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North Cascades National Park preps for summer

May 7, 2024, 8:24am Northwest

North Cascades National Park has released its summer operations schedule. Read story

WA economy slowing but in relatively good condition, state economists say

May 7, 2024, 7:48am Business

Washington’s economy, its job market and unemployment were topics of discussion at the annual Economic Outlook Conference on Monday at Central Washington University. Read story

Prosecutors decline to charge suspect in Coeur d’Alene racial harassment of Utah women’s basketball team

May 7, 2024, 7:46am Northwest

Coeur d’Alene city attorneys have declined to charge an 18-year-old suspected of yelling intimidating racial slurs at the University of Utah women’s basketball team that marred their experience playing in March Madness in Spokane. Read story

Washington Boeing firefighters continue to picket during lockout

May 7, 2024, 7:45am Business

Staffing, safety and pay scales are at the root of a contract impasse that’s had Boeing firefighters locked out of the company’s Moses Lake facility since Saturday. Read story

Timber industry warns Plummer mill closure has grave implications

May 7, 2024, 7:39am Business

A North Idaho lumber mill will close this summer as timber companies face strains from tight operating margins. Read story

These individuals are leaving office this year. Top row (l-r) Jay Inslee, Andy Billig, Frank Chopp, Lynda Wilson, Sam Hunt, Mike Padden, Karen Keiser. Bottom row (l-r) Ann Rivers, Mike Kreidler, J.T. Wilcox, Spencer Hutchins, Joel Kretz, Gina Mosbrucker, Bruce Chandler.

No matter the election results, 2024 will be a big year for turnover in Olympia

These individuals are leaving office this year. Top row (l-r) Jay Inslee, Andy Billig, Frank Chopp, Lynda Wilson, Sam Hunt, Mike Padden, Karen Keiser. Bottom row (l-r) Ann Rivers, Mike Kreidler, J.T. Wilcox, Spencer Hutchins, Joel Kretz, Gina Mosbrucker, Bruce Chandler.

May 7, 2024, 7:38am Clark County Politics

Washington’s state government is in for much change this election season due to officeholders leaving and pursuing new political posts. Read story

The number of fish on US overfishing list reaches an all-time low. Mackerel and snapper recover

May 7, 2024, 7:35am Nation & World

The number of fish on the government’s overfishing list sunk to a new low last year in a sign of healthy U.S. fisheries, federal officials said. Read story

Boeing 787 employees falsified inspection records; FAA opens probe

May 6, 2024, 5:35pm Business

The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it has opened a new investigation into a potential manufacturing quality lapse on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner after Boeing admitted that inspection records on work at the wing-to-body join were falsified at the jet’s final assembly site in South Carolina. Read story

A phone holder hangs in a classroom at Delta High School, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah. At the rural Utah school, there is a strict policy requiring students to check their phones at the door when entering every class. Each of the school&rsquo;s 30 or so classrooms has a cellphone storage unit that looks like an over-the-door shoe bag with three dozen smartphone-sized slots.

Should Washington’s public schools ban students from using cellphones?

A phone holder hangs in a classroom at Delta High School, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah. At the rural Utah school, there is a strict policy requiring students to check their phones at the door when entering every class. Each of the school&rsquo;s 30 or so classrooms has a cellphone storage unit that looks like an over-the-door shoe bag with three dozen smartphone-sized slots.

May 6, 2024, 8:57am Latest News

Smartphones gripping people’s attention isn’t anything new. But following the pandemic, Kris Hagel recalls seeing a troubling rise in public school students distracted by their phones during class. Read story

Portland woman ID’d as person found in Columbia River near Longview in April

May 6, 2024, 8:40am Latest News

A woman who was found in the Columbia River last weekend near Longview has been identified. Read story