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Seattle student board members seek ways to make positions more influential

March 18, 2023, 5:51am Northwest

SEATTLE _ It’s almost been one full school year since Seattle Public Schools added three students to the School Board, and although students say they are learning and growing, they also believe more work needs to be done to make these positions have impact. Read story

Detective files discrimination claim against Seattle police

March 17, 2023, 7:23pm Northwest

A Black woman who has worked for decades as a Seattle police officer filed a $10 million claim with the city against its Police Department on Friday, alleging racial and gender discrimination. Read story

State’s nursing programs swamped with applicants, short on space

March 17, 2023, 3:59pm Northwest

More than 100 students applied for 40 seats in Eastern Washington University’s new four-year nursing program for this fall. Read story

Critics question grant request to restart Usk papermill

March 17, 2023, 8:10am Business

The company that runs a cryptocurrency operation in Usk is seeking a $400,000 grant from the state that it says will help to restart a shuttered papermill even though the site doesn’t have access to the electrical power needed to operate the plant. Read story

Microsoft files building permit application for 3 buildings in Malaga

March 17, 2023, 7:44am Business

Microsoft Corporation filed permits in Chelan County for three buildings in Malaga, another move for the tech giant’s future. Read story

A derailed BNSF train is seen Thursday on a berm along Puget Sound on the Swinomish tribal reservation near Anacortes. There were no injuries but 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel was spilled.

BNSF train derails on Swinomish Reservation as tribe readies court case against railway company

A derailed BNSF train is seen Thursday on a berm along Puget Sound on the Swinomish tribal reservation near Anacortes. There were no injuries but 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel was spilled.

March 17, 2023, 7:43am Latest News

Cleanup crews affiliated with railway company BNSF worked Thursday to remove contaminated soil after a freight train derailed here overnight. Read story

Washington State's Supreme Court Building, also known as the Temple of Justice, photographed on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Olympia, Wash.

Transit fare inspections are upheld by Washington Supreme Court

Washington State's Supreme Court Building, also known as the Temple of Justice, photographed on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Olympia, Wash.

March 17, 2023, 7:43am Latest News

The Washington state Supreme Court upheld fare enforcement checks on public transit as legal Thursday, but ruled that deputies wrongfully detained a Snohomish County man when he didn’t show proof of payment on a bus. Read story

Employees work at packing stations at Amazon's Kent fulfillment center, BFI4, in June 2020. Workers there are asked to repeatedly lift, carry and twist at a pace that drives up injury rates, Labor and Industries officials said in a citation for that facility.

Seattle court to Amazon: Time to improve safety at Kent warehouse

Employees work at packing stations at Amazon's Kent fulfillment center, BFI4, in June 2020. Workers there are asked to repeatedly lift, carry and twist at a pace that drives up injury rates, Labor and Industries officials said in a citation for that facility.

March 17, 2023, 7:41am Business

Amazon may be on the hook to make changes to improve worker safety at a Kent warehouse following a new court ruling. Read story

The Hanford nuclear reservation is part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.

Visit Tri-Cities national park, birthplace of the atomic age. Tours start in April

The Hanford nuclear reservation is part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.

March 17, 2023, 7:39am Latest News

The public can sign up now for tours of the nation’s first full-scale nuclear reactor and the sites that tell the story of those forced from their homes to make way for the top-secret project at Hanford. Read story

Legislature looking at expanding farm internship program

March 17, 2023, 7:35am Business

For more than a decade, small farms in select counties throughout the state have participated in the state Department of Labor and Industries Farm Internship Pilot Project. Read story