September 11, 2020, 10:23am Latest News
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Jay Inslee and U.S. Sen Patty Murray on Thursday blasted President Donald Trump after reports that he acknowledged the threat of the new coronavirus and then deliberately downplayed it as the pandemic took root. Read story
September 11, 2020, 10:17am Latest News
SEATTLE — About 30 large fires continued to burn across Washington and Oregon on Friday, destroying hundreds of homes, forcing thousands of people to flee and turning the pristine air of the Pacific Northwest into a hazy, hazardous mishmash of smoke and particulates. Read story
September 11, 2020, 9:48am Northwest
SEATTLE — As coronavirus cases spike at Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital, workers are pleading with officials to save them not just from the disease, but also from the violence that continues to plague the facility. Read story
September 11, 2020, 9:47am Northwest
SEATTLE — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has declared a La Nina advisory, which could mean rainier winters for Washington state. Read story
September 11, 2020, 9:45am Northwest
Two of Oregon’s largest fires, burning in Clackamas and Marion counties, don’t yet appear to have merged early Friday. Read story
September 11, 2020, 9:43am Latest News
The federal government will help cover some of the emergency costs of Oregon’s wildfires, a U.S. lawmaker from Oregon confirmed. Read story
September 11, 2020, 9:43am Northwest
OMAK, Okanogan County -- The fire crested the hills above Luke McKee’s home with little warning. Read story
September 11, 2020, 9:42am Northwest
PORTLAND — Portland’s air quality has deteriorated to downright dangerous levels in the past 24 hours -- making it the worst among major cities across the globe. Read story
September 11, 2020, 6:03am Northwest
The contest for the job of managing billions of dollars that come into and go out of state coffers hinges in part on a comparison of resumes. Read story
September 10, 2020, 7:30pm Northwest
SEATTLE — Recreation is turning into “wreckreation,” as COVID-cabin-fevered hikers, campers and day-trippers venture out and damage public lands all over the state — including, it seems, sparking wildfires with careless or clueless behavior. Read story