October 3, 2024, 7:50am Northwest
Three years ago, Toutle-area resident Cathy Cochrane testified to the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners about the health problems she believed were linked to arsenic contamination in her drinking water and requested the county implement testing requirements for private wells. Read story
October 3, 2024, 7:49am Latest News
Five people tied to a white nationalist group sued a Washington man last year who allegedly infiltrated the organization and released confidential information. Read story
October 3, 2024, 7:43am Northwest
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources has initiated a program to enhance access to wildland fire training for tribal members, following the allocation of $800,000 in legislative funding, according to a DNR press release. Read story
October 3, 2024, 7:42am Northwest
La Conner and Shelter Bay residents are on a mission to keep the La Conner Weekly News from shutting down in December. Read story
October 3, 2024, 6:02am Business
After a poor financial showing last year in which it lost $311 million, REI has one big goal this year: break even. Read story
October 3, 2024, 5:23am Northwest
The Seattle Police Department’s recent decision to eliminate its Mounted Patrol Unit is more about the ongoing staffing crisis than erasing a relatively small line item from the agency’s proposed $458 million budget next year, Seattle City Council members were told Tuesday. Read story
October 2, 2024, 4:03pm Northwest Free
In the first-ever collective bargaining for legislative employees in Washington, Republican staff in the state House and Senate got contracts but their Democratic counterparts did not. Read story
October 2, 2024, 1:56pm Business
The National Transportation Safety Board followed its urgent safety alert last week about a potential Boeing 737 rudder failure by criticizing the Federal Aviation Administration for a desultory response to the risk and Boeing for not fully informing airlines in advance about the system that failed. Read story
October 2, 2024, 1:33pm Latest News
The Department of Energy is on track to start treating radioactive waste at the massive Hanford vitrification plant in less than a year, says the new DOE head of environmental cleanup. Read story
October 2, 2024, 11:42am Northwest
Prescribed fire projects are beginning again across the state on public lands with the arrival of autumn. In the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, over 13,000 acres are set to have prescribed fires starting this week, when conditions allow. Recreationists may see smoke from these fires. Read story
