With dwindling federal funds and a looming state budget shortfall, Washington lawmakers are trying to figure out how to keep paying for services for crime victims. Funding for the Victims of Crime Act ...

Despite passing the largest tax increase in state history amid record revenue levels, Washington state’s wallet may be empty by the end of the 2025-27 biennium, according to a new report by the ...

Megabill’s elimination of tax credits for clean energy projects could cost Washington state $8.7 billion Washington households could see electricity costs increase $115 per year by 2029; 21,800 ...

Many people are unhappy about the recent hike in the state fuel tax, especially since the average prices for gas and diesel were already much higher here than in every state except California and ...

THE HOCKINSON HIGH SCHOOL Equestrian Team recently competed at the state WAHSET meet in Lynden, WA. Back row, standing: Tessa Landwehr, Anna Keen, Cheyenne Scherf, Tasha Grinde, Nadine Miller, Megan ...

Washington is in the midst of a child care crisis — and families across Southwest Washington are paying the price. In communities throughout the 20th Legislative District — from Centralia to Vancouver ...

The President loves ambiguous words like hope, change and common sense to make his cases. These words are open to individual interpretation, as he wants. These so called common sense laws, if allowed ...

An Island County, Wash., election observer has been convicted of a felony over his refusal to wear a mask last year when policy was established by the county auditor due to a high rate of COVID-19 ...

Lawsuit alleges Washington state hospital responsible for 12-year-old's suicide The suit says door alarms, inadequate policy and “violations of the standard of care” led to Sarah Niyimbona’s death in ...

A King County Superior Court judge on Friday invalidated the ballot measure approved by voters in November that seeks to slow Washington’s shift from natural gas toward technology like electric heat ...

On one side of Joe Listek’s property in Woodland exists a construction site that has him concerned about flooding, while on the other side is a rowhouse neighborhood where multiple visible ...

State health department investigating Washington hospital after girl’s suicide sparked public outcry State regulatory officials, elected leaders learned of tragedy from InvestigateWest report ...