OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Workers in agriculture and grocery stores will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting March 22, as will those in law enforcement and others included in the next eligibility phase that focuses on workers in certain…
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of suburban Seattle man and prominent member of the Proud Boys far-right group, pending trial on charges filed in connection with the January insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. U.S.…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Senate has approved a measure that would prohibit price gouging for certain goods and services during a state of emergency, like the current COVID-19 pandemic. The bill passed on a 29-20 vote and now heads to…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a measure that would waive some graduation requirements for individual students during a state of emergency, like the current coronavirus pandemic. Inslee signed the bill Tuesday. The Senate passed the measure on…
WALLACE, Idaho (AP) — A snowmobiler has been killed in an avalanche on Tiger Peak in northern Idaho — the 26th avalanche fatality in the U.S. in February. Robert Wheelock, president of Silver Valley Search and Rescue, says search crews…
SEATTLE (AP) -- A Boeing 757 operated by Delta Air Lines flying to Seattle from Atlanta made an emergency landing after the flight crew noticed an indicator warning of a possible problem with one of its engines. The Seattle Times…
STEVENS PASS, Wash. (AP) — Snow was hammering the central Cascade Mountain passes in Washington state on Tuesday morning, continuing the travel headaches for those trying to get across and keeping avalanche dangers at extremely high levels. Stevens Pass was…
Seattle Mariners CEO and team president Kevin Mather apologized late Sunday night for comments made during a recent online event where he expressed opinions about organizational strategy, personnel moves and club finances. Mather’s comments came in a speech to the…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A car fell from the Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge and into the Columbia River Sunday night, prompting a search effort by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol Unit. The vehicle was discovered but divers…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chilling security video of last month’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, including of rioters searching menacingly for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence, has become a key exhibit in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial as lawmakers prosecuting…
ST. REGIS, Mont. (AP) — A 4-year-old Montana boy died Tuesday of injuries suffered when his father shot him last weekend, Mineral County officials said. The boy was shot Saturday along with his 7-year-old brother before their father turned the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Opening arguments begin Wednesday in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial after an emotional first day that wrenched senators and the nation back to the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump’s attorneys sought to halt the trial…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials say they are expecting chaos this week, as about 167,000 people who are 80 years or older become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. In preparation for the drastic increase of eligible people, Gov.…
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The family of the Black man critically wounded by police in Clark County, Washington, is urging people not to protest about the shooting. The Vancouver police department said in a release Saturday that Jenoah D. Donald,…
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has won the Walter Payton Man of the Year award for his work in the community. Wilson invoked the words of Walter Payton in his acceptance speech. "We are stronger together than we…
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — Two men will receive $150,000 combined to dismiss use of force claims against Springfield police officers. Jubal Chaplin and Caleb Beechem sued the city and some officers in January 2020, alleging Springfield police in separate incidents…
OTHELLO, Wash — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to deport a man suspected of killing two women and leaving their dismembered bodies in an abandoned car in the central Washington town of Othello, officials said. Mauricio Nava-Garibay, of…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington man filed a lawsuit demanding the restoration of public access to the state Capitol and surrounding grounds. Tyler Miller’s lawsuit seeks a court order for the state to remove temporary chain link fences around…
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Protesters set a large fire, damaged buildings and marched with signs late Sunday in response to a police car driving through a crowd in Washington state the day before, leaving at least two people injured. The…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is signing an order Monday reversing a Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from joining the military. The new order, which Biden is expected to sign in the Oval Office during a meeting…
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington and Oregon are now confirming additional cases of the more contagious variant of COVID-19 in the Pacific Northwest. The B.1.1.7 variant, which first emerged in the United Kingdom last September, has been confirmed by DNA sequencing…
SEATTLE (AP) — A suburban Seattle man who advertised a supposed COVID-19 “vaccine” he said he created in his personal lab, was arrested Thursday by federal authorities. Johnny T. Stine, 56, faces a misdemeanor charge of introducing misbranded drugs into…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Lawmakers in Washington state have introduced legislation that could increase the state gas tax, making it the highest in the country at 67.4 cents a gallon. The proposal calls for a 18-cent increase a gallon in…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and his wife, Trudi, received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. The couple, both 69, received the Moderna shots at the Sea-Mar Clinic in Olympia. “It’s a scientific miracle…
