Site Logo
Sam Navarro | Miami Herald | TNS | File Photo 
A hand-carved whale totem by artist Jewell James arrives at Virginia Key in Key Biscayne all the way from Seattle to create awareness and protest for the release of Lolita the whale from the Miami Seaquarium on May 27, 2018.

Northwest News

Indigenous carvers’ totem pole to journey across Pacific Northwest

Lynda V. Mapes

Chip Porter | Design Pics | Zuma Press | TNS | File Photo 
A COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Carnival Spirit, pictured in a file photo taken in the Tongass Narrows in Alaska in 2011, saw dozens of passengers infected with the virus last week.

Northwest News

Seattle cruise industry’s comeback from COVID marred by outbreak

SEATTLE — Just days into what was supposed to be the Seattle cruise industry’s comeback from COVID-19, a…

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on April 5, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer | Getty Images | TNS | File Photo

Northwest News

Pelosi: Marriage equality could be in danger if Roe overturned

SEATTLE — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Wednesday, May 4, that marriage equality and other constitutional rights…

A skier on a rope tow in 2017 at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. Caitlin Moran | Seattle Times | TNS | File Photo

Northwest News

Glaciers on Olympic Peninsula projected to largely disappear by 2070

Hotter summers and wetter winters spell a precarious future for glaciers in the Pacific Northwest.

Mike Siegel / Seattle Times TNS / File Photo
A Sound Transit light-rail train heads into the tunnel toward the Capitol Hill Station from the University of Washington.

Northwest News

Sound Transit eases fare enforcement amid equity concerns

Sound Transit’s board of directors voted Thursday, April 28, to overhaul its fare enforcement practices, with the goal…

Mike Siegel | Seattle Times | KRT | File Photo 
The early-morning ride aboard the No. 545 Sound Transit bus heads east across the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, as commuters tune into music or just plain tune out.

Northwest News

Sound Transit’s light-rail project to the eastside is running late

SEATTLE — Sound Transit has fallen months behind schedule in its quest to operate trains across Lake Washington…

An up-close look at the Interstate 5 bridge Oct. 25, 2018, from the Washington side. Mark Graves | The Oregonian | File Photo

Northwest News

Is a new I-5 bridge connecting two states finally on track?

VANCOUVER — Some 300 times each year, a span of the Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River…

Steve Ringman | The Seattle Times | TNS | File Photo
Orca whales thrill travelers on a Washington State ferry hoping to catch a glimpse.

Northwest News

Beer and popcorn to return to state ferries

Among all the bars and restaurants that have recently reopened their doors, one establishment has remained conspicuously cordoned…

Mike Siegel | Seattle Times | TNS | File Photo
A Bombardier Q400 operated by Horizon Air takes off from SeaTac at SeaTac Airport.

Northwest News

Walla Walla Regional Airport prepares for new jets

WALLA WALLA — The future of air travel at the Walla Walla Regional Airport is going to get…

Erika Schultz | Seattle Times | TNS | File Photo
Efrain Palencia, a longtime employee, drops clusters of viognier grapes at Crawford Vineyard to lessen to load to help with the ripening process.

Northwest News

New Washington license plate celebrates state’s wine industry

YAKIMA — A new state license plate that celebrates Washington wine will be available later this year, now…

Victoria Ditkovsky | Dreamstime | TNS | File Photo
The Washington state Capitol building in Olympia.

Northwest News

Employers will soon have to be upfront about salaries in job postings

SEATTLE — Starting in January, job postings in Washington will have to include some dollar signs.

Olivia Vanni | The Daily Herald
Alex Hanson looks over sections of the Herald and sets the ink on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Everett.

Northwest News

Bigger press will print The Daily Herald

EVERETT — An era spanning 121 years ended Sunday, April 3, with the last edition of The Daily…

Jeremy Schneider | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com | TNS | File Photo 
A Door Dash Taco Bell order.

Northwest News

DoorDash drivers form Washington advisory group to discuss local issues

As gas prices are on the rise locally, the food delivery company DoorDash has formed a Washington advisory…