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Maasai woman leads cultural change over female genital mutilation from Spokane

November 16, 2024, 5:57am Northwest

How does Spokane have a connection to a Maasai village in Kenya? Via writer and activist Charity Resian. Read story

WA agency failed to catch doubled-up benefit payments

November 15, 2024, 3:04pm Northwest

Inadequate tracking by the Employment Security Department led to Washington workers receiving both unemployment insurance and Paid Family and Medical Leave benefits at the same time, a new state audit found. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee speaks to members of the press on Jan. 4, ahead of the 2024 Washington state legislative session.

With $10B deficit looming, WA governor calls on state agencies to make cuts

Gov. Jay Inslee speaks to members of the press on Jan. 4, ahead of the 2024 Washington state legislative session.

November 15, 2024, 1:04pm Latest News

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is warning of a budget deficit in excess of $10 billion and calling on state agencies to pare spending now to deal with it. Read story

First king tides of the season arrive in Western WA

November 15, 2024, 11:06am Northwest

King tides, or the highest tides of the year, are expected through this weekend and next week across Western Washington. Read story

UW president’s home, car vandalized, university says

November 15, 2024, 7:42am Northwest

The University of Washington president’s property was vandalized overnight, the university said Thursday. Read story

NW Natural has added an item labeled &ldquo;WA Climate Act Fee&rdquo; to bills for customers in Clark County. The fee is calculated per therm of natural gas consumption.

Survey shows who did, and didn’t, support WA natural gas initiative

NW Natural has added an item labeled &ldquo;WA Climate Act Fee&rdquo; to bills for customers in Clark County. The fee is calculated per therm of natural gas consumption.

November 15, 2024, 7:41am Election

Initiative 2066, the controversial natural gas measure, was the only ballot initiative approved by Washington voters this year. Now, some new data gives us insight into who voted for it and against it, and why. Read story

FILE - This photo combo provided by Twin Falls County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office in Idaho shows from left, Nicholas Umphenour and Skylar Meade. Meade and Umphenour, suspects in an attack on corrections officers at a Boise, Idaho, hospital are due in court for a preliminary hearing Monday, April 8, 2024.

Prosecutors seek death penalty for Idaho man charged with murdering North Idaho resident while on the run after a brazen prison escape

FILE - This photo combo provided by Twin Falls County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office in Idaho shows from left, Nicholas Umphenour and Skylar Meade. Meade and Umphenour, suspects in an attack on corrections officers at a Boise, Idaho, hospital are due in court for a preliminary hearing Monday, April 8, 2024.

November 15, 2024, 7:40am Northwest

Nez Perce County prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for Nicholas Umphenour, the man who helped coordinate an Idaho prison escape and hospital ambush, for the killing of 83-year-old Juliaetta resident James Mauney. Read story

There’s something you don’t see every day: 2 horses running loose on streets of Tacoma

November 15, 2024, 7:39am Northwest

Drivers and pedestrians in Tacoma were met with a surprise Tuesday night: two horses trotting down the street near a busy intersection. Read story

FILE - The Capitol in Olympia, Wash., is pictured Oct. 9, 2018. Five months after holding its presidential primaries, Washington state is looking further down the ticket to select candidates to compete for federal and state offices in the November 2024 elections. (AP Photo/Ted S.

WA’s 2025 legislative session will feature new faces, big budget gap

FILE - The Capitol in Olympia, Wash., is pictured Oct. 9, 2018. Five months after holding its presidential primaries, Washington state is looking further down the ticket to select candidates to compete for federal and state offices in the November 2024 elections. (AP Photo/Ted S.

November 15, 2024, 6:05am Election

Washington has a new governor, a mix of new lawmakers and a multibillion-dollar problem. Read story

FILE - Chairs stand at the Gates Post office in the aftermath of a fire in Gates, Ore., Sept 9, 2020. The post office was destroyed along with several other buildings in the Santiam Canyon community as a result of the Santiam Fire. Pacific Power, owned by PacifiCorp, said Monday, June 3, 2024, that it has agreed to a nearly $180 million settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs who sued the utility after the deadly 2020 wildfires.

Wildfire survivors appeal to Congress to end federal income tax on settlements, lawyer fees

FILE - Chairs stand at the Gates Post office in the aftermath of a fire in Gates, Ore., Sept 9, 2020. The post office was destroyed along with several other buildings in the Santiam Canyon community as a result of the Santiam Fire. Pacific Power, owned by PacifiCorp, said Monday, June 3, 2024, that it has agreed to a nearly $180 million settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs who sued the utility after the deadly 2020 wildfires.

November 15, 2024, 6:00am Newsletter

Western wildfire survivors are calling on Congress to stop playing political football with a bill that would relieve them of federal income taxes on recovery settlements and lawyers fees. Read story