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Tacoma school district employee, son sue after attack during camp

July 19, 2024, 3:47pm Northwest

The University Place School District failed to protect a student who was attacked and targeted based on his gender and perceived sexual orientation during a sixth-grade camp, prompting him to leave the school, according to a lawsuit. Read story

Canada’s fastest roller coaster opens at Vancouver park

July 19, 2024, 1:18pm Entertainment

Canada’s fastest electric launch roller coaster can now be found at Playland, an amusement park in Vancouver, less than two hours from Bellingham. Read story

Ring camera captures cougar in home’s yard near Spokane

July 19, 2024, 1:09pm Life

On Wednesday at 4:12 a.m., Nicole Reilly’s Ring camera captured an unexpected feline wandering her yard. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee visits the fourth Safe Stay Community off Main Street on Friday morning. Earlier, he visited with The Columbian&rsquo;s Editorial Board.

Inslee to agency leaders: Money’s too tight for new programs

Gov. Jay Inslee visits the fourth Safe Stay Community off Main Street on Friday morning. Earlier, he visited with The Columbian&rsquo;s Editorial Board.

July 19, 2024, 11:56am Latest News

As Washington Gov. Jay Inslee fashions his last budget proposal, he’s told directors of state agencies to not ask for money for new programs or expansion of existing ones. Read story

FILE - In this photo made from body camera footage and released by the Twin Falls, Idaho, Police Department, Skylar Meade, right, is arrested in Twin Falls on Thursday, March 21, 2024. An Idaho inmate who slipped state custody at a Boise hospital after the corrections officers guarding him were violently attacked is expected to be sentenced for escape Friday morning.

Idaho inmate who escaped after hospital attack set to be sentenced

FILE - In this photo made from body camera footage and released by the Twin Falls, Idaho, Police Department, Skylar Meade, right, is arrested in Twin Falls on Thursday, March 21, 2024. An Idaho inmate who slipped state custody at a Boise hospital after the corrections officers guarding him were violently attacked is expected to be sentenced for escape Friday morning.

July 19, 2024, 9:55am Latest News

An Idaho inmate who slipped out of state custody at a Boise hospital after the corrections officers guarding him were violently attacked is expected to be sentenced for escape Friday morning. Read story

Republican presidential candidate and former president, Donald Trump, and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, watch with their families as the balloons fall during the final day of the Republican National Convention Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

Northwest delegates jubilant as Trump closes GOP convention with promises, grievances and a call for unity

Republican presidential candidate and former president, Donald Trump, and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, watch with their families as the balloons fall during the final day of the Republican National Convention Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

July 19, 2024, 9:52am Northwest

At the Republican National Convention in 2016, delegates from Washington and Idaho arrived with their loyalties split between two candidates. When former President Donald Trump took the stage at the close of this year’s convention on Thursday, the GOP appeared more united than ever. Read story

A man walks up the steps of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals building Thursday in San Francisco. A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump&#039;s ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, dealing another legal setback to the new administration&#039;s immigration policy.

Christian homeless shelter challenges Washington law prohibiting anti-LGBTQ+ hiring practices

A man walks up the steps of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals building Thursday in San Francisco. A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump&#039;s ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, dealing another legal setback to the new administration&#039;s immigration policy.

July 19, 2024, 9:46am Latest News

Lawyers for a Christian homeless shelter are scheduled to be in a federal appeals court Friday to challenge a Washington state anti-discrimination law that would require the charity to hire LGBTQ+ people and others who do not share its religious beliefs, including those on sexuality and marriage. Read story

Far-right activist Ammon Bundy, an independent candidate for Idaho governor, speaks with Nicholas Ramlow, right, during a break from defending himself against misdemeanor trespassing arrests in Ada County Magistrate Judge Kim Dale's courtroom Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in Boise, Idaho. In April 2021, Bundy was arrested twice in one day for entering the Idaho Capitol while under a one-year ban from the building stemming from an arrest in August 2020. Ramlow was an unsuccessful Libertarian candidate in in 2020 for a Montana House of Representatives seat.

‘Gone Bankrupt!’ Ammon Bundy declares bankruptcy — but can he avoid paying St. Luke’s?

Far-right activist Ammon Bundy, an independent candidate for Idaho governor, speaks with Nicholas Ramlow, right, during a break from defending himself against misdemeanor trespassing arrests in Ada County Magistrate Judge Kim Dale's courtroom Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in Boise, Idaho. In April 2021, Bundy was arrested twice in one day for entering the Idaho Capitol while under a one-year ban from the building stemming from an arrest in August 2020. Ramlow was an unsuccessful Libertarian candidate in in 2020 for a Montana House of Representatives seat.

July 19, 2024, 8:14am Northwest

In the year after a jury ordered far-right activist Ammon Bundy to pay millions for defaming St. Luke’s employees, Bundy lost his Emmett home, went into hiding and moved to Utah. Read story

Timothy Haag listens as his attorney gives her opening remarks at the start of his first  resentencing proceedings in Cowlitz County Superior Court in Longview on Jan. 12, 2018.

Convicted Longview child murderer resentenced for second time; he could be released in three years

Timothy Haag listens as his attorney gives her opening remarks at the start of his first  resentencing proceedings in Cowlitz County Superior Court in Longview on Jan. 12, 2018.

July 19, 2024, 7:50am Latest News

A man convicted of first-degree murder for killing a 7-year-old Longview girl 30 years ago was resentenced Monday in Cowlitz County to 33 years to life, making him eligible for release in three years. Read story

Highway 20 reopens after closure due to wildfire

July 19, 2024, 7:47am Northwest

Highway 20 over the North Cascades reopened about 4 p.m. Thursday after it was closed in both directions early Thursday morning between Granite Creek (milepost 148) and east of the Rainy Pass Trail Head (milepost 158) due to wildfire activity, the state Department of Transportation said. Read story