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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Employees at a troubled Tacoma psychiatric hospital have voted to unionize. The News Tribune reports that workers at Wellfound…

SUMAS, Wash. (AP) — Over a month has passed since flooding inundated northwest Washington’s Whatcom County that caused some $50 million in…

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The Evergreen School Board in Vancouver, Washington has fired superintendent Mike Merlino after placing him on paid leave…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A white Christmas is going from reality to more of a dream for chunks of the United States. Analysis of 40 years…

SELAH, Wash. (AP) — Selah police are investigating the deaths of three people from possible carbon monoxide poisoning at a Speyers Road home. Selah…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Spencer Haywood, the trailblazing forward who grew up picking cotton in Mississippi, wound up reshaping the league in a way that…

LYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Police in the Seattle suburb of Lynnwood say a high school student was arrested Thursday after bringing a pistol and…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission has OK’d a new Climate Protection Plan for the state that targets a 90%…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA and its players finalized a deal Thursday night for additional protocols through the holidays, including…

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A judge has dismissed Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich’s complaint against a Washington training commission and…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Seattle Seahawks tight end Gerald Everett missed his first chance to play against his former…

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A man has been convicted of fatally stabbing his neighbor at a southeast Washington motel in a fight over barking dogs. The…

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer The NFL has updated its protocols in reaction to an increase in COVID-19 cases around the league, and it is…

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has released a nearly $62 billion supplemental state budget…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has presented the Medal of Honor, the nation’s…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Seahawks will take every little edge they can get when they travel to SoFi Stadium on…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Legislature has dedicated $25 million to combatting the proliferation of illegal…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A fourth and fifth lawsuit have been filed with the Idaho Supreme Court against Idaho’s…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 19-year-old man admitted he threw a large firework at the federal courthouse in Portland during mass protests last year.…