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The Washington Utilities And Transportation Commission offices in Lacey.

Inslee seeks ouster of regulatory leader amid tumult at agency

The Washington Utilities And Transportation Commission offices in Lacey.

March 14, 2024, 8:55am Latest News

The chair of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission is under fire over the use of a racial slur and his passive response to employee allegations of bullying, harassment and discrimination in the regulatory agency. Read story

Carbon monoxide alarms turned off before Evergreen State student death

March 14, 2024, 7:42am Northwest

Evergreen State College personnel turned off carbon monoxide alarms that sounded in an on-campus residence hours before a 21-year-old student died from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to State Patrol investigation findings into the man’s death. Read story

No more delays to PFAS cleanup, state Department of Ecology tells Spokane International Airport

March 14, 2024, 7:41am Northwest

After several extensions and five months of negotiations, the Washington State Department of Ecology is telling the Spokane International Airport it will not accept any more delays for the initial stages of PFAS contamination cleanup. Read story

Seattle SWAT officer who fatally shot DV suspect holding infant won’t be charged

March 14, 2024, 7:40am Northwest

No criminal charges will be filed against a Seattle SWAT officer who in 2020 shot and killed a 24-year-old man who was fleeing officers while carrying his infant daughter in Mount Baker, the prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday. Read story

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during a signing ceremony in Washington, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Inslee closed out the final day of his last legislative session, Thursday, March 7, 2024, as Washington state governor by describing it as a banner year in the state&rsquo;s fight against climate change.

The 2024 legislative session wrapped last week; now, Inslee considers signing 300 bills into law

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during a signing ceremony in Washington, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Inslee closed out the final day of his last legislative session, Thursday, March 7, 2024, as Washington state governor by describing it as a banner year in the state&rsquo;s fight against climate change.

March 14, 2024, 7:40am Latest News

During the past two months, state legislators in Olympia passed a stack of 359 bills that Gov. Jay Inslee has been working through signing into law this week. Read story

FILE - This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a gaping hole where the paneled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. The DOJ has launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout that left a gaping hole on the Alaska Airlines plane this January, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, March 9.

Boeing accused of overwriting security footage of door plug repair after panel blowout

FILE - This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a gaping hole where the paneled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. The DOJ has launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout that left a gaping hole on the Alaska Airlines plane this January, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, March 9.

March 14, 2024, 7:38am Business

Boeing security footage, which may have offered insight into how a door panel blew off an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight, was “overwritten” and is now lost, according to a letter published Wednesday from the National Transportation Safety Board. Read story

Walla Walla Valley vineyards take a hit after January freeze

March 13, 2024, 7:55pm Northwest

Jeremy Petty manages about 100 acres of vineyards in the Walla Walla Valley, and he said that as the vines begin to wake back up, it’s clear that they were hit hard by the frigid temperatures in January. Read story

Pressure on University of Idaho’s Phoenix deal builds: Raúl Labrador, attorneys challenge legality

March 13, 2024, 7:47pm Northwest

Two more legal opinions — one from Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador and a second from an outside law firm — have cast more doubt on the University of Idaho’s planned purchase of the University of Phoenix, kindling calls from lawmakers to review or nix the $550 million deal. Read story

Evergreen State staff turned off carbon monoxide alarms before student’s death

March 13, 2024, 6:55pm Northwest

Evergreen State College personnel turned off carbon monoxide alarms that went off in an on-campus residence hours before a 21-year-old student died from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to State Patrol investigation findings into the man’s death. Read story

State Sen. Karen Keiser, seen here in the Senate chambers on Jan. 12, 2024, will retire later this year.

Longtime Washington state senator is leaving, but not right away

State Sen. Karen Keiser, seen here in the Senate chambers on Jan. 12, 2024, will retire later this year.

March 13, 2024, 6:49pm Northwest

Veteran state Sen. Karen Keiser bade farewell to her colleagues in the final hours of the 2024 legislative session. Read story