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At this time last year, authorities in Central Washington were on high alert because of the slow-moving Rattlesnake Ridge landslide near Yakima. A year later, what’s changed? The landslide isn’t quite over – yet. But it has slowed down significantly.

Oregon’s bottle deposit system is recycling more containers than ever before despite major disruptions in global recycling markets.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, on a mini-barnstorm of cold, snowy and wind-whipped New Hampshire, discussed climate change with students on two college campuses this week. The Democrat's trip to the first-in-the-nation primary state comes as he says he's "seriously considering" a run for president in 2020.

More people than expected are drinking water that could be harmful to their health. That’s according to a new study that looked at a water contaminate that’s been an issue in one of the Northwest’s most productive farming regions.

President Trump promised to find an alternative setting for his State of the Union address, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., insisted he could not speak on the House floor until a partial government shutdown is over.

Should the U.S. require its citizens to perform public service? Should its young women register for the draft?A federal panel says it is working on answers to those questions — and is considering how the nation could implement a universal service program and whether it should be mandatory or optional.

Levy, 58, is a freelance writer, a TV personality, and an English professor at Washington State University with 31 years of teaching experience.

The question hanging over the Washington state Legislature this winter isn’t so much what laws will pass, but how they’ll be funded.

Lead and arsenic used decades ago in pesticides are still lingering in the topsoil of Pacific Northwest apple country. That poses a health risk for…

The handling of sexual harassment in the Washington Legislature will evolve following a new code of conduct that has already passed one chamber.