March 17, 2024, 6:00am Latest News
OLYMPIA -- first-time bill designed to hold Washington cities accountable in building more affordable housing and emergency shelter made swift progress this session before dying in the Senate. But some lawmakers and proponents are hopeful it has the momentum it needs to make it to the finish line in next… Read story
March 16, 2024, 6:00am Business
The Port of Longview will receive $500,000 in federal funding to expand its rail network to meet growing demand for shipping products. Read story
March 16, 2024, 6:00am Business
On June 13, 2023, shortly after 9 a.m., Wasco County Sheriff Lane Magill was among the first to receive the report of an event everyone in the Columbia River Gorge dreads. Read story
March 15, 2024, 9:08pm Northwest
Two days after a divided Longview City Council abruptly fired its city manager, it is not clear who is currently filling the biggest job in Longview’s city government. Read story
March 15, 2024, 8:12pm Northwest Free
Washington lawmakers this year funneled more money and support toward the state’s struggling child care system, looking to give providers a boost and expand access to day care and pre-K programs for families. Read story
March 15, 2024, 5:23pm Latest News
A post-flight inspection revealed a missing panel on a Boeing 737-800 that had just arrived at its destination in southern Oregon on Friday after flying from San Francisco, officials said, the latest in a series of recent incidents involving aircraft manufactured by the company. Read story
March 15, 2024, 3:58pm Latest News
New population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau are out. The estimates, which attempt to pinpoint the population of each state, county and metropolitan area as of July 1, 2023, say that Washington state's population grew by over 28,000 people last year. These counties led the way. Read story
March 15, 2024, 2:20pm Latest News
A coroner’s investigation into the death of a man in Los Angeles last month revealed that he was a suspect in a 2008 Washington state child rape who was believed to have jumped to his death from a bridge on Puget Sound years ago, authorities said. Read story
March 15, 2024, 8:16am Latest News
Two bills requested by the Department of Natural Resources, House Bill 2003 and House Bill 2091, were signed into law Wednesday, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Washington Department of Natural Resources. Read story
March 15, 2024, 8:15am Northwest
Lauren Sanders could not give birth in her hometown of Sandpoint. With the closure of the local hospitals’ labor and delivery services a year earlier, she had to drive over an hour to Coeur d’Alene to give birth to her son, now 4 months old . Read story
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