January 23, 2022, 6:02am Latest News
A slab of grilled meat — the cut, texture and doneness all lost to history — arced over a fence and landed with a thud on a plot of ground on the flank of modern-day Beacon Hill in December 1883. Joseph Morscher, a German immigrant, had dark intentions; before tossing… Read story
January 22, 2022, 8:22pm Northwest
The Washington State Board of Health is seeking input from the public as a technical advisory group considers requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for children to attend school in the state. Read story
January 22, 2022, 6:02am Latest News
Last weekend’s undersea volcanic explosion near Tonga devastated the island nation and sent small tsunami waves to Washington’s ocean coast. Those waves took about 12 hours to reach the state and gave residents plenty of time to prepare if they had been bigger. Read story
January 21, 2022, 8:00pm Northwest
A lawmaker in Washington wants to make it a crime to use or sell a fake COVID-19 vaccination card. Read story
January 21, 2022, 4:47pm Latest News
A 22-year-old man is facing manslaughter and other charges after police say he ran from a vehicle collision that killed one person and injured another in Portland. Read story
January 21, 2022, 12:14pm Northwest
Oregon has only roughly one-third of the public defense attorneys it needs to provide reasonably effective assistance to low-income defendants, a committee of the American Bar Association and a major accounting firm said in a report released Friday. Read story
January 21, 2022, 12:14pm Health Free
Washington launched a new state portal Friday for residents to order free at-home COVID-tests, but health officials are urging patience since the state has only been able to acquire a portion of the 3.5 million tests that will be ultimately be made available. Read story
January 21, 2022, 12:11pm Northwest
The Toppenish School District has served notices to a high school vice principal and a teacher that they will be fired after an investigation for alleged inappropriate behavior with a high school student, according to a district official and documents obtained by the Yakima Herald-Republic. Read story
January 21, 2022, 12:11pm Northwest
Authorities say a domestic violence incident turned into a deadly shooting between two officers and the man they were trying to arrest. Read story
January 21, 2022, 9:30am Northwest
The former head of the Bonneville Power Administration and Chelan County Public Utility District cautioned a House oversight panel Thursday about the effect of cryptocurrency operations that have flocked to the Northwest in recent years in search of cheap hydropower. Read story