January 26, 2022, 7:44am Latest News
An Oregon man who repeatedly raped and abused a child in Oregon and Washington state and placed a hidden camera to capture video of another child using a bathroom has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. Read story
January 26, 2022, 7:44am Northwest
So much about schooling has changed during the pandemic, but one thing remains the same: Districts say they need far more money than they get from the state — even with the extra funds mandated by the landmark 2012 McCleary decision requiring Olympia to amply fund basic education. Read story
January 26, 2022, 6:03am Latest News
When the results came back for the most recent Crosscut/Elway Poll earlier this month, the party identification numbers caught my attention. The percentage of respondents who identified as Republican had jumped 10 points since last July to close the gap with Democrats, from 18 percentage points to 7. In the… Read story
January 25, 2022, 8:00pm Clark County Politics Updated 1 day ago
In an effort to curtail recent police reform legislation, U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, has introduced the Refund the Police Act to provide federal grant incentives to states that don’t place limits on the actions of law enforcement agencies. Read story
January 25, 2022, 7:04pm Health
A national blood shortage caused by a surge in omicron cases has hit Idaho hard, with some hospitals nearly running out of the critical medical resource before they are resupplied, state health officials said Tuesday. Read story
January 25, 2022, 6:53pm Northwest
Shi Shi the sea turtle has been euthanized. Read story
January 25, 2022, 5:57pm Northwest
An Oregon man has pleaded guilty in a scheme to steal money intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to federal prosecutors. Read story
January 25, 2022, 5:56pm Northwest
A man has been arrested in connection with stealing 15 to 20 firearms from a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife building in Yakima earlier this month, police said. Read story
January 25, 2022, 1:20pm Northwest
A former police officer who most recently worked as the school resource officer northeast of Spokane in Newport is charged with sexually abusing a child. Read story
January 25, 2022, 11:40am Latest News Updated 2 days ago
The University of Washington and Seattle University will return to in-person learning at the end of January after starting winter quarter online because of a omicron-fueled spike in COVID-19 cases. Read story