Thurston County Auditor’s Elections Division has announced in a news release that it is offering observer training for the ...

Brooklynn Bell, 15, of Rainier, qualified to compete in the Webb Roping Productions Breakaway Roping Competition at the ...

Two teenage boys in Florida are being called heroes for their response to a five-second TikTok video last month that may well have averted disaster all the way across the country. The video, … ...

Work to close educational achievement gaps for several minority groups in Washington state is being hindered by a lack of data, according to people involved in the yearslong effort. A new series ...

The founder of the political action committee behind two statewide initiatives concerning parental rights and the protection of girls in sports says he suspects organized groups are behind dozens of ...

Washington state’s public pension system is among the best funded in the nation, but concerns remain that long-term planning decisions could end up costing taxpayers in more ways than one. … ...

States that routinely overpay or underpay food stamp recipients could now lose hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding. This has Washington officials trying to improve the … ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson, at podium, goes to shake hands with state Sen. Noel Frame, D-Seattle, at the signing of a bill to make clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect, on May 2, 2025 in ...

Employment data for Washington state won’t be published until after the federal government reopens, the state Employment Security Department confirmed this week. The department provides data and ...

Washington mothers and their babies will have access to food benefits through the end of the month, even though the federal government remains shut down, the state’s Department of Health said … ...

A large solar farm proposed in eastern Washington appears on course to clear a critical regulatory hurdle this month, despite opposition from the Yakama Nation. After that, it would go for … ...

Washington’s new sales tax on services faces a second lawsuit that could undercut the state’s moves to bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. A Sequim-based security … ...