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200 workers take cover as precaution at large nuclear waste lab at Hanford site

August 12, 2024, 6:51pm Northwest

Workers at the 222-S Laboratory complex in the center of the Hanford site nuclear reservation were told to take cover as a precaution about 11:15 a.m. Monday. Read story

Jaime Herrera Beutler, left, is leading in the Washington lands commissioner primary race. Sue Kuehl Pederson, center, and Dave Upthegrove, right, are in a close battle for the second spot. The top two finishers will advance to the November general election.

Upthegrove edges into second place in Washington lands commissioner race

Jaime Herrera Beutler, left, is leading in the Washington lands commissioner primary race. Sue Kuehl Pederson, center, and Dave Upthegrove, right, are in a close battle for the second spot. The top two finishers will advance to the November general election.

August 12, 2024, 3:20pm Clark County Politics

Democratic lands commissioner candidate Dave Upthegrove inched into second place in the race on Friday night, supplanting Republican Sue Kuehl Pederson who had held the spot since election night. Read story

The Temple of Justice is the Washington Supreme Court building in Olympia, Washington.

Voters will see budget effects of initiatives on ballots

The Temple of Justice is the Washington Supreme Court building in Olympia, Washington.

August 12, 2024, 1:54pm Clark County Politics

Legal wrangling ended in the state’s high court Friday over the four initiatives that Washington voters will decide this November. Read story

FILE - Pelicans fly near the shore as waves from the Pacific Ocean roll in on May 14, 2024, on the Quinault reservation in Taholah, Wash.

Northwest tribes are battered by climate change but have to fight to get money meant to help them

FILE - Pelicans fly near the shore as waves from the Pacific Ocean roll in on May 14, 2024, on the Quinault reservation in Taholah, Wash.

August 12, 2024, 10:30am Latest News

Coastal tribes in the Pacific Northwest experience some of the most severe effects of climate change — from rising seas to severe heat — but face an array of bureaucratic barriers to access government funds meant to help them adapt, a report released Monday found. Read story

Suki spent nearly 30 years at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.

WA’s last captive elephant is euthanized after health decline

Suki spent nearly 30 years at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.

August 12, 2024, 7:37am Life

Suki, the last elephant in captivity in Washington, died Saturday at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma. She was humanely euthanized after a steady health decline over the past few weeks. Read story

Quick-thinking Tri-Cities credit union employee helped derail 2nd high-tech kidnap scam

August 12, 2024, 7:35am Northwest

A quick-thinking employee at a Tri-City credit union saved a mother after she was targeted in a virtual kidnapping scam. Read story

The Bolt Creek Fire is bring about 15,000 acres in the Wild Sky Wilderness in Central Washington.

It was a classic day for a hike in WA’s Cascades. Then the fire came

The Bolt Creek Fire is bring about 15,000 acres in the Wild Sky Wilderness in Central Washington.

August 12, 2024, 6:02am Latest News

Flames began to twirl and dance in the crowns of evergreens below Matt Bishop and Steve Cooper. In just a half-hour, a distant plume of smoke had become fire surrounding their route off Baring Mountain in the North Cascades. Read story

Former Jack in the Box employee Jasmine Brennan, in one of the franchise&#039;s locations in Washington state.

As teen employment rises in WA, so do youth labor violations

Former Jack in the Box employee Jasmine Brennan, in one of the franchise&#039;s locations in Washington state.

August 12, 2024, 6:02am Business

Jasmine Brennan started her first job a few months after turning 16. Like most high school students who work, Brennan found a position in food service, taking orders behind the counter at a Jack in the Box in Ferndale. Read story

The Northwest ICE Processing Center, seen from the air, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, in Tacoma, Washington. Over a period of less than three months this year, the federal immigrant detention center has seen at least six, possibly seven, suicide attempts, according to audio and records of 911 calls.

Washington health department sues over denied entry to Tacoma ICE facility

The Northwest ICE Processing Center, seen from the air, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, in Tacoma, Washington. Over a period of less than three months this year, the federal immigrant detention center has seen at least six, possibly seven, suicide attempts, according to audio and records of 911 calls.

August 11, 2024, 5:27pm Latest News

The Washington State Department of Health says it has not been able to investigate what could be a "full-blown public health crisis" at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Tacoma. Read story

Comedians Reese Samuels and LJ Sullivan co-produce open mic nights at Boise-area bars and restaurants. (Sarah A.

Boise’s comedians of color get their own space for stand-up

Comedians Reese Samuels and LJ Sullivan co-produce open mic nights at Boise-area bars and restaurants. (Sarah A.

August 11, 2024, 4:59pm Entertainment

Standing before an intimately packed crowd at High Note Cafe in downtown Boise, Reese Samuels effortlessly riffs about growing up as a mixed-race child in Idaho. With a white mother and black father, Samuels told a crowd clinging to each of her words, the white kids didn’t accept her because… Read story