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May 16, 2023

12 people, dog evacuated from WA observatory near Mount St. Helens after landslide blocks road

A dozen people and a dog were evacuated from the Johnston Ridge Observatory near a Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington after a landslide blocked a nearby highway.

May 16, 2023

Washington state scrambles to pass drug possession law before decriminalization deadline

Washington will become the second state to decriminalize hard drugs like heroin and fentanyl if legislators can't craft a new law. Their deadline is approaching fast.

May 15, 2023

Groundbreaking Latina leader in California politics, Gloria Molina, dies at age 74

Gloria Molina, the first Latina to serve in the California state Assembly and Los Angeles’ city council and county board of supervisors, has died at 74 years old.

May 15, 2023

Suspect arrested in Washington state after allegedly breaking into university dorms, groping students

Dylan Robinson is accused of breaking to dorm rooms at Pacific Lutheran University in Washington State and groping women while they were sleeping.

May 15, 2023

Washington Supreme Court reverses man’s conviction on grounds of implicit racial bias in jury selection

A man will get a new trial after Washington’s Supreme Court ruled that there was implicit bias in jury selection when prosecutors eliminated a Black potential juror without reason.

May 15, 2023

Seattle to pay $2.3M to whistleblowers who helped reveal that then-Mayor Durkan’s texts were deleted in 2020

The city of Seattle, Washington, has agreed to pay $2.4 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the office of then-Mayor Jenny Durkan mishandled public records requests during 2020.

May 15, 2023

Record-breaking heat wave hits Northwest, leaving millions of Americans sweltering

A heat wave that brought record temperatures to Washington and Oregon over the weekend is lingering in the Pacific Northwest and moving to the Central U.S.

May 14, 2023

Firearms trainer rips liberal state’s strict gun bill: ‘discriminating against women'

Washington state just banned so-called assault weapons, including AR-15 style rifles. Why one firearms trainer says the new law discriminates against women.

May 13, 2023

Pacific Northwest heat could send temperatures up to 30 degrees above average, breaking records

Officials in the Pacific Northwest are advising residents to take precautions amid an early heat wave that could send temperatures soaring up 30 degrees above average.

May 12, 2023

Congressional budget agency projects bigger deficits as talks on debt continue

The Congressional Budget Office says this year’s projected federal budget deficit has jumped by $130 billion due to a change in student loan repayment plans and series of bank rescues.