OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law Wednesday that bans single-use plastic bags at grocery stores across the state. The legislation bans retailers from handing out plastic bags and adds an 8-cent fee for paper bags.…
President Trump held a coronavirus task force briefing Wednesday from the White House. In it, the president said he will invoke the Defense Production Act, which allows the government to marshal the private sector in response to the coronavirus…
NEW YORK — Four Brooklyn Nets players have tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total to seven known players in the NBA. ESPN reports that Kevin Durant is among the four who tested positive. The team announced Tuesday…
WAPATO, Wash. (AP) - The City of Wapato closed one of the lawsuits filed against it by reaching a settlement with two former city employees. Wapato still faces at least seven lawsuits filed based on actions under former City Administrator…
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Advocates for cleaning up Hanford, a former nuclear weapons production site, are outraged that the Trump administration is proposing a $700 million budget cut next year. The proposal released Monday by President Donald Trump called for…
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire’s presidential primary, edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party’s chaotic 2020 nomination fight. In his Tuesday night win, the 78-year-old Sanders, a self-described…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department ratcheted up legal pressure Monday on local governments over “sanctuary” policies that hinder federal immigration officers, bringing two new lawsuits and launching a coordinated messaging campaign to highlight an election-year priority of President Donald…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday signed the first new law of this year’s legislative session, a measure that changes the structure of a new business and occupation tax surcharge levied on some professional services and technology…
FORREST CITY, Ark. (AP) — Police say at least three people have been shot at a Walmart in eastern Arkansas. The shooting was reported mid-morning Monday in Forrest City, about 85 miles (135 kilometers) east of Little Rock, a dispatcher…
KING COUNTY, Wash. - A King County Superior Court judge who has already temporarily blocked initiative promoter Tim Eyman’s latest $30 car tab measure from taking effect said he hopes to rule this week on whether it’s constitutional. Judge Marshall…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers have passed a bill that would change a tax that’s supposed to make it easier for the state to pay for the Legislature’s promise to make college more affordable. The Seattle Times reports that…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are nearly tied in the Iowa Democratic caucuses, with nearly all results counted in a contest marred by technical issues and reporting delays. The race remained too early to call early Thursday…
MOSCOW (AP) — NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who has spent nearly 11 months in orbit on the longest spaceflight by a woman, landed landed safely in Kazakhstan on Thursday along with two of her International Space Station crewmates. The Soyuz…
SEATTLE (AP) — Two men accused of instigating a gunfight in downtown Seattle in January have each been charged with first-degree murder, six counts of first-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm. Marquise Tolbert and William Toliver, both 24,…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Lawmakers have backed down from their proposal to ban flavored vape products. Originally, Senate Bill 6254 would have made permanent the emergency ban on flavored vape products that was approved by the Board of Health in…
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say three people were rescued Monday morning after their vehicles became submerged in floodwaters along the Skykomish River near Monroe, Washington. The incident unfolded just before 6 a.m. when authorities say the occupants of a…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Problems with a mobile app appeared to force a delay in reporting the results of the Iowa caucuses Monday, leaving the campaigns, voters and the media in election limbo and pressing for an explanation. The…
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Search and rescue personnel have located the body of a Washington state hiker who was missing for a week, authorities said. Mark Miller, 61, of Orting was found dead Saturday evening in the Carbon River area…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The mom of two children missing since September failed to meet a court-ordered deadline to bring the kids to authorities in Idaho on Thursday. That clears the way for a judge to potentially hold Lori Vallow…
Olympia, Wash. (AP) — The Washington House has narrowly passed a measure that would require fuel producers and importers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with gasoline and other transportation fuels. The measure passed on a 52-44 vote Wednesday night,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee will oppose calling more witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, all but dashing Democratic efforts to hear more testimony and boosting odds the Senate will vote imminently to acquit without…
BEIJING (AP) — China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections, as foreign evacuees from China’s worst-hit region returned home to medical observation and even isolation. India and the Philippines reported their first cases,…
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Bills to allow sports betting at Indian casinos in Washington state, including events like the Super Bowl and the World Series, have been introduced in the Legislature. The bills would allow owners of the 29 Indian…
SEATTLE (AP) — Another endangered orca is missing and presumed dead in the Pacific Northwest, a large male who had fathered many of the population’s calves in the past three decades. The whale, born in 1977 and known as L41…
