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Washington Democratic Party delegation at the Democratic National Convention. August 19, 2024.

Washington’s delegates react to Harris’ speech and the Democratic National Convention

August 23, 2024, 10:23am Latest News Free

Over a hundred Washington delegates attended the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week, which culminated with a speech from Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday night accepting the party’s presidential nomination. Read story

Washington primary results certified, recount ordered in lands commissioner race

August 23, 2024, 10:18am Election Free

The Washington secretary of state’s office on Thursday certified the results of the state’s Aug. 6 primary and directed a hand recount of votes in the state lands commissioner race. Read story

Washington State Auditor Troy Kelley walks into the federal courthouse June 12, 2015 for a hearing on tax evasion charges in Tacoma. Kelley, whose federal fraud trial last year ended with an acquittal on one count and a deadlocked jury on more than a dozen others, will be in a courtroom once again this week as prosecutors try him a second time. And this time, newly recovered emails dating to 2003 could shed light on whether he was entitled to pocket the roughly $3 million the government says he stole when he ran a real-estate services business during the height of last decade’s housing boom.

WA Supreme Court disbars former state auditor Troy Kelley

August 23, 2024, 9:00am Northwest

The state’s highest court on Thursday disbarred Troy Kelley, the former state auditor who was convicted in 2017 on a slate of federal charges stemming from his real estate business dealings. Read story

Deputy stabbed during Deer Park welfare check

August 23, 2024, 8:41am Northwest

A woman stabbed a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office deputy who responded to a welfare call Thursday south of Deer Park, according to the sheriff’s office. Read story

City and police violated rights of woman’s fiancé killed by police in 2022, federal lawsuit says

August 23, 2024, 8:31am Northwest

The fiancé of a man shot and killed by Spokane Police in 2022 filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday alleging the city and police violated her rights and caused her emotional distress following his death. Read story

Northwest delegates joyful, optimistic as Harris closes Democratic National Convention

Balloons fall as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris celebrates with her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, his wife Gwen and their families on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday night, Aug. 23, 2024, at the United Center in Chicago.

August 23, 2024, 8:24am Latest News

The Democratic National Convention came to a euphoric close on Thursday as Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party’s nomination for president, leaving delegates from the Inland Northwest feeling confident as they gear up for the final stretch of an election they don’t expect to be easy. Read story

Boeing whistleblower points to past electrical wiring defects in 737 Max

August 23, 2024, 8:23am Business

A prominent Boeing whistleblower released new documents Thursday that point to confusion and chaos in the company’s Renton, Washington, factory as it built two 737 Max planes that later crashed, killing 346 people on board in 2018 and 2019. Read story