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Cleanup begins on the Jenny Creek Fire site near La Center on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 17, 2023. The fire started at a residence and spread to wooded areas.

Update of Washington’s wildfire building code gets ditched

March 20, 2024, 7:52am Latest News Free

State officials scrapped new wildfire protection rules for homes and other buildings on Friday, the day the suite of building codes was set to take effect. Read story

Kathy Guo of Vancouver, center with yellow gloves, walks the shoreline with Dalton Hobbs of Portland, who caught the first smelt during the five-hour window for smelt dipping on the Cowlitz River on Tuesday afternoon.

Smelt fishing may soon require license in Washington state

March 19, 2024, 7:43am Latest News

Gov. Jay Inslee will sign a bill into law that will require Washington smelt dippers to get a license before they wade out with nets. Read story

Senate Minority Caucus Chair Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, and Senate Deputy Minority Floor Leader Nikki Torres, R-Pasco, sit with colleagues while providing the Republicans’ response to Gov. Jay Inslee’s State of the State address on the second day of the legislative session at the Washington state Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Olympia, Wash.

Redistricting map meant to fix ‘systematic racism’ ousts 1st Latina senator in Central WA

March 18, 2024, 7:49am Latest News

An order issued Friday by a U.S. District Court judge in Seattle will unseat one of the most productive freshman lawmakers in the Washington Legislature. Read story

Chum swim up Twanoh Creek looking for spawning grounds Friday morning in Skokomish, Washington on Nov. 3, 2023.

Removing Washington salmon barriers surges to $1M a day, but results are murky

March 18, 2024, 6:03am Latest News

The coho salmon has already conquered the Ballard Locks fish ladder, swum 17 miles through urban Seattle waterways and powered through a tunnel under nine lanes of Interstate 405. Read story

Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, center, listens as Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, right, speaks to the crowd during the 2024 Legislature Outlook at the Hilton Vancouver Washington on Friday morning.

Key health takeaways from WA’s 2024 legislative session

March 18, 2024, 6:00am Health

Health care affordability, workforce shortages and access to care remained top of mind for lawmakers during this year’s legislative session — and while several politicians and health care leaders say there’s still work to be done, they feel important gains were made in all three categories. Read story

Council for the Homeless outreach team members Magellan Rankin, left, and Brian Starbuck offer supplies to a man at an encampment near Interstate 205 while conducting the Point-in-Time Count Thursday morning.

Bill to hold WA cities accountable for affordable housing could return

March 17, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

OLYMPIA -- first-time bill designed to hold Washington cities accountable in building more affordable housing and emergency shelter made swift progress this session before dying in the Senate. But some lawmakers and proponents are hopeful it has the momentum it needs to make it to the finish line in next… Read story

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State Legislature

Update of Washington’s wildfire building code gets ditched

Smelt fishing may soon require license in Washington state

As Washington lawmakers pass on lowering limits for driving drunk, a borrowed breath tester changed at least one mind

Redistricting map meant to fix ‘systematic racism’ ousts 1st Latina senator in Central WA

Removing Washington salmon barriers surges to $1M a day, but results are murky

Key health takeaways from WA’s 2024 legislative session

Bill to hold WA cities accountable for affordable housing could return

From the Newsroom: Addresser loses its grip

How child care fared in this year’s Washington state legislative session

Firefighter memorial, public land housing bills signed into law Wednesday

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