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Spokane stray dog rescued after months of sightings: ‘Onyx has united everyone on the South Hill’

February 21, 2024, 10:31am Northwest

After months of dodging the South Hill residents who tried to bring her in from the cold, a nomadic stray dog has been rescued. Read story

Man shot state trooper nine times in Kent, prosecutors allege

February 21, 2024, 10:27am Northwest

A Federal Way man allegedly shot a Washington State Patrol trooper nine times, including with the trooper’s own firearm after stealing it from him, according to King County prosecutors. Read story

Learn about flying creatures at free show in Clatskanie

February 20, 2024, 7:45pm Northwest

A free family performance focusing on creatures who fly is coming to Clatskanie, Ore., this week. Read story

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., testifies as the House Rules Committee prepares for a floor vote Feb. 5 at the Capitol in Washington. She announced Feb. 8 that she will not seek reelection.

Snake River dams proponents losing key voice in D.C.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., testifies as the House Rules Committee prepares for a floor vote Feb. 5 at the Capitol in Washington. She announced Feb. 8 that she will not seek reelection.

February 20, 2024, 7:42pm Northwest

For the past two years, the chair of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce has come from the Pacific Northwest. Read story

Biden approves disaster declaration for Spokane County fires

February 20, 2024, 6:05pm Northwest

President Joe Biden on Tuesday approved a major disaster declaration for the 2023 Spokane County wildfires, ordering federal assistance to help communities recover. Read story

Washington State Capitol in Olympia.

How Washington lawmakers want to spend another $2 billion with this year’s state budget

Washington State Capitol in Olympia.

February 20, 2024, 2:16pm Latest News

Pay raises and inflation. Hospital beds and opioid treatments. Special education and college financial aid. Electric-powered fire trucks and soccer field renovations. Read story

Woman arrested in 2005 death of newborn who was found in a Phoenix airport trash can

February 20, 2024, 1:48pm Latest News

For nearly two decades, it was a mystery who had left “Baby Skylar” — an unidentified newborn found dead inside a Phoenix airport trash can. Read story

State Sen. Jeff Wilson-sponsored bill aims to make kit homes easier to build

February 20, 2024, 1:45pm Latest News

Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson of Longview wants certain smaller homes built sooner by avoiding the permitting process that can draw out the cost and building time for regular-sized homes. Read story

FILE - A girl in a stroller plays with a squirt gun as a woman pushes her past a Black Lives Matter mural in the Shaw neighborhood in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2020. The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, and its findings are grim. This year's Equality Index shows Black people still get only 73.9 percent of the American pie white people enjoy.

UW study: How parents talked about Black Lives Matter differed by race

FILE - A girl in a stroller plays with a squirt gun as a woman pushes her past a Black Lives Matter mural in the Shaw neighborhood in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2020. The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, and its findings are grim. This year's Equality Index shows Black people still get only 73.9 percent of the American pie white people enjoy.

February 20, 2024, 10:40am Latest News

A new study led by researchers at the University of Washington and Northwestern University found about 80% of parents spoke to their children about the Black Lives Matter movement within a year of the murder of George Floyd. Read story

A person kayaks on South Portland Street in Seattle's South Park neighborhood Tuesday morning, Dec. 27, 2022.

How will climate change affect our back-and-forth La Niña, El Niño weather patterns?

A person kayaks on South Portland Street in Seattle's South Park neighborhood Tuesday morning, Dec. 27, 2022.

February 20, 2024, 10:15am Latest News

This is a simple question with perhaps not so simple an answer. Read story