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Longview looks to start search for new city manager

April 19, 2024, 9:15pm Northwest

Longview City Council plans to discuss the hiring process for a new city manager on Thursday, about a month after interim City Manager Jim Duscha was hired to replace his terminated predecessor. Read story

Semi Bird is a Republican candidate for Washington governor.

Supporters of Semi Bird beat back Washington GOP attempt to stop endorsement vote

Semi Bird is a Republican candidate for Washington governor.

April 19, 2024, 4:07pm Election

The Republican Party state convention erupted with boos and shouts of protest Friday after GOP officials tried to stop an endorsement vote in the race for governor, saying candidate Semi Bird “was not forthcoming” in the party’s vetting process. Read story

A sandwich board outside the information booth at the Vancouver Farmers Market in 2020 highlights the benefits for EBT card users and members of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. After SNAP benefits received a boost in 2021, SNAP benefit use at the farmers market increased by 450 percent.

Summer grocery program to feed WA kids launching soon

A sandwich board outside the information booth at the Vancouver Farmers Market in 2020 highlights the benefits for EBT card users and members of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. After SNAP benefits received a boost in 2021, SNAP benefit use at the farmers market increased by 450 percent.

April 19, 2024, 2:51pm Latest News Free

When summer nears, hundreds of thousands of kids in Washington can face three months without free meals provided by their schools. Read story

FILE - A guest takes a puff from a marijuana cigarette at the Sensi Magazine party celebrating the 420 holiday in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, April 20, 2019. Marijuana advocates are gearing up for Saturday, April 20, 2024. Known as 4/20, marijuana&#039;s high holiday is marked by large crowds gathering in parks, at festivals and on college campuses to smoke together. This year, activists can reflect on how far the movement has come.

4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana’s high holiday

FILE - A guest takes a puff from a marijuana cigarette at the Sensi Magazine party celebrating the 420 holiday in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, April 20, 2019. Marijuana advocates are gearing up for Saturday, April 20, 2024. Known as 4/20, marijuana&#039;s high holiday is marked by large crowds gathering in parks, at festivals and on college campuses to smoke together. This year, activists can reflect on how far the movement has come.

April 19, 2024, 2:00pm Latest News

Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in legal-weed states thank their customers with discounts. Read story

Firefighters extinguish a fire at Oregon&#039;s historic Timberline Lodge, which was featured in Stanley Kubrick&#039;s 1980 film &quot;The Shining,&quot; Thursday evening, April 18, 2024, in Government Camp, Ore.

Firefighters douse a blaze at a historic Oregon hotel famously featured in ‘The Shining’

Firefighters extinguish a fire at Oregon&#039;s historic Timberline Lodge, which was featured in Stanley Kubrick&#039;s 1980 film &quot;The Shining,&quot; Thursday evening, April 18, 2024, in Government Camp, Ore.

April 19, 2024, 1:01pm Latest News

Firefighters doused a late-night fire at Oregon's historic Timberline Lodge — featured in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film “The Shining” — before it caused significant damage. Read story

Bar manager Percy Weintraub slides a beer onto the bar for a customer at Al&rsquo;s Tavern in Seattle&rsquo;s Wallingford neighborhood on April 11.

Rainier Beer shortage has Seattle taps dry and fans frothing

Bar manager Percy Weintraub slides a beer onto the bar for a customer at Al&rsquo;s Tavern in Seattle&rsquo;s Wallingford neighborhood on April 11.

April 19, 2024, 12:54pm Food

It hasn’t always been easy for Seattle fans of Rainier Beer. Read story

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources can move ahead on projects to store carbon in forests, a Thurston County judge ruled.

Court ruling clears way for carbon storage projects on state logging lands

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources can move ahead on projects to store carbon in forests, a Thurston County judge ruled.

April 19, 2024, 8:40am Business Free

Forests on Washington’s public logging lands can be left uncut if the state finds that leaving trees standing to fight climate change is a better use than timber sales, a state judge ruled earlier this month. Read story

Everett bikini baristas can wear bikinis again after City Council vote

April 19, 2024, 8:36am Northwest

Bikini baristas in Everett will soon get to clock in wearing their namesake uniforms thanks to a unanimous City Council vote Wednesday to change a city dress code requiring them to wear at least shorts and a tank top. Read story

No-phone day at St. George’s school leaves students feeling free: ‘I would do this every day’

April 19, 2024, 7:40am Northwest

Something was missing in St. George’s School on Thursday. A lot of somethings. Read story

Interested in giving back this Earth Day? Join a Washington coast cleanup this weekend

April 19, 2024, 7:40am Northwest

Earth Day is right around the corner, and if you’re looking to get out and give back to mother nature this year, then you’re in luck. Read story