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In this Jan. 28, 2016, file photo, a man does maintenance work between razor wire-topped fences at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe.

Department of Corrections to spend $1.3 million from prisoners’ fees on facility beautification projects, music programs

October 29, 2024, 1:59pm Latest News Free

Washington’s Department of Corrections has outlined new plans to spend $1.3 million collected from incarcerated people for phone calls and other fees — money that they’ve been criticized for sitting on, as the dollars are meant to go to improving prisoner welfare. Read story

UW law program receives $45 million donation

October 29, 2024, 1:50pm Northwest

The University of Washington's law school received a $45 million donation from the estate of renowned attorney Stanley Barer and his wife, Alta. Read story

A semi trailer truck is stuck in a mudslide on Interstate 5 near a pedestrian crossing north of the Iowa Street overpass. The driver was uninjured, the Bellingham Fire Department said.

Just how big was the landslide that closed I-5 in Bellingham Sunday? Here are the numbers

October 29, 2024, 8:25am Latest News

A landslide brought the northbound side of Interstate 5 to a halt around 5 a.m. Sunday near Iowa Street in Bellingham. The freeway reopened that afternoon after the Washington State Department of Transportation was able to clear the road. Read story

Police investigate after a dead infant is found in a baby box at an Idaho hospital

October 29, 2024, 8:19am Nation & World

Police are investigating after the body of a baby girl was found at a southeastern Idaho hospital in a box meant for people to anonymously give up a newborn, officials said Monday. Read story

Vancouver police are investigating after a suspicious device was found near the downtown Vancouver ballot drop box on Oct. 8.

Vancouver ballot drop box arson highlights concerns that election conspiracy theories are making them a target

October 29, 2024, 7:49am Election

Two ballot drop boxes in the Pacific Northwest were damaged in a suspected arson attack just over a week before Election Day, destroying hundreds of ballots at one location in Vancouver, Washington. Read story

Matt Shea demands $24 million from city of Spokane over council’s condemnation of former mayor

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2020 photo, state Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, listens to testimony on the House floor at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Prominent state lawmaker Shea says the coronavirus is a foreign bio-weapon and claims Marxists are using the pandemic to advance totalitarianism. (AP Photo/Ted S.

October 29, 2024, 7:29am Northwest

Former Washington lawmaker Matt Shea is demanding $24 million from the city of Spokane, making him the third person to file a claim over the Spokane City Council’s official condemnation of former Mayor Nadine Woodward for joining him at a controversial event last year. Read story

Northwest

Department of Corrections to spend $1.3 million from prisoners’ fees on facility beautification projects, music programs

UW law program receives $45 million donation

Just how big was the landslide that closed I-5 in Bellingham Sunday? Here are the numbers

Police investigate after a dead infant is found in a baby box at an Idaho hospital

Vancouver ballot drop box arson highlights concerns that election conspiracy theories are making them a target

It’s almost Halloween. That means it’s time for a bat beauty contest

Most Gray and Oregon Road fire victims were underinsured, insurance commissioner says

WSU student assaulted on campus, choked until unconscious, police say

Matt Shea demands $24 million from city of Spokane over council’s condemnation of former mayor

Wapato man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for pointing loaded gun at U.S. Marshal