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State leaders and law enforcement officials held a community forum Thursday to mark the one year anniversary of the database, which they hope increases transparency
About 12% of ballots have been returned so far, according to the Washington Secretary of State's Elections Division.
Spokane police hunted down a man accused of killing a young mother 40 years ago by tricking him into mailing them an envelope.
Police say Makayla Craig tried to enroll in a Minnesota high school, a year after going to jail in Oregon for the same thing.
President Donald Trump accused LeBron James of disrespecting the United States after James appeared to continue his warmups while the national anthem was performed.
President Donald Trump said he has heard that the Department of Justice is investigating Corey Lewandowski, a longtime ally of Trump.
SEATTLE – The question: “What’s wrong with the Seahawks offense?” would be hovering ominously this week in the wake of two straight turnover-fueled defeats regardless of Sunday’s opponent.
After its ambitions for back-to-back Northwest Conference titles took a hit last weekend, Whitworth will have its hands full again with another tough matchup.
Roundup of Thursday’s high school sports action from the Greater Spokane League and Eastern Washington.
Washington job seekers face weeks-long background check delays as screening firms blame court systems, while state officials dispute outage claims, leaving applicant
The proposed closures will be announced during a meeting on Monday, Oct. 26.
Laura Danbom says she changed departments to avoid the manager she says sexually assaulted her. She says Amazon failed to protect her.
More rain could fall on the drought-stricken Horse Heaven Hills south of the Tri-Cities, helping dry-land wheat and other farmers, under a project being proposed by a cloud seeding company. It is proposing a possible cloud seeding project in Benton County as a pilot project for Washington after the state has suffered…
Cheney hasn’t had the easiest time this season, trying to reach the postseason for the second consecutive year. Though the Blackhawks have a losing record overall, they’ve won most of the ones that have counted the most.
A man who was reported missing from an adult care home Wednesday was found safe, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
For most of her life, Christy Krauss didn’t like looking at herself in the mirror.
Weeks after Republican Dale Whitaker lost in the primary to become Spokane County’s next auditor, he used his company phone numbers to send anonymous texts to local Republicans trying to undermine rival Republican Michael Cathcart, who bested Whitaker for a spot on the November ballot.
A Seattle-based Amazon employee is suing the company, claiming it tried to silence her after she alleged that a senior manager raped her in 2023.
PORTLAND, Ore. — The latest cosponsor of a U.S. House bill to provide single-payer health insurance defeated a Republican incumbent in a suburban and rural Oregon district by fewer than 10,000 votes two years ago. U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum, a Democrat now seeking her second term, doesn’t have the far-left profile of…
WASHINGTON — The price health insurance companies charge for employer-sponsored plans increased again this year, as did the deductible many people must pay before those plans begin covering most healthcare costs, according to a survey released Thursday by the nonpartisan health organization KFF. The cost of individual…
The Oklahoma-based company that owns one of the largest gas pipeline networks in the Northwest is beginning to pursue permits to expand that network, and to pump more gas to the region to meet rising electricity demand. Pipeline company Williams, owner of the 4,000-mile long Northwest Pipeline system that brings…
A plan for a new Scottish links-style golf course at an oceanfront Washington state park has divided a community. Proponents of the years-in-the-making proposal at Westport Light State Park say the course will be an economic boost for the small town, while opponents fear environmental disruption despite commitments…
DNA evidence helped solve the 40-year-old cold case killing of a 32-year-old woman who was searching for her runaway teen daughter before she was found strangled in an East Central Spokane alley.
House Speaker Mike Johnson returned to Washington state on Wednesday to campaign alongside Republican John Braun, a sign of how important the state senator’s bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is for the GOP’s hopes of keeping its majority. Johnson came to Braun’s business in Chehalis to…
Spokane Valley deputies are trying to find 54-year-old Robert F. Swanson to check his welfare, and they are asking for the public’s help.
A federal judge on Wednesday night blocked the Department of Homeland Security from conducting election-related field operations that could sweep up U.S. citizens in nine states. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, an appointee of President Joe Biden in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, issued a…
A King County Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered that a 15-year-old suspect in the fatal Bite of Seattle shooting be released from juvenile detention.
A 23-year-old Spokane man was lying across train tracks when he was struck by a train early Wednesday morning near Sagle, Idaho.
Washington state’s 14th Legislative District is coming up on its second House election since a redistricting order put Latino voters in the majority. Democrats are vying to flip two of the district’s state House seats long held by Republicans, but low voter turnout could be a problem. Reps. Gloria Mendoza…
Spokane police are seeking the community’s help in locating a missing 10-year-old girl.
A 7-year-old boy was found dead Monday at a Coeur d’Alene hotel. Officers responded about 12:15 p.m. to the Quality Inn, 280 W. Appleway Ave., after receiving a report the boy was unconscious, the Coeur d’Alene Police Department said in a news release. Officers found the child unresponsive and not breathing.
For decades, manufactured home builders have been working to shed the old image of boxy trailer homes reserved for the outskirts of cities and suburbia. Now, a small change in federal regulations could open the door for architecture welcomed in more neighborhoods. This summer’s sweeping housing bill, the 21st Century…