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Police investigate after a dead infant is found in a baby box at an Idaho hospital

October 29, 2024, 8:19am Nation & World

Police are investigating after the body of a baby girl was found at a southeastern Idaho hospital in a box meant for people to anonymously give up a newborn, officials said Monday. Read story

Vancouver police are investigating after a suspicious device was found near the downtown Vancouver ballot drop box on Oct. 8.

Vancouver ballot drop box arson highlights concerns that election conspiracy theories are making them a target

Vancouver police are investigating after a suspicious device was found near the downtown Vancouver ballot drop box on Oct. 8.

October 29, 2024, 7:49am Election

Two ballot drop boxes in the Pacific Northwest were damaged in a suspected arson attack just over a week before Election Day, destroying hundreds of ballots at one location in Vancouver, Washington. Read story

This undated image provided by the Bureau of Land Management shows the bat Hoary Potter.

It’s almost Halloween. That means it’s time for a bat beauty contest

This undated image provided by the Bureau of Land Management shows the bat Hoary Potter.

October 29, 2024, 7:33am Latest News

Move over, Fat Bear Week. A bat beauty contest is now stepping up to the plate. Read story

Most Gray and Oregon Road fire victims were underinsured, insurance commissioner says

October 29, 2024, 7:32am Northwest

Most of the homes destroyed in last year’s Gray and Oregon Road fires were underinsured, according to an analysis of insurance claims by the state insurance commissioner’s office. Read story

WSU student assaulted on campus, choked until unconscious, police say

October 29, 2024, 7:31am Latest News

A Washington State University student was reportedly assaulted and choked until she was unconscious in a campus parking lot last week. 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.

Matt Shea demands $24 million from city of Spokane over council’s condemnation of former mayor

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 29, 2024, 7:29am Northwest

Former Washington lawmaker Matt Shea is demanding $24 million from the city of Spokane, making him the third person to file a claim over the Spokane City Council’s official condemnation of former Mayor Nadine Woodward for joining him at a controversial event last year. Read story

Wapato man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for pointing loaded gun at U.S. Marshal

October 29, 2024, 7:28am Northwest

Despite his efforts to take back a guilty plea, a Wapato man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for assaulting a federal marshal. Read story

WA’s capital gains tax, facing repeal, helps fund early learning

October 29, 2024, 6:00am Clark County Politics

The judges had their say, and now it’s voters’ turn. Read story

New police recruits practice traffic stop arrests at Washington's Criminal Justice Training Center in Burien on April 2. Washington state provides police officers with just one hour of training on handling hate crimes throughout their 720-hour basic police academy training despite recent rises in hate crimes or acts of discrimination.

WA police get one hour of hate-crime training despite rising cases

New police recruits practice traffic stop arrests at Washington's Criminal Justice Training Center in Burien on April 2. Washington state provides police officers with just one hour of training on handling hate crimes throughout their 720-hour basic police academy training despite recent rises in hate crimes or acts of discrimination.

October 28, 2024, 12:14pm Courts & Crime

When antisemitic graffiti appeared on the Western Washington University campus last November, student Maddie Pelkey took her concerns directly to the campus police chief. Read story

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Washington still relying on ‘stopgap’ tracking software for cannabis industry

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October 28, 2024, 12:11pm Business

It’s been over a decade since Washington legalized recreational marijuana — but the state still isn’t able to reliably track cannabis from production through processing to retail sale. Read story