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A sign stands outside Seattle Children's Hospital on March 18, 2020, in Seattle.

WA could be better protected against RSV this winter. Here’s why

A sign stands outside Seattle Children's Hospital on March 18, 2020, in Seattle.

October 21, 2024, 6:00am Health

Despite being back in the season of sniffles and sick days, Washington state will be extra equipped to battle the spread of respiratory viruses this year. Read story

Two Navy aviators declared dead after fighter jet crash in Washington

October 20, 2024, 2:43pm Nation & World

Two crew members who were missing following the crash of a fighter jet in mountainous terrain in Washington during a routine training flight have been declared dead, the U.S. Navy said Sunday. Read story

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awards $657M contract to get fish past dam on Green River

October 20, 2024, 1:32pm 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

Jan Bolerjack, right, holds baby Olya with her mother Lori looking on Thursday afternoon at the Riverton Park Methodist Church in Tukwila Washington on Jan. 11, 2024.

WA’s asylum-seekers response has largely been this woman. Meet her.

Jan Bolerjack, right, holds baby Olya with her mother Lori looking on Thursday afternoon at the Riverton Park Methodist Church in Tukwila Washington on Jan. 11, 2024.

October 20, 2024, 6:05am Churches & Religion

Wearing Brooks tennis shoes and workout pants on a late June morning, the Rev. Jan Bolerjack moves through her crowded church from one problem to the next. Read story

FILE--In this April 8, 2003, file photo, steam rises from Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station, Washington state's only nuclear power plant, near Richland.

Amazon’s huge investment in small modular nuclear reactors in Eastern WA and beyond

FILE--In this April 8, 2003, file photo, steam rises from Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station, Washington state's only nuclear power plant, near Richland.

October 20, 2024, 6:03am Business

Amazon will join Energy Northwest in Richland to develop new nuclear power generation in Washington state, the giant Seattle online retailer announced Wednesday morning. Read story

Santa Clarita, United States &Ccedil;&fnof;&Iuml; October 29, 2021: An aerial view of the Interstate 5 freeway with lots of cars in Santa Clarita, California

Sick of being followed too close? Here’s how WA law recommends you react to tailgaters

Santa Clarita, United States &Ccedil;&fnof;&Iuml; October 29, 2021: An aerial view of the Interstate 5 freeway with lots of cars in Santa Clarita, California

October 20, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

Everyone has pet peeves on the road, from being cut off to dealing with slow drivers in the left lane. But most drivers will agree on how aggravating it is to be tailgated. Read story

Incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen.

New WA Poll has Cantwell cruising toward fifth term in U.S. Senate

Incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen.

October 20, 2024, 6:00am Election

Democratic incumbent Maria Cantwell appears on her way to securing a fifth term in the U.S. Senate, according to new poll that shows her with a resounding lead over her Republican challenger. Read story

A sign is shown over a phone holder Feb. 23 in a classroom at Delta High School in Delta, Utah. At the rural Utah school, there is a strict policy requiring students to check their phones at the door when entering every class. Each classroom has a cellphone storage unit that looks like an over-the-door shoe bag with three dozen smartphone-sized slots.

Banned from school? Teens picture life without cellphones

A sign is shown over a phone holder Feb. 23 in a classroom at Delta High School in Delta, Utah. At the rural Utah school, there is a strict policy requiring students to check their phones at the door when entering every class. Each classroom has a cellphone storage unit that looks like an over-the-door shoe bag with three dozen smartphone-sized slots.

October 20, 2024, 5:48am Northwest

Imagine starting your senior year of high school as the new kid. Everyone else has friends and you are a stranger, adjusting to unfamiliar faces in an unfamiliar place. Read story

FOREST FEUD: WA’s fight over the old growth of tomorrow

October 20, 2024, 5:48am Northwest

Ty Abernathy tips his head back and judges where this big tree will fall as he starts cutting it with a chain saw. This is a hand faller’s work, all eyeballing and experience to land a more than 100-foot-tall Douglas fir without breaking it — or getting killed. Read story

&igrave;I voted&icirc; stickers as well as &igrave;vote!&icirc; pins in 6 different languages can be picked up at the King County Elections Building in Renton.

WA voters poised to reject two initiatives, accept other two, according to poll

&igrave;I voted&icirc; stickers as well as &igrave;vote!&icirc; pins in 6 different languages can be picked up at the King County Elections Building in Renton.

October 19, 2024, 10:26am Latest News

Two of the four statewide initiatives on this year’s general election ballot appear likely to pass and two are faltering, according to the most recent Cascade PBS/Elway Poll. Read story