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Hanford new contractor gets started on work

October 30, 2024, 3:56pm Northwest

Two familiar faces at the Hanford site are among the leadership of the winning bidders to provide up to $45 billion of work at the nuclear reservation’s tank farms and start waste treatment at the vitrification plant. Read story

Counties in Oregon, Washington report vote-by-mail issues

October 30, 2024, 3:56pm Northwest

Voters in two counties in Washington and Oregon have not received mail-in ballots with less than a week to go before the election, election officials said Wednesday. The news comes two days after incendiary devices were set off in ballot drop boxes in both those states. Read story

A voter places her ballot into a drop box Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, in Seattle. Washington voters will decide which candidates advance to the November ballot in 10 congressional races, a U.S. Senate seat and dozens of legislative contests in the state’s primary election Tuesday.

Election offices around Washington tweak ballot box pickups to help keep votes secure

A voter places her ballot into a drop box Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, in Seattle. Washington voters will decide which candidates advance to the November ballot in 10 congressional races, a U.S. Senate seat and dozens of legislative contests in the state’s primary election Tuesday.

October 30, 2024, 8:17am Election

King County will soon pick up ballots from boxes more frequently after three fires targeted ballot boxes in Washington and Oregon. Read story

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, left, and Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson are running for Washington governor in 2024.

Costly campaigns and big spenders: Where money is flowing in WA’s elections

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, left, and Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson are running for Washington governor in 2024.

October 30, 2024, 7:45am Election

Donations of a few bucks to several grand continue to flow into candidate and political committee coffers ahead of next Tuesday’s election. Read story

Person was declared dead at Tacoma immigration detention center on Sunday, officials say

October 30, 2024, 7:42am Northwest

A person was declared dead Sunday morning at the privately-run federal immigration detention center in Tacoma, according to police and fire officials. Read story

WA program to address housing discrimination faces lawsuit

October 30, 2024, 7:39am Latest News

Washington’s pioneering homebuyer assistance program for people targeted by decades-old racist housing policies faces a legal challenge. Read story

Yakima coroner at odds with pathologist over disturbing jail death

October 30, 2024, 7:36am Northwest

Yakima County’s embattled coroner declined to implicate the county in a controversial jail death this summer, even after the pathologist who conducted the autopsy reclassified the death from “natural” to “negligent homicide.” Read story

In this Jan. 28, 2016, file photo, a man does maintenance work between razor wire-topped fences at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe.

Department of Corrections to spend $1.3 million from prisoners’ fees on facility beautification projects, music programs

In this Jan. 28, 2016, file photo, a man does maintenance work between razor wire-topped fences at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe.

October 29, 2024, 1:59pm Latest News

Washington’s Department of Corrections has outlined new plans to spend $1.3 million collected from incarcerated people for phone calls and other fees — money that they’ve been criticized for sitting on, as the dollars are meant to go to improving prisoner welfare. Read story

UW law program receives $45 million donation

October 29, 2024, 1:50pm Northwest

The University of Washington's law school received a $45 million donation from the estate of renowned attorney Stanley Barer and his wife, Alta. Read story

A semi trailer truck is stuck in a mudslide on Interstate 5 near a pedestrian crossing north of the Iowa Street overpass. The driver was uninjured, the Bellingham Fire Department said.

Just how big was the landslide that closed I-5 in Bellingham Sunday? Here are the numbers

A semi trailer truck is stuck in a mudslide on Interstate 5 near a pedestrian crossing north of the Iowa Street overpass. The driver was uninjured, the Bellingham Fire Department said.

October 29, 2024, 8:25am Latest News

A landslide brought the northbound side of Interstate 5 to a halt around 5 a.m. Sunday near Iowa Street in Bellingham. The freeway reopened that afternoon after the Washington State Department of Transportation was able to clear the road. Read story