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Free COVID, flu tests available in 24/7 kiosks across WA

October 3, 2024, 2:13pm Northwest

As we prepare for flu season and the potential rise in COVID-19 cases this fall and winter, Washington state residents have access to free testing through vending machinelike kiosks across the state. Read story

Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a campaign event in York, Pa., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.

Tim Walz to visit Seattle area

Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a campaign event in York, Pa., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.

October 3, 2024, 7:52am Latest News

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president, will be in Washington state next week. Read story

Researchers find high levels of arsenic in private Cowlitz County wells

October 3, 2024, 7:50am Northwest

Three years ago, Toutle-area resident Cathy Cochrane testified to the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners about the health problems she believed were linked to arsenic contamination in her drinking water and requested the county implement testing requirements for private wells. Read story

People bearing the insignia of the white supremacist group Patriot Front stand in front of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square on Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Boston.

White nationalists sued an infiltrator. They still can’t find him in Tacoma or elsewhere

People bearing the insignia of the white supremacist group Patriot Front stand in front of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square on Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Boston.

October 3, 2024, 7:49am Latest News

Five people tied to a white nationalist group sued a Washington man last year who allegedly infiltrated the organization and released confidential information. Read story

WA tribes receive $800K for wildland fire training

October 3, 2024, 7:43am Northwest

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources has initiated a program to enhance access to wildland fire training for tribal members, following the allocation of $800,000 in legislative funding, according to a DNR press release. Read story

Effort being made to save La Conner Weekly News

October 3, 2024, 7:42am Northwest

La Conner and Shelter Bay residents are on a mission to keep the La Conner Weekly News from shutting down in December. Read story

An REI store in 2020.

Showing losses and dropping execs, REI could use a cold winter

An REI store in 2020.

October 3, 2024, 6:02am Business

After a poor financial showing last year in which it lost $311 million, REI has one big goal this year: break even. Read story

Seattle police to disband mounted unit amid staffing challenges

October 3, 2024, 5:23am Northwest

The Seattle Police Department’s recent decision to eliminate its Mounted Patrol Unit is more about the ongoing staffing crisis than erasing a relatively small line item from the agency’s proposed $458 million budget next year, Seattle City Council members were told Tuesday. Read story

Washington State Capitol (Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard)

GOP legislative staff OK contract as Democratic employees say no

Washington State Capitol (Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard)

October 2, 2024, 4:03pm Northwest

In the first-ever collective bargaining for legislative employees in Washington, Republican staff in the state House and Senate got contracts but their Democratic counterparts did not. Read story

FILE - The Boeing logo is displayed in El Segundo, Calif., on  Jan. 25, 2011.

NTSB slams FAA, Boeing on possible rudder failure. Here’s how the faulty parts ended up on planes

FILE - The Boeing logo is displayed in El Segundo, Calif., on  Jan. 25, 2011.

October 2, 2024, 1:56pm Business

The National Transportation Safety Board followed its urgent safety alert last week about a potential Boeing 737 rudder failure by criticizing the Federal Aviation Administration for a desultory response to the risk and Boeing for not fully informing airlines in advance about the system that failed. Read story