Just four months into 2025, Washington had already recorded more cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, than it had in all but three full years since 1960. But as alarming as that number ...

Tolling on the Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River will start a year later than planned – but drivers traveling between Washington and Oregon may pay a little more than originally forecast a ...

Federal grants to libraries in Walla Walla and Columbia counties have been reinstated after a judge blocked the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Lib ...

Britain and the European Union hailed a new chapter in their relationship Monday after they sealed new agreements on defense cooperation and easing trade flows at their first formal summ ...

U.S. stocks, U.S. bonds and the value of the U.S. dollar are all falling on Monday following the latest reminder that the U.S government seems to be hurtling toward an unsustainable mo ...

Construction of a pedestrian bridge across state Highway 500 resumed earlier this month now that warmer weather has arrived.

Jessica Silver watched nervously, hands in pockets, as her two youngest children swung in the backyard from a homemade tree swing fashioned from a skateboard.

Rachel Platten captured a pop culture moment in 2015 when her emphatic and inspirational anthem “Fight Song” landed in the Billboard top 10 and became ubiquitous on commercials and at sporting events ...

Any sound over 85 decibels has the potential to cause hearing damage. Live music frequently exceeds 100 decibels. According ...

To a school cellphone policy. The Vancouver school district is developing a policy for the use of cellphones by students. For elementary school students, the proposal would di ...

The Republican Party is attempting a makeover of sorts. According to recent voting patterns, it’s becoming more the party of the poor and the working classes. But the GOP is back in charge at the nati ...

Bob Worsley has solid conservative credentials. He’s antiabortion. A fiscal hawk and lifelong member of the Mormon Church. As an Arizona state senator, he won high marks from the National Rifle Associ ...