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Attack websites seep into WA election battles

Bob Ferguson, Semi Bird, Jim Henderson and Brian Heywood have something in common this election season in Washington. Their political opponents have built websites to...

Washington’s population exceeds 8 million

Washington state’s population eclipsed 8 million with the addition of an estimated 84,550 people this past year, according to the Office of Financial Management. The...

Hundreds of new laws will take effect in state June 6

By Laurel Demkovich/Washington State Standard New limits on carrying guns openly in public, loosened restrictions on police pursuing suspects, a shorter time period for...

New state law gives green light to more traffic cameras

By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard Drivers in Washington state may soon face better odds of getting caught on camera if they run a...

Legislature OKs initiatives on police pursuits, income tax, parental rights

By Laurel Demkovich, Grace Deng, Jerry Cornfield and Bill Lucia / Washington State Standard Three citizen initiatives designed to lift restrictions on police vehicle pursuits,...

Tahoma School District ignored repeated warnings of ‘grooming-like behavior’

By Kelsey Turner, InvestigateWest More than four years before paraeducator Bryan Neyers was charged with sexually abusing young boys, his school’s dean of students emailed...

‘The land cries out’: Family members of missing, murdered Indigenous people share stories

A year after the Washington State Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP) Task Force held its first meetings, the task force’s inaugural summit...

Yule in the PNW: How witches, pagans, Wiccans celebrate winter holidays

You know the usual winter holidays — Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s Eve. There’s also Saint Lucia Day, Boxing Day, and a little something called...

Holiday travel: Icy Sea-Tac airport tops ‘Misery Map’

If the holidays involve hitting the road, idling in ferry lanes or lingering in airports, then plan to leave early and be prepared for the...

Forum spotlights Washington’s missing and murdered Indigenous people

“It’s a dark topic and a dark history,” Carolyn DeFord said at her forum called “Let’s Talk About The Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and...

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