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The General Administration Building on the Washington state Capitol campus in Olympia was completed in 1956. It&rsquo;s now slated for demolition.

Demolition looms for building that has hulked over Washington Capitol campus for decades

The General Administration Building on the Washington state Capitol campus in Olympia was completed in 1956. It&rsquo;s now slated for demolition.

August 13, 2024, 6:01pm Northwest

Stroll the grounds of the Washington state Capitol and it’s hard to miss the boxy, white building squatting on the campus’ northern edge, its four floors of linear window banks staring back at the manicured lawns and paths across the way. Read story

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, arrives at the Albany County Courthouse to fight a lawsuit he falsely claimed to live in New York state, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Albany, N.Y.

WA Democratic Party pushing to keep Robert Kennedy Jr. off the ballot

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, arrives at the Albany County Courthouse to fight a lawsuit he falsely claimed to live in New York state, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Albany, N.Y.

August 13, 2024, 5:59pm Election

The state Democratic Party wants presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. kept off ballots in Washington this November. Read story

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tested its new AI fire monitoring technology, the Next Generation Fire System, at its fire weather testbed in Colorado in June.

As wildfire season becomes more threatening, experts are turning to AI

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tested its new AI fire monitoring technology, the Next Generation Fire System, at its fire weather testbed in Colorado in June.

August 13, 2024, 2:16pm Latest News

With climate change driving hotter, drier summers across the West, the intensity of recent fire seasons is outpacing workers’ ability to track and analyze fires with traditional methods. Read story

Traffic sometimes flows on Interstate 5 in Portland but is often bunched up around the Rose Quarter.

Oregon anti-highway activists file federal lawsuit to block Portland Rose Quarter project

Traffic sometimes flows on Interstate 5 in Portland but is often bunched up around the Rose Quarter.

August 13, 2024, 1:14pm Business

A coalition of Portland anti-freeway activists are suing the U.S. Department of Transportation to block construction on a crowded stretch of Interstate 5 in Portland. Read story

Contractors install solar panels on a house in Oregon. Under proposed rules for the state’s redo of the Climate Protection Program, fossil fuel companies could offset 15% to 20% of their greenhouse gas emissions by investing in projects that help reduce emissions, such as expanding at home solar operations in low-income neighborhoods and the purchase of electric vehicles and charging stations for nonprofits.

Environmental regulators say NW Natural misleading customers about Oregon climate credit program

Contractors install solar panels on a house in Oregon. Under proposed rules for the state’s redo of the Climate Protection Program, fossil fuel companies could offset 15% to 20% of their greenhouse gas emissions by investing in projects that help reduce emissions, such as expanding at home solar operations in low-income neighborhoods and the purchase of electric vehicles and charging stations for nonprofits.

August 13, 2024, 11:56am Business

Oregon environmental regulators are concerned that the state’s largest natural gas utility is misinforming customers about a key climate change policy aimed to reduce greenhouse gases. Read story

Washington will try to kill wolves in pack near Canadian border

August 13, 2024, 8:29am Northwest

As many as two wolves from a pack in northeast Washington are set to be killed following a series of attacks on livestock. Read story

Cosmic Crisp apples, shown here, are the first apple variety bred in Washington to be exclusively grown by Washington growers.

This apple is still No. 1 in WA. But another is taking a bite out of its popularity

Cosmic Crisp apples, shown here, are the first apple variety bred in Washington to be exclusively grown by Washington growers.

August 13, 2024, 7:58am Business

Grocery store favorites Gala and Granny Smith will again be the most grown apples in Washington state this year. Read story

Burien organizers poised to put $20 minimum wage on February ballot

August 13, 2024, 7:44am Business

A coalition of workers, unions and community groups leading a campaign to raise Burien’s minimum wage to $20 an hour on Monday submitted a ballot initiative petition with more than 6,000 signatures to the city clerk’s office. Read story

3 people killed in fire that destroyed home in small town northeast of Seattle

August 12, 2024, 7:33pm Northwest

Three people were killed in a house fire in a rural area northeast of Seattle and authorities are looking for a pickup truck that remains unaccounted for after the blaze, police said. Read story

Clark Cowlitz Fire Rescue was called to Horseshoe Lake Park in Woodland to search for a man that drowned while trying to evade police early Thursday morning.

Man who drowned in Horseshoe Lake while evading police identified as Woodland resident

Clark Cowlitz Fire Rescue was called to Horseshoe Lake Park in Woodland to search for a man that drowned while trying to evade police early Thursday morning.

August 12, 2024, 6:57pm Clark County News

The Cowlitz County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who drowned in Woodland’s Horseshoe Lake last week. Read story