April 27, 2024, 11:00am Latest News
As a massive heat dome lingered over the Pacific Northwest three years ago, swaths of North America simmered — and then burned. Wildfires charred more than 18.5 million acres across the continent, with the most land burned in Canada and California. Read story
April 27, 2024, 6:02am Latest News
The number of wolves is increasing in Washington, although breeding pairs declined by one, according to information released this week by the state agency that tracks their numbers. Read story
April 27, 2024, 6:02am Life
March around the Seattle area is known for cherry blossoms. April is for the tulips. But even as May rolls closer, flower season is far from over. Read story
April 27, 2024, 5:59am Northwest
The Kalama School District will use $1.15 million received from the state Legislature to design a new facility where students can have outdoor lessons on subjects like forestry and ecology. Read story
April 27, 2024, 5:57am Health
Dr. Becky Uranga has always loved working in emergency obstetrics. As an OB-GYN, she and her colleagues at OGA Women’s Health rotate emergency shifts, when Uranga spends 24 hours covering labor and delivery and caring for Treasure Valley patients with urgent medical needs. Read story
April 27, 2024, 5:56am Nation & World
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador cast doubts on doctors’ claims that they’re transferring an increasing number of patients out of state for care to comply with the state’s strict abortion laws. Read story
April 26, 2024, 9:32pm Northwest Free
Two Republican state lawmakers in Washington are forgoing re-election while a third is moving across town so he can try to keep the legislative seat he’s held since 2007. Read story
April 26, 2024, 9:26pm Business Free
Washington motorists will gain access this summer to new state rebates – up to $9,000 in some cases – to help cover the cost of leasing or purchasing electric vehicles. Read story
April 26, 2024, 3:29pm Health
Officials are sounding alarms after a baby died and two others apparently also overdosed in the past week in separate instances in which fentanyl was left unsecured inside residences, authorities said. Read story
April 26, 2024, 3:06pm Northwest
An Oregon man who was convicted in the 1978 killing of a 16-year-old girl in Alaska was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison. Read story