1+ week, 4+ day ago   (722+ words) Former Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler held a press conference Wednesday to urge support for the income tax repeal initiative backed by Let’s Go Washington. I-645 asks voters if they want to repeal the recently passed income tax for individuals who…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (147+ words) A federal judge in Maryland Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s second attempt to redefine birthright citizenship. In a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman barred the Trump administration from carrying out the president’s executive order that would deny citizenship…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (817+ words) With contract negotiations nearing a critical deadline, hundreds of Washington state workers walked off the job for an hour Monday to highlight demands for wage hikes in their next two-year deal. Roughly 100 employees from an array of agencies lined Capitol…...

2+ week, 41+ min ago   (310+ words) A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officer from Oregon is believed to have died while helping people flee a devastating wildfire in Oklahoma on Saturday, officials say. David Taylor, 38, of Scio, Oregon, was going door to door to help people escape…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (137+ words) A dumpster fire broke out at a furniture warehouse in Vancouver on Friday, ultimately spreading to an old train passenger car stored behind the building, officials said. When firefighters arrived at 7017 Northeast St. John’s Road shortly after 6 p.m., they found…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (448+ words) I found out something new today. The voters’ pamphlet we receive this year for the general election will contain flat-out lies. I was a bit shocked that the false message was allowed to stand, but apparently, the Washington secretary of…...

3+ week, 30+ min ago   (448+ words) It’s not a typo. The price of a gallon of gasoline in the northwest Alaska village of Shungnak was $26.82 on Friday, local residents and regional officials said, likely giving the community the dubious honor of having the most expensive gasoline…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago   (292+ words) The Little Giant Fire has burned more than 140,000 acres as of Saturday, becoming the largest wildfire to burn entirely within in Chelan County borders. The lightning-caused fire started burning July 15 in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and, more than a month…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (572+ words) A small vegetation fire ignited on the Lewis-Pacific county line Thursday and had grown to 70 acres by the evening, according to Lewis County Emergency Management. The Sage Creek Fire is located in a remote area south of Walville and the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (625+ words) The Pacific Northwest is drifting toward an energy crisis of its own making. The newly appointed leader of the Bonneville Power Administration, Travis Kavulla, with support from Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, has the background and ability to stop the…...