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Hanford nuclear guards reject contract proposal. Contractor to order them back to work

January 6, 2025, 7:37am Northwest

The Department of Energy contractor responsible for security at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington will order guards back to work after Local 21 members voted down a third proposed agreement, it said Friday evening. Read story

Yakima coroner who was accused of stealing drugs from corpses to face criminal charges

January 6, 2025, 7:37am Northwest

A prosecutor has decided to bring criminal charges against embattled Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice in response to police allegations that Curtice stole illicit drugs from dead bodies, used them during work and lied about it. Read story

In this Sept. 8, 2011, photo shows goats feeding on a deep pocket of brush, in Portland, Ore. Deep in the Portland wilderness, invasive species rule. Blackberries, thistle, English ivy and rhododendron occupy deep pockets of brush, choking off native plants and growing into tangles too thick to navigate on foot. Enter the goat, scourge of the brambles and another part of this cityís odd relationship with agriculture. City chickens have been around for some time, but now urban goats are getting a look-over. The early reviews have been favorable.

Climate change is helping invasive species take root in Washington

In this Sept. 8, 2011, photo shows goats feeding on a deep pocket of brush, in Portland, Ore. Deep in the Portland wilderness, invasive species rule. Blackberries, thistle, English ivy and rhododendron occupy deep pockets of brush, choking off native plants and growing into tangles too thick to navigate on foot. Enter the goat, scourge of the brambles and another part of this cityís odd relationship with agriculture. City chickens have been around for some time, but now urban goats are getting a look-over. The early reviews have been favorable.

January 6, 2025, 6:05am Latest News

Skye Pelliccia knows an invasive plant when she sees one. Read story

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, administers the House oath to Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., during a ceremonial re-enactment swearing-in ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, in the Rayburn Room on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Retiring after 12 years, Derek Kilmer is hopeful Congress is getting better

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, administers the House oath to Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., during a ceremonial re-enactment swearing-in ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, in the Rayburn Room on Capitol Hill in Washington.

January 6, 2025, 6:00am Latest News

A few years back, Rep. Derek Kilmer met with a football coach, one who’d turned a team plagued with infighting into winners. Read story

Washington consumers pay extra for eggs as bird flu affects prices

January 5, 2025, 11:19am Northwest

Judy Simon noticed something strange during her Thursday evening grocery trip in Redmond. The shelves held no chicken eggs, only a few cartons of quail eggs. Read story

FILE - Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 1, 2024. Five months after holding its presidential primaries, Washington state is looking further down the ticket to select candidates to compete for federal and state offices in November. A handful of retirements, including McMorris Rodgers, have injected some excitement into primaries for this left-leaning state.

After 20 years at the Capitol, Cathy McMorris Rodgers leaves behind a changed Congress: ‘When she speaks, people listen’

FILE - Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 1, 2024. Five months after holding its presidential primaries, Washington state is looking further down the ticket to select candidates to compete for federal and state offices in November. A handful of retirements, including McMorris Rodgers, have injected some excitement into primaries for this left-leaning state.

January 5, 2025, 6:04am Latest News

It was late October 2023, and House Republicans were in a bind. Read story

ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, OCT. 15, 2019 AND THEREAFTER- This combination of 2003 and 2006 photos shows a northern spotted owl, left, in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore., and a barred owl in East Burke, Vt. Barred owls are native to eastern North America but began moving West at the turn of the 20th century. Scientists believe they migrated to western Canada across the Great Plains in the early 1900s, using forests that popped up as people learned to manage wildfires and planted trees around farms. They arrived in Washington in 1973 and then moved south into Oregon and California.

Why wildlife officials are killing some PNW owls to save others

ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, OCT. 15, 2019 AND THEREAFTER- This combination of 2003 and 2006 photos shows a northern spotted owl, left, in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore., and a barred owl in East Burke, Vt. Barred owls are native to eastern North America but began moving West at the turn of the 20th century. Scientists believe they migrated to western Canada across the Great Plains in the early 1900s, using forests that popped up as people learned to manage wildfires and planted trees around farms. They arrived in Washington in 1973 and then moved south into Oregon and California.

January 5, 2025, 6:02am Latest News

Stripes, round bodies, dark penetrating eyes. At a glance, the barred owl and the northern spotted owl are easily mistaken for the same bird. Read story

Amazon employees head into the Houdini North office building on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Seattle.

Amazon’s Seattle campus still quiet as 5-days-in-office deadline hits

Amazon employees head into the Houdini North office building on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Seattle.

January 5, 2025, 6:00am Business

Amazon’s first day back in the office felt like any other Thursday. Which is to say, none too busy in downtown Seattle. Read story

This image released by Focus Features shows Lily-Rose Depp in a scene from “Nosferatu.” (Focus Features via AP)

‘Nosferatu’ or why I like going to the movies and you should too

This image released by Focus Features shows Lily-Rose Depp in a scene from “Nosferatu.” (Focus Features via AP)

January 5, 2025, 5:40am Entertainment

The Liberty Cinema marquee suggests a movie during the holidays makes a great gift on Monday in Wenatchee. Liberty Cinema is the sister theatre to Gateway Cinema. Read story

The state Capitol building in Olympia.

A look ahead at the Washington Legislature’s 2025 session

The state Capitol building in Olympia.

January 4, 2025, 6:10am Latest News Free

State lawmakers will head to Olympia later this month to kick off Washington’s 2025 legislative session. It’ll be 105 days of lawmaking and budget writing. Read story