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Foam takeout containers will be banned in Washington as of June 1.

Foam coolers, takeout containers will be banned in Washington starting June 1

Foam takeout containers will be banned in Washington as of June 1.

April 16, 2024, 7:30am Business Free

Those foam clamshell containers long used by restaurants for takeout food will soon be illegal statewide in Washington. Read story

Lewis and Clark Bridge to briefly close Sunday for 10K

April 16, 2024, 7:27am Northwest

The Lewis and Clark Bridge is set to be closed from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Sunday for the Rainier to Longview 10K Bridge Run. Read story

Firefighters extinguish Longview garage fire early Monday

April 15, 2024, 7:38pm Northwest

Firefighters extinguished a garage fire in the Olympic East neighborhood of Longview early Monday morning. No injuries were reported. Read story

FILE - Boeing employees walk the new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner down towards the delivery ramp area at the company&rsquo;s facility after conducting its first test flight at Charleston International Airport, Friday, March 31, 2017, in North Charleston, S.C. A Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into the safety of Boeing jetliners, intensifying safety concerns about the company&rsquo;s aircraft. The panel has summoned Boeing&rsquo;s CEO, Dave Calhoun, to a hearing next week where a company engineer, Sam Salehpour, is expected to detail safety concerns about the manufacture and assembly of Boeing&rsquo;s 787 Dreamliner.

Boeing pushes back on whistleblower’s allegations and details how airframes are put together

FILE - Boeing employees walk the new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner down towards the delivery ramp area at the company&rsquo;s facility after conducting its first test flight at Charleston International Airport, Friday, March 31, 2017, in North Charleston, S.C. A Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into the safety of Boeing jetliners, intensifying safety concerns about the company&rsquo;s aircraft. The panel has summoned Boeing&rsquo;s CEO, Dave Calhoun, to a hearing next week where a company engineer, Sam Salehpour, is expected to detail safety concerns about the manufacture and assembly of Boeing&rsquo;s 787 Dreamliner.

April 15, 2024, 3:27pm Business

Boeing is defending the integrity of the fuselages on two of its largest planes, which have come under criticism from a whistleblower who warns that panels on the outside of one of the planes could eventually break apart during flight. Read story

FILE - The Supreme Court of the United States is seen in Washington, March 26, 2024.

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth

FILE - The Supreme Court of the United States is seen in Washington, March 26, 2024.

April 15, 2024, 2:54pm Latest News

The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts. Read story

Former Governor Dan Evans (L) listens on stage next to John Carmichael, president of the Evergreen State College, during an event hosted by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, April 9, 2024. Evans, 98, was Washington state&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s 16th governor, from 1965 to 1977, and was a U.S. senator from 1983 to 1989.

Former WA Gov. Dan Evans feted for energy, conservation work

Former Governor Dan Evans (L) listens on stage next to John Carmichael, president of the Evergreen State College, during an event hosted by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, April 9, 2024. Evans, 98, was Washington state&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s 16th governor, from 1965 to 1977, and was a U.S. senator from 1983 to 1989.

April 15, 2024, 2:25pm Latest News

As regional leaders with the Northwest Power and Conservation Council grappled with the region’s rapidly growing energy needs, former Washington Gov. Daniel J. Evans, 98, was called on to impart some words of wisdom. Read story

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Vancouver man sentenced to a year and a day for WSU robbery

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April 15, 2024, 9:34am Clark County News

A Vancouver man was sentenced to just over a year in prison for a robbery on Washington State University’s campus in July. Read story

Man sentenced to life in prison for 1994 murder could be released in 2 1/2 years after second resentencing

April 15, 2024, 8:24am Latest News

A 47-year-old man who has been incarcerated his entire adult life for the killing of 22-year-old Felicia Reese could be released in two-and-a-half years after a judge’s ruling last week. Read story

SPS to investigate declining enrollment using new grant

April 15, 2024, 7:43am Northwest

The Seattle school system lost nearly 4,000 students in about five school years, and the district’s most optimistic projections do not forecast a significant rebound in the next decade. Read story

Jerrod Sessler

Trump just made a 2024 endorsement in this Eastern WA congressional grudge match

Jerrod Sessler

April 15, 2024, 7:41am Northwest

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed a MAGA challenger to U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse in a notch against the Sunnyside, Wash., Republican who voted to impeach Trump follow the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.+ Read story