Fire, the blaze about 24 miles northwest of Richland was caused by human activity,… Read story

Washington’s Makah Tribe could once again harpoon whales as U.S. waives conservation law

FILE - Two Makah Indian whalers stand atop the carcass of a dead gray whale moments after helping tow it close to shore in the harbor at Neah Bay, Wash., May 17, 1999. Earlier in the day, Makah Indians hunted and killed the whale in their first successful hunt since voluntarily quitting whaling over 70 years earlier. The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999.

June 13, 2024, 1:38pm Latest News

The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999 and sets the stage for renewed clashes with animal rights activists. Read story

Northwest

Spokane apartment management company agrees to pay nearly $330,000 after federal fraud claims

Here’s how police identified a 72-year-old bank robbery suspect in Kennewick

Ursula K. Le Guin’s Portland home will become a writers residency

It’s illegal to leave dogs in a hot car in Washington; leaving the window cracked isn’t enough

Fire report: New blaze flares up on Hanford Reservation

Washington’s Makah Tribe could once again harpoon whales as U.S. waives conservation law

WSU receives grant to study bird flu, other diseases in livestock

Cowlitz County Corrections officer used too much force during fight with inmate, according to report

Road to iconic WA fire lookout finally set to reopen

Seattle’s Denny Blaine Park to remain a nude beach