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…
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 salmon, steelhead and other native fish species within the Columbia River system from sea lion predat…
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 industries.
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 affordable internet to homes and businesses in every corner of Pacific County.
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 assistance.
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 unconstitutional — a ruling that left no prohibition on having small amounts of drugs, even for kids.
OLYMPIA — This week the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on covid-19.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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.
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OLYMPIA — Washington state is on the cusp of leaving pandemic-era restrictions in the dust and reopening fully, Gov. Jay Inslee announced last week.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
OLYMPIA — A tax on capital gains, the sale of assets like stocks and bonds, passed the Senate by a single vote March 6.
OLYMPIA — As the end of an emergency eviction moratorium looms over thousands of Washington renters, a bill requiring landlords to have just cause for evicting a tenant passed the House of Rep…
OLYMPIA — Though unemployment and consumer uncertainty remain high, the Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council officials told legislators March 3 they felt optimistic a brighte…
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OLYMPIA — Educators and childcare workers are now eligible to be vaccinated for covid-19 in Washington state, following an announcement Tuesday afternoon from Gov. Jay Inslee.
OLYMPIA — On Feb. 26 the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on COVID-19.
OLYMPIA — Outrage over deaths of citizens in police custody sparked efforts by lawmakers to address racial equity, hiring and training, and the use of force within law enforcement. Now, nearin…
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LONG BEACH — Home price gains in Pacific County far outpaced the Washington state median as 2020 ended, even as houses here remain a bargain.
VANCOUVER (AP) — Members of Washington’s Clark County Republican party voted last week to formally censure Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, of Battle Ground, over her vote to impeach former Preside…
A case spawned by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's opposition to removing river gravel to protect farmland went to an appeals court Tuesday, one of two lawsuits alleging Inslee uses his veto pen t…
OLYMPIA — House Republicans released their proposed state budget Feb. 16, saying it shows how a Republican-controlled Legislature could craft a spending plan without raising taxes.
OLYMPIA — A capital gains excise tax moved one step closer to approval Feb. 17 despite opposition from Republican lawmakers who call the law an unnecessary income tax and warn it will result i…
An ongoing La Nina enhances chances that late winter and early spring in Washington will be cool and wet, the federal Climate Prediction Center forecasted Thursday.
OLYMPIA — Farm groups are lobbying to amend a capital gains tax proposal, hoping to head off a tax hit for cattlemen and retired farmers.
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee defended his plan to phase in the opening of businesses by region, saying he knows it goes too slow for some people.
OLYMPIA — Senate Democrats propose that an unelected “environmental justice council” with 12 voting members control spending and policy decisions by several agencies, including the agriculture…
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