Last month’s heavy flooding inflicted at least $40 million to $50 million of damage on Washington’s highways, state transportation officials estimated to lawmakers Monday.
The state Department of Transportation has...
Washington state lawmakers begin a 60-day session today, in which a fiscal reckoning, flood recovery and their own reelections loom large.
They departed Olympia last spring, fingers crossed that a...
Washington State Ferries leadership will look back on 2025 and what’s to come in 2026 at two online community meetings at noon and 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21.
Each meeting...
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson likely violated state laws by allowing his former top adviser, Mike Webb, to travel with him on a state plane to the Tri-Cities last summer,...
Emergency repairs that started Dec. 18 on a section of US 2 Stevens Pass (milepost 58-71) are complete and the section of road between the summit (milepost 64) and...
Democratic leaders in the Washington state Legislature said Friday they have no plans to hold hearings on two initiatives focused on parental rights of students in public schools and...
A who’s who from Washington state business and Democratic politics on Thursday extolled the virtues of alternative jet fuel and said the state would strive to become the nation’s...
Washington is set to receive $181 million in federal funding this year to boost rural health care amid drastic Medicaid cuts.
The hefty sum falls below what the Trump administration...
Blanche Barajas and Gary Bode have very different ideas about fluoridation. She’s pro. He’s against.
As city council members in Pasco and Lynden, respectively, they fought two of seven battles...
Washington is close to opening a new incentive program for commercial fleet operators to transition trucks and other vehicles to models that run on electric or hydrogen power.
Industry groups...
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) said it is scheduled to begin its months-long lane reductions on northbound I-5 to repair and repave the Ship Canal Bridge.
The work...
Supporters of two citizen initiatives, one focused on parental rights and another on barring transgender athletes from girls’ sports, moved closer Friday to getting those measures before the Washington...
Another section of US 2 is reopening for limited travel following historic storms and damage. The new section – providing west-side Stevens Pass access between Skykomish and the Stevens...
Tax hikes on big business and rental cars. Unemployment benefits for workers on strike.
Those are just a few of the changes to state law taking effect in Washington on...
The end of 2025 marks another milestone for Washington’s Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act (TFCA), which took effect Jan. 1, 2025, the state Department of Ecology says. The law restricts many toxic...
In early August, the leader of Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife had become so concerned with alleged behaviors of the citizen panel that he answers to that he...
About 20 miles of U.S. 2 are set to reopen Monday on the east side of the Cascades, allowing access to the Stevens Pass ski resort, after devastating flooding...
Joe Nguyen is stepping down as director of Washington state’s Department of Commerce and is expected to be named the next leader of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber.
Nguyen told Commerce...
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday threw his support behind a proposed income tax on residents earning more than $1 million annually, and said he’s prepared to sign the...
This article was first published by Northwest Public Broadcasting and The Wenatchee World on Dec. 19.
Communities along upper Lake Chelan are beginning the slow work of recovery after flooding and landslides damaged roads,...
