Northwest

FILE - The Idaho state flag hangs in the State Capitol in Boise, Idaho, Jan. 9, 2023. Idaho lawmakers have passed a series of bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents this year, including two this week that prevent public employees from being required to use someone’s preferred pronouns and redefine “gender” as being synonymous with sex.

Idaho lawmakers pass bills targeting LGBTQ+ citizens; protesters toss paper hearts

April 3, 2024, 5:06pm Northwest

Idaho lawmakers have passed a series of bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents this year, including two this week that prevent public employees from being required to use someone’s preferred pronouns and redefine gender as being synonymous with sex. Read story

The spillway at Lower Monumental Dam in Washington on the Snake River.

Power generated from Northwest dams fell last year to lowest level in two decades

April 3, 2024, 3:12pm Business Free

Hydropower generated for electricity from Oregon and Washington dams fell to historically low levels last year, and experts expect it could drop further by year’s end. Read story

This image from police body-worn camera video, contained and annotated in the Justice Department's government's sentencing memorandum supporting the sentencing of Taylor James Johnatakis, shows Johnatakis at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Johnatakis, of Washington state, who used a megaphone to orchestrate a mob’s attack on police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced on Wednesday to more than seven years in prison. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said videos captured Johnatakis playing a leadership role during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

Washington man who used megaphone to lead attack on police during Capitol riot gets over 7 years in prison

April 3, 2024, 10:25am Latest News

A Washington state man who used a megaphone to orchestrate a mob’s attack on police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to more than seven years in prison. Read story

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

U.S. Supreme Court denies stay in Central WA redistricting case

April 3, 2024, 7:58am Election

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an attempt to stay a recent court decision that will alter the boundaries of several legislative districts in Central Washington in the wake of a voting-rights lawsuit. Read story

With no room for asylum-seekers, Tukwila church turns families away

April 3, 2024, 7:32am Churches & Religion

As hundreds of asylum-seekers faced the threat of sleeping outside Tuesday night, King County’s asylum-seeker crisis reached a new, more serious stage. Read story

Not ‘reasonable’: Spokane International Airport hits back against state PFAS cleanup order

April 3, 2024, 7:29am Northwest

Spokane International Airport is pushing back against a “disappointing” state Department of Ecology order to begin PFAS cleanup planning — stating the airport will move forward with its own investigation into the presence of the toxic chemicals. Read story

Officer acquitted in 2020 death of Manuel Ellis in Tacoma is hired by neighboring sheriff’s office

FILE - Christopher "Shane" Burbank speaks with an attorney and codefendants during the pre-trial motion in the trial of Tacoma police officers Matthew Collins, Timothy Rankine and Burbank in the killing of Manny Ellis, Sept. 18, 2023, at Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma, Wash. Burbank, one of the three Tacoma police officers cleared of criminal charges in the 2020 death of Ellis, has been hired by a neighboring sheriff's office. The Thurston County Sheriff's Office announced Monday, April 1, 2024, that it had hired Burbank as a patrol deputy.

April 2, 2024, 3:50pm Northwest

One of the three Tacoma police officers cleared of criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis — a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained facedown on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath — has been hired by a neighboring sheriff's office. Read story