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The Gray Fire burns near Spokane in August 2023.

What have first responders learned a year after the Gray and Oregon Road fires?

August 25, 2024, 6:00am Northwest

The Gray and Oregon Road fires in Spokane County last year reminded first responders that they are at the mercy of Mother Nature — and they likely will be again. Read story

No longer a death sentence, HIV care is changing as patients become elderly

August 25, 2024, 5:51am Health

Once a death sentence, HIV infection is now a lifelong condition with which you can live a long, healthy life. But as life expectancy of the much stigmatized disease increases, physicians must now grapple with how to care for HIV at the same time as old age. Read story

NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins interacted with and nurtured the Arabidopsis plant during the Final Frontier Plant Habitat in spring 2018.

Inside WSU professor’s alfalfa experiment on ISS: Seeds to be sent into space for six weeks, harvested then returned

August 24, 2024, 6:04am Life

A Washington State University experiment that could impact the ability of humans to live beyond Earth is expected to arrive in space next year as astronauts plant a cosmic garden in orbit. Read story

Tamera Mickelson, a retail associate and working artist, checks out customers Aug. 16 at Seattle ReCreative, a nonprofit organization, in Greenwood.

Seattle area families, teachers juggle school shopping needs, turning to discount and resale shops

August 24, 2024, 6:04am Business

Sheila Osterbeck threw four black composition books, 50 cents each, in her Target cart as she browsed the back-to-school aisles Wednesday to stock up on school supplies for her two children. Read story

Inside the plan to build a new dam and reservoir in WA

August 24, 2024, 5:39am Latest News

Aspen leaves quake in the clearing between a pair of basalt cliffs 100 feet high. An osprey soars overhead and cattle low on the dry, rolling hills above. Read story

Senators demand the USDA fix its backlog of food distribution to Native American tribes

FILE - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testifies during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry oversight hearing on the Department of Agriculture on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Washington.

August 24, 2024, 5:36am Nation & World

A bipartisan group of senators is demanding immediate action from USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsack after several tribal nations reported that a federal food distribution program they rely on has not fulfilled orders for months, and in some cases has delivered expired food. Read story

Northwest

What have first responders learned a year after the Gray and Oregon Road fires?

No longer a death sentence, HIV care is changing as patients become elderly

Inside WSU professor’s alfalfa experiment on ISS: Seeds to be sent into space for six weeks, harvested then returned

Seattle area families, teachers juggle school shopping needs, turning to discount and resale shops

Inside the plan to build a new dam and reservoir in WA

Senators demand the USDA fix its backlog of food distribution to Native American tribes

Keeping the flames at bay when there’s just one way out in a wildfire

Secretary of state hopefuls at odds over cybersecurity

Former Gonzaga provost Kopp dies at 56

CDC: Life spans in Washington in decline