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Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

Senators Murray, Britt questioned about U.S. child care crisis, solutions

Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

May 24, 2024, 9:43am Latest News

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray made her case for a sweeping overhaul of child care in America and addressed pushback from Sen. Katie Britt in a public forum co-hosted Wednesday by The Seattle Times. Read story

Seattle schools won’t reschedule graduations that fall on Muslim holiday

May 24, 2024, 7:59am Northwest

Muslim students at three Seattle high schools have a difficult choice to make on June 17: Celebrate Eid al-Adha, one of the most important Muslim holidays, with their families or attend their graduations, an important rite of passage. Read story

Inmate mistakenly released from Kootenai County Jail not considered imminent threat

May 24, 2024, 7:57am Northwest

Kootenai County law enforcement asked for the public’s help locating a man they mistakenly released earlier this week. Read story

In this file photo provided by KIFI Local News 8, a pickup truck crashed into a passenger van on U.S. Highway 20, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.  The six people killed when a pickup crashed into a passenger van in Idaho over the weekend were agricultural workers from Mexico, officials said.

6 killed in Idaho crash were agricultural workers from Mexico, officials say

In this file photo provided by KIFI Local News 8, a pickup truck crashed into a passenger van on U.S. Highway 20, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.  The six people killed when a pickup crashed into a passenger van in Idaho over the weekend were agricultural workers from Mexico, officials said.

May 24, 2024, 7:57am Northwest

Six people killed when a pickup crashed into a passenger van in Idaho on Saturday were agricultural workers from Mexico, officials said. Read story

‘You are a remorseless killer,’ judge tells former Idaho State Police trooper who will die in prison for the murder, staged suicide of his wife

May 24, 2024, 7:56am Latest News

Many people experience the aftershocks of infidelity and divorce — but not everyone’s reaction is to murder, First District Judge Lamont Berecz told Daniel Howard right before he sentenced him to life in prison without parole. Read story

Suffering from allergies? So are zoo’s beavers, goat

May 24, 2024, 6:07am Life

It’s spring, and you’re sneezy, sniffly, stuffy and snotty. Read story

WWU student employees reach tentative contract deal

May 23, 2024, 8:43pm Northwest

More than 1,100 Educational Student Employees at Western Washington University who went on strike Tuesday in a unionized effort to negotiate their first contract with university administration have reached a tentative deal as of Wednesday evening. Read story

Cockfighting roosters seized and euthanized in Yakima County

May 23, 2024, 8:21pm Life

Yakima County Sheriff’s deputies killed 64 cockfighting roosters May 10 near Zillah as they were responding to a call about the welfare of horses on the property. Read story

FILE - Wind turbines are seen on April 16, 2019, south of Kennewick, Wash. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday, May 23, 2024, rejected a recommendation to cut a proposal for what would be the state's largest wind farm in half, giving new life to the $1.7 billion project.

Massive wind farm proposal in Tri-Cities area gets new life from Gov. Jay Inslee

FILE - Wind turbines are seen on April 16, 2019, south of Kennewick, Wash. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday, May 23, 2024, rejected a recommendation to cut a proposal for what would be the state's largest wind farm in half, giving new life to the $1.7 billion project.

May 23, 2024, 6:45pm Business

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday rejected a recommendation to cut a proposal for what would be the state’s largest wind farm in half, giving new life to the $1.7 billion project. Read story

WSU professor gets new kidney after ‘40-year journey’

May 23, 2024, 6:04pm Northwest

Upon receiving the call he would get a new kidney, Andrew Storfer had a hard time believing it. Read story