Northwest News
State to test pay-by-the-mile as a way to fund highways
Costs are rising a lot faster than revenues.
News
Students who failed state math and reading tests still can graduate from high school
It’s all due to a state law that passed earlier this year.
News
Injured man rescued after being stranded overnight in Colonel Bob Wilderness
Coast Guard helicopter crew reached the victim Monday afternoon
Northwest News
Inslee, Ferguson threaten to sue Trump over DACA
Ferguson was one of 19 attorneys general who signed a letter in July urging Trump not to repeal…
Nation/World
Trump asks Congress to resolve fate of Dreamers, moves to phase out protections
Several thousand people a week will begin losing their legal right to work in the U.S. as of…
News
Harbor stalwart Dorothy Mann dies at 106
Longtime community servant was Daily World citizen of the year in 1995
News
Legal weed hasn’t meant more use by state’s young people, study says
Study by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy.
News
First suspects named in massive Northwest poaching ring
The case involves an extensive ring of poachers who are suspected in the illegal take of hundreds of…
Business
WSU professor says IRS is breaking privacy laws by mining social media
With its budgets and staff in decline, the IRS created a new “Office of Compliance Analytics.”
Northwest News
No s’mores? Just in time for Labor Day, campfire bans extended across much of state
DNR is categorizing fire danger as “high” or “very high/extreme” for every county in Washington.
News
One of 3 elderly Seattle brothers in child-porn case pleads not guilty
Grays Harbor County investigators are interested in the Seattle case.
News
BHP to hold open house for Terminal 3 potash export facility
Public welcome to Sept. 14 event to learn and ask questions about the proposal
Nation/World
Flood insurance is a mess, and Harvey won’t make Congress any more likely to fix it
Each year on average, the flood insurance program pays out $3 billion more than it collects in premiums.