October 9, 2024, 12:41pm Election
Defenders of Washington state’s carbon fees have filled television with ads saying that Initiative 2117, to repeal the Climate Commitment Act, would make traffic congestion worse — despite the fact carbon-fee money doesn’t go toward state highways. Read story
October 9, 2024, 10:08am Latest News
Journalists should not be attacked for doing their jobs. Read story
October 9, 2024, 7:48am Northwest
In an effort to boost recruitment, the Seattle City Council voted 6-1 on Tuesday to allow the police department to increase hiring bonuses up to $50,000 for experienced officers. Read story
October 9, 2024, 7:45am Election
Brian Heywood, the Redmond millionaire behind ballot initiatives that seek to overturn or weaken recently enacted social and environmental legislation on the November ballot, will appear in Bellingham to speak at an election forum. Read story
October 9, 2024, 7:42am Northwest
Idaho investigators never connected the dots in 1982 that a body with two gunshot wounds pulled from the Snake River 24 miles south of Lewiston was that of missing Moscow teenager Dewayne Surls, who had disappeared two weeks earlier 105 miles upstream in the Salmon River near Riggins. Read story
October 9, 2024, 7:39am Latest News
After one of the largest structure fires in the Northwest burned for almost two months this spring in the Tri-Cities, federal, state and local officials are considering what could have been done differently and what still needs to be done. Read story
October 9, 2024, 7:36am Northwest
A 47-year-old man is in stable condition at a regional hospital after Olympia police say he was set on fire at a homeless encampment known as the Jungle. Read story
October 9, 2024, 7:30am Election
The first debate between Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell and Republican challenger Dr. Raul Garcia elicited civil disagreements and a fair amount of agreement for what may be expected in modern polarized politics. Read story
October 8, 2024, 3:17pm Clark County News Free
Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Republican Joe Kent’s contrasting personalities and policies came into sharper focus during a debate Monday as a new poll showed their race to represent southwest Washington in Congress in a dead heat. Read story
October 8, 2024, 11:49am Northwest
Seattle’s flagship record store took a hit last week when a burst pipe flooded Easy Street Records overnight. Read story
