June 12, 2021, 7:46pm Northwest
At least twice in recent years, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan's administration rejected budget proposals to improve the city's handling and preservation of text messages, shooting down detailed plans that staff said could help employees comply with state law and save the city from costly penalties for destroying public records. Read story
June 12, 2021, 7:36pm Northwest
Since early May, residents of the San Juan Islands have reported dozens of strange deer deaths to state and local officials. Read story
June 12, 2021, 1:56pm Northwest
The City of Forks has paid $333,000 to settle a civil-rights lawsuit filed by relatives of a man who was shot and killed by police in 2016 after an officer allegedly escalated a welfare check into a deadly confrontation. Read story
June 12, 2021, 1:25pm Northwest
SEATTLE — There is a stretch of beach in Seattle, nearly a mile and a half of inviting Puget Sound waterfront, that, even on the nicest summer days, is almost entirely deserted. Read story
June 12, 2021, 7:41am Imported
ALBANY, Ore. — A Woodland man has been found guilty of manslaughter and other crimes for killing two Sweet Home, Ore. teens in a head-on drunk driving crash.ALBANY, Ore. — A Woodland man has been found guilty of manslaughter and other crimes for killing two Sweet Home, Ore. teens in… Read story
June 12, 2021, 6:00am Editor's Choice
PORTLAND — In 2001, Jeff Auerbach found himself in the cigar lounge in the posh El Gaucho restaurant in downtown Portland. Nike co-founder Phil Knight was hosting a gathering to celebrate his entry into show business. Read story
June 11, 2021, 3:35pm Editor's Choice
LONGVIEW — Northwest Innovation Works on Friday notified the Port of Kalama it will terminate its lease, ending its seven-year effort to build a $2.3 billion methanol plant at the port. Read story
June 11, 2021, 10:22am Latest News
SEATTLE — U.S. Sen. Patty Murray is renewing a push for legislation that would create more than $1 billion in grants over five years to close the digital divide and bring broadband internet access to people who lack it. Read story
June 11, 2021, 9:55am Health
SEATTLE — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was prompted to plead with parents to vaccinate their children after a study showed hospitalization rates for teens with COVID-19 increased in March and April. Read story
June 11, 2021, 9:45am Northwest
HERMISTON, Ore. — An Eastern Oregon couple has been sentenced to pay $1,200 in restitution after illegally selling recreationally caught crab on the commercial market in Hermiston, according to the Oregon State Police. Read story