OLYMPIA — The Washington State Supreme Court ended weeks of uncertainty over the future of the state’s congressional and legislative district boundaries last week, affirming the plan brokered by the state’s redistricting commission that was completed minutes — or even moments — after the Nov…
Animal health officials are warning poultry farms to protect their flocks from bird flu, a virus striking Europe, Asia and Africa and that has the potential to hit the U.S.
The pending policy has alarmed farmers and ranchers, who accuse Ecology of attacking agriculture and rewriting water law without the public’s or Legislature’s involvement.
California will displace its West Coast neighbors as the state with the highest H-2A wage in the country at $17.51 an hour. The H-2A wage in Washington and Oregon will be $17.41.
In previous rulings, the state Supreme Court has recognized tribes had little choice but to accept money for land, but had not before equated settlement of the West with "stealing."
OLYMPIA — State Sen. Steve Hobbs (D-Lake Stevens) has been sworn as Washington’s 16th secretary of state. He replaces Kim Wyman, who resigned mid-term to join the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Redistricting Commission announced Tuesday morning that it was unable to adopt a new plan for the state’s 10 congressional and 49 legislative districts by the Nov. 15 deadline, punting jurisdiction over the once-a-decade matter to the state Supreme Court.
Although Washington governors can veto individual expenditures, they can't cut all strings lawmakers attach to the spending, the majority ruled.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has directed state agencies to electrify their vehicle fleets by 2040, announcing the executive order at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
OLYMPIA — Declaring the state hasn't done enough to reduce carbon emissions, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday he will ask lawmakers to pass more climate legislation.
Conservation Northwest and two other groups claim DNR "prioritizes intensive logging," while the state constitution says the public lands are held in trust "for all the people."
ELMA, Wash. — Washington dairy farmers are “shellshocked,” says Jay Gordon, policy director of the Washington State Dairy Federation.
NASELLE — The Washington State Patrol is being hit particularly hard by Gov. Jay Inslee’s vaccine mandate for all state employees that went into effect on Oct. 18. Dozens of troopers around the state spent the day one by one turning in all their gear and patrol vehicles.
The new law will require the department and six other state agencies to assess how rules, legislation and spending will help or harm "overburdened communities" and "vulnerable populations."
Washington Fish and Wildlife commissioners are debating whether to declare that climate change, population growth and habitat loss have made traditional wildlife management obsolete.
More than 20,000 Japanese beetles have been trapped in and near a Central Washington town, an infestation the Washington Department of Agriculture hopes to contain with a quarantine.
OLYMPIA — With cases continuing to soar in Washington state, Gov. Jay Inslee announced the return of a statewide indoor mask mandate in public settings, which goes back into effect next week.
An Asian giant hornet was photographed attacking a paper wasp nest at a home east of Blaine, Wash., the state Department of Agriculture confirmed Thursday.
PACIFIC COUNTY — As of early July, the data-analysis group Surgo Ventures broadly estimated that 13% of Pacific County renters were behind in paying rent, owing an average of $2,815.
OLYMPIA — Washingtonians will begin to see fewer plastic bags littering the state’s roadsides, parks, and streams beginning Oct. 1 when the statewide plastic bag ban goes into effect. The bag ban prohibits the distribution of single-use plastic carry-out bags by restaurants, retail, small ve…
Animal health officials are warning poultry farms to protect their flocks from bird flu, a virus striking Europe, Asia and Africa and that has the potential to hit the U.S.
The pending policy has alarmed farmers and ranchers, who accuse Ecology of attacking agriculture and rewriting water law without the public’s or Legislature’s involvement.
California will displace its West Coast neighbors as the state with the highest H-2A wage in the country at $17.51 an hour. The H-2A wage in Washington and Oregon will be $17.41.
In previous rulings, the state Supreme Court has recognized tribes had little choice but to accept money for land, but had not before equated settlement of the West with "stealing."
OLYMPIA — State Sen. Steve Hobbs (D-Lake Stevens) has been sworn as Washington’s 16th secretary of state. He replaces Kim Wyman, who resigned mid-term to join the Department of Homeland Securi…
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Redistricting Commission announced Tuesday morning that it was unable to adopt a new plan for the state’s 10 congressional and 49 legislative districts by the No…
Although Washington governors can veto individual expenditures, they can't cut all strings lawmakers attach to the spending, the majority ruled.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has directed state agencies to electrify their vehicle fleets by 2040, announcing the executive order at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
OLYMPIA — Declaring the state hasn't done enough to reduce carbon emissions, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday he will ask lawmakers to pass more climate legislation.
Conservation Northwest and two other groups claim DNR "prioritizes intensive logging," while the state constitution says the public lands are held in trust "for all the people."
ELMA, Wash. — Washington dairy farmers are “shellshocked,” says Jay Gordon, policy director of the Washington State Dairy Federation.
NASELLE — The Washington State Patrol is being hit particularly hard by Gov. Jay Inslee’s vaccine mandate for all state employees that went into effect on Oct. 18. Dozens of troopers around th…
The new law will require the department and six other state agencies to assess how rules, legislation and spending will help or harm "overburdened communities" and "vulnerable populations."
Washington Fish and Wildlife commissioners are debating whether to declare that climate change, population growth and habitat loss have made traditional wildlife management obsolete.
More than 20,000 Japanese beetles have been trapped in and near a Central Washington town, an infestation the Washington Department of Agriculture hopes to contain with a quarantine.
