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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal talked about the need to build off the recent McCleary decision and the influx of money from the state to improve education at a forum Skyview High School in 2018.

Reykdal seeks $3B injection for WA public schools in next budget

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal talked about the need to build off the recent McCleary decision and the influx of money from the state to improve education at a forum Skyview High School in 2018.

September 23, 2024, 11:45am Latest News

Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal wants a big ramp up in spending on Washington public schools in the next state budget. Read story

Brian Heywood, from left, founder of Let&rsquo;s Go Washington, stands Tuesday with Washington State Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh in front of boxes of petitions for an initiative to repeal Washington&rsquo;s cap-and invest program.

Why the WA Republican Party is struggling for cash

Brian Heywood, from left, founder of Let&rsquo;s Go Washington, stands Tuesday with Washington State Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh in front of boxes of petitions for an initiative to repeal Washington&rsquo;s cap-and invest program.

September 23, 2024, 8:24am Latest News

With less than a month before ballots are mailed for the general election, the state Republican Party just can’t compete financially with the Democrats. Read story

In a still from from a video animation provided by the United States Coast Guard an illustration of the Titan submersible, right, is shown near the ocean floor of the Atlantic Ocean, as June 18, 2023 communications between the submersible and the support vessel Polar Prince, not shown, are represented at left.

OceanGate co-founder says he hopes submersible tragedy yields renewed interest in exploration

In a still from from a video animation provided by the United States Coast Guard an illustration of the Titan submersible, right, is shown near the ocean floor of the Atlantic Ocean, as June 18, 2023 communications between the submersible and the support vessel Polar Prince, not shown, are represented at left.

September 23, 2024, 8:10am Business

The co-founder of the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic told a Coast Guard panel Monday that he hoped that the silver lining of the disaster will inspire a renewed interest in exploration, including the deepest waters of the world's oceans. Read story

FILE - Alaska Airlines planes are shown parked at gates with Mount Rainier in the background on March 1, 2021, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Alaska Airlines grounds flights at Seattle briefly due to tech outage

FILE - Alaska Airlines planes are shown parked at gates with Mount Rainier in the background on March 1, 2021, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S.

September 23, 2024, 8:09am Business

Alaska Airlines said it grounded its flights in Seattle briefly on Sunday night due to “significant disruptions” from an unspecified technology problem that was resolved by about 10 p.m. local time. Read story

Candidates for Washington attorney general Nick Brown, left, and Pete Serrano (Provided photos)

How WA AG candidates want to tackle key health issues like rising costs

Candidates for Washington attorney general Nick Brown, left, and Pete Serrano (Provided photos)

September 23, 2024, 7:40am Election

In the race for Washington attorney general, the two candidates can agree on at least one thing: Health care is getting too expensive for Washingtonians — and the next attorney general needs to be able to wield consumer protection laws to preserve access to affordable medicine and services. Read story

Spokane pastor calls for healing a divided nation in opening prayer in House of Representatives

September 23, 2024, 7:34am Churches & Religion

When the House of Representatives convened at the Capitol on Friday, the opening prayer was delivered not by the House chaplain but by a Spokane pastor who prayed for national healing in a divisive time for the United States. Read story

Trial for Brandon O’Neel, accused of shooting a state trooper, delayed to December

September 23, 2024, 7:30am Northwest

The first-degree attempted murder trial of Walla Walla resident Brandon O’Neel has been delayed again — this time until December. Read story

FILE - Low clouds hover in the trees in Port Orchard seen from the Bremerton Harborside Marina in Bremerton, Wash., on Dec. 22, 2014.

A river otter attacks a child at a Seattle-area marina

FILE - Low clouds hover in the trees in Port Orchard seen from the Bremerton Harborside Marina in Bremerton, Wash., on Dec. 22, 2014.

September 23, 2024, 7:30am Northwest

A river otter attacked a child at a Seattle-area marina, dragging the youngster from a dock and into the water before the mother rescued her child, wildlife officials said. Read story

Will a Richland farm circle be Washington’s 3rd military cemetery for 46,000+ veterans?

September 23, 2024, 7:29am Northwest

A farm circle between Horn Rapids Dam and the Horn Rapids Motorsport Complex could be the final resting place for thousands of U.S. military veterans. Read story

A million miles without a wreck? This Pierce County postal worker keeps on trucking

September 23, 2024, 7:28am Northwest

On any given day Jim Schultz makes over 500 stops around Lakewood in his boxy red-white-and-blue mail truck. Read story