Washington state’s two 5th Congressional District candidates — Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner and Democratic challenger Carmela Conroy — shared their views at a forum at Whitman College.

Washington state leaders warn that Canada prioritizing an oil pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia could cause environmental damage for the Pacific Northwest.

In Pierce County, an organized body of labor unions is trying to tackle the problem of childcare for working families.The Pierce County Labor Community Services Agency purchased an old elementary school in Tacoma in late September. The nonprofit plans to renovate the building to house child care for around 175 kids.

Idaho has taken an aggressive approach to try to rid the Snake River of invasive mussels before they reach the Columbia River. And they said their approach is working.

A conversation about the Blue Mountain Action Council's efforts to use gleaning to address a food shipment shortage.

When the Blue Mountain Action Council lost more than half its food shipments, they decided to focus on gleaning — gathering fruits and vegetables from personal gardens and commercial farms — and distribute the produce to regional food panties.

Pope Leo XIV said he would undergo surgery after doctors found a "localized nodule" in his lung.

Hurricane Simon pounded Mexico's Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm on Sunday, as its most powerful winds and rain slammed people living between the Sierra Madre and the ocean.

The move escalates Trump's fight with the press amid court battle over barring CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House.

Everything about Digger is artful, yet virtually none of its story is subtle. It’s virtuosic, intentional moviemaking. It’s seriously “meta,” yet obvious, cluttered and constrained by its own cleverness.

It’s Round-Up rodeo and Happy Canyon Night Show week in Pendleton, Oregon. At Happy Canyon, an Indigenous dress that’s over a century old will make an appearance. It’s been worn and passed down through five generations.

A story of a baseball fanatic and his family legacy beyond his work and the game of baseball.

As part of a broader effort to connect people with learning and career opportunities in the trades, Pierce County is giving a $300,000 grant to Clover Park Technical College.“ I firmly believe that when we're able to help more families be more stable because they have access to careers and jobs that pay the bills, everyone succeeds, and it's a great investment for us when we can play our role,” said Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello. Mello announced the grant funding during a press conference about his Building Together initiative. The initiative’s intent is to bolster training and make educational opportunities more accessible in the trades, and provide job opportunities for local workers through county public work projects.

A total of seven journalists were laid off from McClatchy-owned papers in Washington state, along with ten journalists in Idaho.

On Saturday, underneath a painted banner strung across the porch of Hillcrest Apartments in Tacoma, tenants announced the formation of the Wright Park Tenant Union.

A harmful algal bloom is once again showing up on the Snake River. This is the fourth year in a row that Whitman County Public Health leaders have warned about algal blooms in the river.

The Yakima River has a problem with water stargrass. It’s a native plant – but it’s choking the waterway and causing problems for people and fish. Now, machines are helping beat back the plant.

For years, the Yakama Nation has fought to restrict access to one of its most sacred sites outside the Tri-Cities. Rattlesnake Mountain, or Laliik, is one of the highest points in the region. And some hikers want access.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, is making people aware of the dangers of hunting, hiking, fishing and recreating in wildfire burn scars, which can have unstable soil, dead trees ready to topple and other hazards.

There’s a few places where the Spokane fires didn’t burn quite so hot or quite so fast. Officials with the Washington state Department of Natural Resources say that’s because trees in these areas had been thinned. That helps make a forest ecosystem healthier.

How are goats being used as a fire mitigation tool in the Northwest?

Health officials in eastern Washington say they’re looking to develop a plan for larger-scale rabies exposures after an incident near a school.

Pearl Youth Residence, one of four Children’s Long-term Inpatient Program sites in Washington, is scheduled to close at the end of November. The Tacoma facility provided inpatient psychiatric care for youth.

Multiple children who attend Asotin-Anatone School District in eastern Washington are receiving post-exposure prophylaxis treatment after being exposed to a bat that tested positive for rabies.

President Trump nominates Pete Serrano to be the next U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington

Washington sues the Trump administration for its efforts to restrict mail-in voting.

Preliminary results from the first ballots counted in the primary race for Washington's 4th Congressional District are in.