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The state Department of Commerce released its five-year Homeless Housing Strategic Plan. A lone tent is pitched between E Marginal Way S and Highway 99 in the Industrial District in this June 11, 2019 file photo.

Washington unveils five-year plan to ease record-high homelessness

The state Department of Commerce released its five-year Homeless Housing Strategic Plan. A lone tent is pitched between E Marginal Way S and Highway 99 in the Industrial District in this June 11, 2019 file photo.

October 16, 2024, 11:00am Latest News

More than 200,000 Washington residents – a record number – experienced homelessness or housing instability during July 2023, according to a new report from the state Department of Commerce, which outlines statewide goals for addressing this issue over the next five years. Read story

EA-18G Growlers, with some of San Juan Islands in the background, prepare for an exercise at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, March 10, 2016.

U.S. Navy says a fighter jet with two on board crashed east of Mount Rainier during training

EA-18G Growlers, with some of San Juan Islands in the background, prepare for an exercise at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, March 10, 2016.

October 16, 2024, 8:40am Latest News

The U.S. Navy searched Wednesday through mountainous terrain for two crew members who were aboard a fighter jet that crashed in Washington during a routine training flight. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee points to the work his homeless encampment initiative has done to clear encampments and transition people into housing. Last December, Inslee released his budget proposals surrounding housing and homelessness programs at the site of a former encampment in Seattle.

WA program to clear roadside encampments needs more money to keep going

Gov. Jay Inslee points to the work his homeless encampment initiative has done to clear encampments and transition people into housing. Last December, Inslee released his budget proposals surrounding housing and homelessness programs at the site of a former encampment in Seattle.

October 16, 2024, 7:43am Latest News

Washington’s work cleaning up encampments along state highways is helping get unsheltered people into housing. Read story

12-year-old boy brought loaded handgun to Spokane middle school, police say

October 16, 2024, 7:41am Northwest

A 12-year-old boy is accused of bringing a handgun to Shaw Middle School, forcing the school into a brief lockdown Tuesday in north Spokane. Read story

Gianni Infantino, the new FIFA President, of Switzerland receives applause  during the Extraordinary FIFA Congress 2016   in Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, February 26, 2016. Gianni Infantino of Switzerland is the new FIFA president after winning a second-round vote. Infantino got 115 of the 207 eligible votes to take a decisive majority ahead of Sheikh Salman of Bahrain.

FIFA president lauds Seattle as city lands more major soccer matches

Gianni Infantino, the new FIFA President, of Switzerland receives applause  during the Extraordinary FIFA Congress 2016   in Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, February 26, 2016. Gianni Infantino of Switzerland is the new FIFA president after winning a second-round vote. Infantino got 115 of the 207 eligible votes to take a decisive majority ahead of Sheikh Salman of Bahrain.

October 16, 2024, 7:41am Northwest

The most powerful individual figure in world soccer — a non-player that is — walked out to the practice field and Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer halted training. There were handshakes to be exchanged, photos to be taken and customized jerseys to be shown off. Read story

Late-season wildfire scorches 200 acres below Wenatchee Heights, triggers evacuations

October 16, 2024, 7:39am Northwest

A late-season wildfire, dubbed the Squilchuck Road Fire, burned more than 200 acres Sunday afternoon below Wenatchee Heights. Read story

Teacher charged after locking Tri-Cities student in a classroom and forcing him to pray

October 16, 2024, 7:39am Northwest

A former West Richland teacher is accused of locking a student in her classroom for 90 minutes in the middle of a school day to make him pray with her. Read story

A snag continues to smoke nearly two months after the Durkee Fire in eastern Oregon.

‘For a while, it looked like the whole world might burn’: In Oregon, grassland blazes are now sapping state resources

A snag continues to smoke nearly two months after the Durkee Fire in eastern Oregon.

October 16, 2024, 7:37am Latest News

Bert Siddoway heard the fire before he saw it, no seconds at all between the flash of lightning and the boom of thunder. The strike “shook the whole flipping town,” he said, and immediately ignited a wildfire in a hard-to-reach spot in the hills above the community where he is… Read story

WSU medical professor sues after losing her job over COVID vaccine comments

October 16, 2024, 7:35am Northwest

A Pasco nonprofit, the Silent Majority Foundation, is suing Washington State University, saying an associate professor’s rights were violated after she participated in a roundtable that was critical of the COVID-19 vaccine. Read story

Thomas Eugene Creech, shown in 2009.

Idaho revamps execution chamber

Thomas Eugene Creech, shown in 2009.

October 15, 2024, 2:39pm Northwest

Idaho will begin using central veins deep in the groin, neck, chest or arm to execute prisoners by lethal injection if attempts to insert standard IV lines fail, the Idaho Department of Correction announced Tuesday. Read story