OLYMPIA — With cases continuing to soar in Washington state, Gov. Jay Inslee announced the return of a statewide indoor mask mandate in public settings, which goes back into effect next week.
An Asian giant hornet was photographed attacking a paper wasp nest at a home east of Blaine, Wash., the state Department of Agriculture confirmed Thursday.
PACIFIC COUNTY — As of early July, the data-analysis group Surgo Ventures broadly estimated that 13% of Pacific County renters were behind in paying rent, owing an average of $2,815.
OLYMPIA — Washingtonians will begin to see fewer plastic bags littering the state’s roadsides, parks, and streams beginning Oct. 1 when the statewide plastic bag ban goes into effect. The bag …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) and Kurt Schrader (OR-05) on July 14 announced that a joint Community Project Funding request they supported to protect endangered s…
The Biden administration will set new limits on pollutants in Washington rivers, creeks and lakes, likely embracing standards the Washington Farm Bureau and other trade groups say will stifle …
A record heat wave worsened a drought brought on by a long dry spell, pushing more than one-third of Washington into an "extreme drought," the U.S. Drought Monitor reported July 1.
Washington regulators are proposing farms alter schedules or hand out masks to filter wildfire smoke even if the air quality remains at a level the Environment Protection Agency calls "acceptable."
Gov. Jay Inslee's interpretation of his veto powers has come under fire several times. Inslee can veto sections of bills and spending items, but critics accuse him of editing legislation.
The Washington Department of Ecology warned Thursday a drought may develop, but if conditions worsen the state has no money set aside for relief projects.
OLYMPIA — Washington state is on the cusp of leaving pandemic-era restrictions in the dust and reopening fully, Gov. Jay Inslee announced last week.
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee signed a pair of broadband bills into law last week, and local leaders believe the bills can go a long way toward achieving the goal of bringing high-speed and more a…
European green crab are growing in numbers in Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay. Volunteers, state agencies, tribes and shellfish growers are working together to control the destructive invaders.
OLYMPIA — Pacific County and most other counties will remain in Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan for at least two more weeks, Gov. Jay Inslee announced Tuesday.
The virus that causes COVID-19 was found in several dogs, but presents no significant public health risk, the Washington Department of Agriculture and the University of Washington say.
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law an automatic right for tenants to have an attorney, though it came with a catch — Inslee sent back two parts of the bill regarding landlord rental ass…
Washington state is rolling out a new early warning system for earthquakes and the Washington Emergency Management Division is hosting a free webinar to detail the new technology.
OLYMPIA (AP) — The Washington Legislature on Saturday approved an overhaul of the state’s approach to drug possession, after the Washington Supreme Court struck down its previous law as uncons…
OLYMPIA — This week the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on covid-19.
SEATTLE — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Seattle District launches a Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) webinar series aimed to help local restaurants and eligible entities pre…
Senate Democrats passed cap-and-trade and low-carbon fuels bills Thursday evening, moving to reduce global greenhouse emissions by 0.1% by 2030.
OLYMPIA — Formerly incarcerated people will immediately regain the right to vote after Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law this automatic right, marking passage for one of the first criminal justi…
OLYMPIA — Universal health care for every state resident who wants it could come to Washington by 2026.
OLYMPIA — Early childhood care and education in the state would see sweeping reform through the expansion of affordable child health and learning services, if a bill in the state Legislature w…
OLYMPIA — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee delivered news that more than a million Washingtonians had been waiting for at a Wednesday afternoon news conference: beginning April 15, all Washingtonian…
PACIFIC COUNTY — New cases of covid-19 continued to fall in Pacific County over the past week, while a tweak in the state’s reopening plan almost ensures that the county is going to stay in Ph…
OLYMPIA — On March 25 the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on COVID-19, which shows the state’s progress in fighting COVID-19 since ea…
Democrats on the Washington House Environment Committee endorsed a bill Thursday creating an environmental justice council to advise at least seven state agencies, rejecting a bid by Republica…
OLYMPIA — Connecting people considering suicide with immediate help is the aim of a proposed law that funds a 988 emergency number with a new tax on phone lines.
OLYMPIA — Legislation that would help struggling property owners in co-ops, homeowners associations (HOAs), condominium buildings, and other common interest communities was unanimously approve…
Ivy Pete remembers attending high school football games in her hometown. But instead of pride for her school, she felt humiliated.
OLYMPIA — The College Bound Scholarship for Washington students is being reworked to reach more students across the state.
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee unveiled more encouraging news on the state’s vaccination efforts Thursday afternoon, announcing that covid-19 vaccines will become available to two million more Wash…
Tax collections are rising, giving Washington lawmakers billions of dollars more to spend, as the economy recovers from the COVID lockdown faster than expected, the state's chief economist, St…
SOUTH BEND — With covid-19 vaccines slated to become more widely available in the coming days and weeks, the Pacific County Health and Human Services Department is gearing up to unveil a new s…
OLYMPIA — Last week contained a bundle of good news on the reopening front for Pacific County and the state as a whole, and a return to a pre-pandemic “normal” is closer to becoming a reality …
The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought by environmentalists challenging how the Department of Natural Resources manages about 2 million acres of forests.
A survey of conservation district managers and supervisors showed staunch opposition to giving the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife a vote on the state Conservation Commission.
OLYMPIA — On the one-year anniversary since the World Health Organization declared covid-19 a pandemic, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced a bundle of good news at an afternoon news conference.
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