February 22, 2024, 2:57pm Northwest
Senate lawmakers on Thursday killed a bill to allow Idaho residents to challenge library books they deemed “harmful” to minors, halting for the time being another effort to regulate public book collections and allow penalties against libraries. Read story
February 22, 2024, 2:54pm Latest News Free
Washington House lawmakers this week advanced three proposals meant to increase special education funding and make it easier for parents of children with disabilities to hold schools accountable for failing to provide adequate services. Read story
February 22, 2024, 2:50pm Northwest
A man who witnesses say stabbed another passenger on an airline flight and told authorities he intended to kill the victim has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Read story
February 22, 2024, 1:55pm Latest News
Washington public school students may soon be required to take a financial education class prior to graduating high school. Read story
February 22, 2024, 1:39pm Latest News
Photographer Matt McDonald had lived on Puget Sound for years, but had never seen a whale, so he was elated when he spotted a giant marine mammal just off Seattle’s waterfront one evening. Read story
February 22, 2024, 1:38pm Health
More than 50 Idaho obstetricians have stopped practicing in the state since a near-total abortion ban took effect in August 2022, according to a newly released report. Read story
February 22, 2024, 1:37pm Northwest
Voters have two more choices to consider for a seat in Congress being vacated by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Read story
February 22, 2024, 1:36pm Election
The Washington state Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to make harassing election workers a felony, three months after four county election offices received envelopes containing suspicious powder — including three testing positive for fentanyl — and had to be evacuated. Read story
February 22, 2024, 10:02am Health
Kendra Sawyer spoke with her dad from the Deschutes County jail and told him she loved him. Six hours later, in the throes of opioid withdrawal, the 22-year-old took her own life. Read story
February 21, 2024, 7:45pm Health
A debt collection company for Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland and other Providence hospitals will pay $1 million to the state of Washington after it was accused of failing to inform 160,000 patients of their medical debt collection rights. Read story