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A truck travels northbound on the Interstate 5 Bridge in 2021.

Joe Kent doesn’t like the I-5 Bridge project. Could he change it if he’s in Congress?

A truck travels northbound on the Interstate 5 Bridge in 2021.

October 23, 2024, 10:23am Clark County News

Joe Kent doesn’t like how the project to replace the Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River is shaping up. Read story

FILE- In this March 6, 2018, file photo, a McDonald&#039;s Quarter Pounder, left, and Double Quarter Pound burger is shown in Atlanta.

McDonald’s tries to reassure customers after deadly E. coli outbreak

FILE- In this March 6, 2018, file photo, a McDonald&#039;s Quarter Pounder, left, and Double Quarter Pound burger is shown in Atlanta.

October 23, 2024, 9:19am Business

McDonald’s said Wednesday that consumers should feel confident ordering from its restaurants despite a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to its Quarter Pounders. Read story

A photo of Leda Health’s at-home sexual assault evidence collection kits.

Washington ban on over-the-counter sexual assault kits upheld by federal judge

A photo of Leda Health’s at-home sexual assault evidence collection kits.

October 23, 2024, 8:26am Courts & Crime

Washington’s ban on the sale or advertising of over-the-counter sexual assault evidence kits was upheld by a federal judge on Monday. Read story

Seattle arts funder, after Guardian report, disavows ‘hateful ideology’

October 23, 2024, 8:15am Business

Andrew Conru — a Seattle tech entrepreneur who is emerging as a major local arts funder — distanced himself last week from several organizations that he has funded after an investigation published by British newspaper The Guardian. The article showed that Conru funded an organization that has promoted the genetic… Read story

Feds award $657 million contract to get fish past dam in Tacoma Public Utilities watershed

October 23, 2024, 8:14am Northwest

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday that it has awarded a $657 million contract to build fish passage facilities at a flood control dam on the Green River in the watershed used for Tacoma’s drinking water. Read story

14-year-old boy arrested for threatening to shoot up, bomb school in Ritzville, police say

October 23, 2024, 8:11am Northwest

A 14-year-old Lind-Ritzville High School student is accused of using the social media app Snapchat to threaten to shoot and bomb his school, prompting officials to close schools Tuesday. Read story

Spokane’s Catholic bishop denounces gender-affirming care, spurring concern from a local hospital

October 23, 2024, 8:07am Churches & Religion

Diocese of Spokane Bishop Thomas Daly reportedly said he plans to confront Catholic hospitals and clinics that offer gender-affirming care to children. Read story

FILE - The Washington State Capitol building is seen on the first day of the legislative session, Jan. 8, 2024, in Olympia, Wash.

WA residents overwhelmingly support taxes on the wealthy, poll shows

FILE - The Washington State Capitol building is seen on the first day of the legislative session, Jan. 8, 2024, in Olympia, Wash.

October 23, 2024, 7:46am Election

Washington residents don’t mind taxing the ultra wealthy, according to a new statewide poll. Read story

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2020 photo, state Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, listens to testimony on the House floor at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Prominent state lawmaker Shea says the coronavirus is a foreign bio-weapon and claims Marxists are using the pandemic to advance totalitarianism. (AP Photo/Ted S.

State bar association declines to discipline extremist former lawmaker Matt Shea over Malheur incident, citing ‘constitutional scrutiny’

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2020 photo, state Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, listens to testimony on the House floor at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Prominent state lawmaker Shea says the coronavirus is a foreign bio-weapon and claims Marxists are using the pandemic to advance totalitarianism. (AP Photo/Ted S.

October 22, 2024, 3:05pm Northwest

The Washington State Bar Association has dismissed a grievance filed against former Washington lawmaker Matthew Shea after he was alleged to have planned and participated in political violence, citing “constitutional scrutiny.” Read story

Paul Patu performs hip-hop music with the theme of &quot;Drop The Vote,&quot; Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, outside a voting center in Seattle where people can drop off ballots or get help registering to vote or obtaining their ballots. Patu is the executive director of the Seattle-based organization Urban Family, who came up with the Drop The Vote campaign to encourage and educate voters from underserved communities. (AP Photo/Ted S.

WA voters worried about postelection violence, poll shows

Paul Patu performs hip-hop music with the theme of &quot;Drop The Vote,&quot; Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, outside a voting center in Seattle where people can drop off ballots or get help registering to vote or obtaining their ballots. Patu is the executive director of the Seattle-based organization Urban Family, who came up with the Drop The Vote campaign to encourage and educate voters from underserved communities. (AP Photo/Ted S.

October 22, 2024, 1:09pm Election

Nearly two-thirds of Washingtonians are concerned about politically motivated violence following this year’s elections, a new poll found. Read story