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Murder charges dismissed against former penitentiary inmate accused of killing cellmate in Walla Walla

March 30, 2023, 7:49am Northwest

Destroyed evidence has led to charges being dismissed against a former Washington State Penitentiary inmate accused of killing his cellmate in 2019. Read story

Longview to add nutrition, advertising courses to expand trades choices

March 30, 2023, 7:48am Northwest

The Longview School Board Monday unanimously approved a four-year plan to get students career-ready for jobs that fall outside of college degrees and traditional trades like welding, and into fields like health, marketing and education. Read story

Seattle man accused of chasing, killing would-be car thief

March 30, 2023, 7:47am Latest News

A 45-year-old Seattle man took “extraordinary steps” to evade capture for five months after an October car chase and shooting that killed one man and injured a second, according to prosecutors. Read story

Woman found dead in Spokane 40 years ago identified through DNA, but more questions remain

March 30, 2023, 7:47am Northwest

With the help of DNA and genetic genealogy, Spokane police last month identified a woman found dead along the Spokane River nearly 40 years ago. Read story

The state seal in the Washington State Capitol building in Olympia.

Latest proposed fix for Washington’s drug possession law aims for compromise between treatment, jail

The state seal in the Washington State Capitol building in Olympia.

March 29, 2023, 7:51pm Latest News Updated 1 day ago

How much jail time a person gets for possessing drugs — if any — remains contested in the Legislature. Read story

Bill to improve adult protective services goes to Inslee

March 29, 2023, 7:26pm Northwest

A bill aimed to improve adult protective services moves to the desk of Gov. Jay Inslee. The bill would require the state Department of Social and Health Services and law enforcement to share information contained in reports and findings of abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation and neglect of vulnerable adults with… Read story

Bellingham police probe fatal train-pedestrian crash

March 29, 2023, 6:27pm Northwest

A BNSF train hit and killed a pedestrian just south of Boulevard Park about 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, shutting down rail service through Bellingham and closing several rail crossings south to Fairhaven. Read story

FILE - People march through 8th Street in downtown Boise, Idaho, May 3, 2022, in response to the news that the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. Roe was overturned in June 2022. Idaho lawmakers are considering a measure that would bar adults from taking minors to obtain an abortion without their parent's consent. (Sarah A.

Idaho law could criminalize helping minors get abortions

FILE - People march through 8th Street in downtown Boise, Idaho, May 3, 2022, in response to the news that the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. Roe was overturned in June 2022. Idaho lawmakers are considering a measure that would bar adults from taking minors to obtain an abortion without their parent's consent. (Sarah A.

March 29, 2023, 2:32pm Latest News

Idaho lawmakers are considering making it illegal for an adult to help a minor procure an abortion without parental consent. Read story

Idaho couple starved 5-year-old, who had heart attack. Idaho judge’s sentence: probation

March 29, 2023, 1:28pm Latest News

A Kuna, Idaho, couple who starved their then-5-year-old adoptive daughter to the point that she had a heart attack will not spend any time in prison after an Ada County judge sentenced them to probation. Read story

A police officer in Seaside Park N.J. rides a beach buggy near a dead whale on the beach on March 2, 2023. On Tuesday, March 28, Democratic U.S. Senators from four states called upon the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to address a spate of whale deaths on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The issue has rapidly become politicized, with mostly Republican lawmakers and their supporters blaming offshore wind farm preparation for the East Coast deaths despite assertions by NOAA and other federal and state agencies that the two are not related.

Dem senators from 4 states ask NOAA to address whale deaths

A police officer in Seaside Park N.J. rides a beach buggy near a dead whale on the beach on March 2, 2023. On Tuesday, March 28, Democratic U.S. Senators from four states called upon the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to address a spate of whale deaths on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The issue has rapidly become politicized, with mostly Republican lawmakers and their supporters blaming offshore wind farm preparation for the East Coast deaths despite assertions by NOAA and other federal and state agencies that the two are not related.

March 29, 2023, 9:05am Latest News

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senators from four states want federal environmental officials to address a spate of whale deaths on both coasts, urging “transparency and timeliness” in releasing information about whale deaths and their causes. Read story