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Jimmy Marks, shown in  2004 , died in 2007.

Gonzaga works with United Nations to tell story of Romani people, including local leader Jimmy Marks

Jimmy Marks, shown in  2004 , died in 2007.

April 13, 2024, 1:08pm Latest News

Illuminating a history not often told, Gonzaga University is working with the United Nations to highlight stories of the Romani people locally and across the Americas. Read story

Jody Criner plays slots Feb. 6 at the Rain Rock Casino in Yreka, Calif.

An Oregon tribe’s casino bid sparks furor over what land tribes can rightfully call home

Jody Criner plays slots Feb. 6 at the Rain Rock Casino in Yreka, Calif.

April 13, 2024, 6:05am Business

It was midafternoon at the Rain Rock Casino in this faded Gold Rush town, and Jody Criner had just won $47 on the Dancing Drums slot machine, a respectable return on her $5 investment. Read story

It’s fuzzy. It’s blurry. It’s weird and alarming. But the so-called Patterson-Gimlin film fragment from 1967, which purports to show Bigfoot ambling off into the Northern California woods, has never been debunked.

WA phenomena featured on Netflix show of the unexplained

It’s fuzzy. It’s blurry. It’s weird and alarming. But the so-called Patterson-Gimlin film fragment from 1967, which purports to show Bigfoot ambling off into the Northern California woods, has never been debunked.

April 13, 2024, 6:03am Latest News

The latest season of “Files of the Unexplained” has been released on Netflix. The series looks at unexplained phenomena across the country, diving into what’s known about the instance. Read story

Washington, D.C., Roll Call report

April 13, 2024, 6:02am Northwest

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending April 12. Read story

Workers harvest tulips Monday, MArch 31, 2003, near Mount Vernon, Wash. The farming area of Skagit County is well known for the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival which starts Tuesday, April 1 and runs through April 30. Fields awash in color attract visitors annually.

Skagit Valley tulips in bloom: Colorful fields, festival mark height of spring season

Workers harvest tulips Monday, MArch 31, 2003, near Mount Vernon, Wash. The farming area of Skagit County is well known for the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival which starts Tuesday, April 1 and runs through April 30. Fields awash in color attract visitors annually.

April 13, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

Has it sunk in for you yet that it’s spring? Though this year’s spring equinox came on March 19, one of Washingtonians’ favorite, and most visually exquisite, markers of the new season typically arrives in April: the tulips! Read story

FILE - The Idaho state flag hangs in the State Capitol in Boise, Idaho, Jan. 9, 2023. Idaho lawmakers spent much of an unexpectedly long and sometimes contentious legislative session focusing on bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents by limiting health care and reading materials. They also passed a bill that allows the state to spend $2 billion over the next decade to address dilapidated public school buildings and other school facility needs.

Idaho legislative session focused on schools, pronouns, library books

FILE - The Idaho state flag hangs in the State Capitol in Boise, Idaho, Jan. 9, 2023. Idaho lawmakers spent much of an unexpectedly long and sometimes contentious legislative session focusing on bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents by limiting health care and reading materials. They also passed a bill that allows the state to spend $2 billion over the next decade to address dilapidated public school buildings and other school facility needs.

April 12, 2024, 7:58pm Northwest

Idaho lawmakers spent much of an unexpectedly long, sometimes contentious legislative session focusing on bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents by limiting health care and reading materials and installing protections for teachers who don’t use the pronouns transgender students use. Read story

Lakewood has plans for defunct grocery store

April 12, 2024, 6:18pm Northwest

Lakewood residents who once shopped at a now-defunct grocery store might soon see an adjacent property transformed into a public park. Read story

WSU officially opens online naming contest for newest apple

April 12, 2024, 5:34pm Northwest

Washington State University has officially opened an online naming contest for its newest apple. Read story

A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

OHA study finds no link between COVID-19 vaccine and cardiac deaths

A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

April 12, 2024, 5:09pm Health

During the pandemic, reports linked the COVID-19 vaccine to cardiac deaths, especially among young people, but a new study by the Oregon Health Authority found no connection between the two. Read story

Seattle council takes first legislative step to boost police recruitment

April 12, 2024, 1:35pm Northwest

The Seattle City Council on Thursday began considering its first legislative action on police recruitment since six new councilmembers were sworn in. Read story