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While it’s legal to openly carry a firearm in many public areas in Washington, as an open-carry state, it’s against the law to knowingly possess or carry one on the premises of a public or private elementary or secondary school, with a few exceptions, according to state statute. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Can you carry a firearm onto school grounds in WA? This Little League mother didn’t think so

June 3, 2024, 6:03am Editor's Choice

A woman who went to watch her 8-year-old son play in a Little League baseball game at Mount Tahoma High School this week was startled by something she saw: A parent open-carrying a pistol on his hip. Read story

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is reflected in a table as he prepares in his office before his State of the State address on the second day of the legislative session at the Washington state Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Olympia, Wash.

Washington state’s ‘one of a kind’ youth homelessness response shows big results

June 3, 2024, 6:02am Health

Over the last decade, Washington state has built from nearly nothing a uniquely robust youth homeless response system that is showing staggering results. Read story

This photo provided by the International Transport Workers’ Federation shows Mohammad Aisha, center, near the abandoned cargo ship MV Aman in Egyptian waters in March 2021. In 2021 reports surfaced that he was living alone on the ship, forced to swim to shore for food and water. Though he left the ship in 2021, the case is still working its way through the courts three years later. He has not yet been paid, the ITF said.

Takeaways from The Associated Press’ reporting on seafarers who are abandoned by shipowners in ports

June 3, 2024, 6:01am Business

The United Nations over the last decade has logged an increasing number of crew members abandoned by shipowners around the world, leaving sailors aboard months and sometimes years without pay. Read story

This image from video provided by Abdul Nasser Saleh shows him in his bedroom aboard the cargo ship Al-Maha at the seaport of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in January 2024. Saleh says he rarely got a good night’s sleep during the near-decade he spent working without pay on a cargo ship abandoned by its owner at ports along the Red Sea.

Stuck at sea for years, a sailor’s plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment

June 3, 2024, 6:00am Business

Abdul Nasser Saleh says he rarely got a good night’s sleep during the near-decade he spent working without pay on a cargo ship abandoned by its owner at ports along the Red Sea. Read story

New nonprofit helps farmworker with idea for cherry picking harness

June 3, 2024, 5:06am Business

Luis Alejandro Barrera has spent most of the past six years working on orchards in Washington. He comes from Nayarit, on Mexico’s west coast, and works nine-month contracts at cherry and apple orchards. Read story

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Can you carry a firearm onto school grounds in WA? This Little League mother didn’t think so

Washington state’s ‘one of a kind’ youth homelessness response shows big results

Takeaways from The Associated Press’ reporting on seafarers who are abandoned by shipowners in ports

Stuck at sea for years, a sailor’s plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment

New nonprofit helps farmworker with idea for cherry picking harness

Seen or heard fighter jets soaring over Tacoma lately? Here’s why

This Tacoma waterway contains the most poop-polluted recreational waters in the PNW

Legends Casino disburses nearly $1.1 million to community groups

More than 40 cars in eight months: police arrest teen linked to dozens of thefts

Vancouver man sent to hospital after he crashes his BMW on Interstate 5 near Kelso