The state’s low fines could be a reason why “people don’t really care” about littering, Klicker said, noting Oregon has a higher penalty for littering. Washington’s new law raises the penalty from a ...

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 ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged Sunday that Walmart, the largest U.S. retailer, may pass along some of the costs from President Donald Trump’s tariffs to its shoppers t ...

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 ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that his decision to resume limited aid to the Gaza Strip after a two-and-a-half month blockade came after pressure from a ...

President Donald Trump has grown “frustrated" with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ...

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 ...