state news

(Sherman Pass, WA) -- It may be the middle of June, but WSDOT had to call in snow plow crews for Highway 20 at Sherman Pass. A few inches of wet snow covered the highway Tuesday. Huh… what’s wrong with this picture? June-uary continues with traction tires advised due to snow over Sherman Pass on SR 20. Drive for c ...

(Olympia, WA) -- Nearly half a dozen Washington state men are among the 31 white nationalists arrested for allegedly planning to riot at an LGBTQ+ Pride event in northern Idaho Saturday. The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office says five Washington men were arrested near the Pride in the Park event in Coeur d'Alene, including two from King County, one from Skagit County, one from Spokane County and on

(Seattle, WA) -- Starting next school year, students in Washington state will be able to take time off for their mental health. Under a new law, absences will be excused for students experiencing symptoms related to mental illness or challenges with their mental health condition, and for medical appointments related to mental health ...

(Olympia, WA) -- Governor Inslee and US Senator Patti Murray have released a draft report on a study looking at what it would cost to breach the Lower Snake River Dams, but keep all of the benefits the dams provide. Those range from aspects like inexpensive hydroelectric energy, to agricultural irrigation and recreation ...

(Washington, D.C.) -- U.S. Senator Patty Murray is asking President Biden to use his executive authority to defend reproductive rights ahead of the Supreme Court's expected reversal of Roe v. Wade. The Washington state Democrat joined Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday to lead over 20 of their Senate colleagues in urging Biden to issue an executive order immediately ...

(Grant County, WA) -- The longtime sheriff of Grant County is ready to call it a career. Sheriff Tom Jones announced he will leave office on July 1st after a law enforcement career of more than 30 years. Twenty-five of those years were spent in Washington with the Sheriff's Office ...

(Richland, WA) -- It's the largest nuclear cleanup effort in the country, and local leaders say it's underfunded. Washington Governor Jay Inslee toured the Hanford Site alongside Washington State Department of Ecology Director Laura Watson, and Ecology Nuclear Waste Program Manager David Bowen Thursday ...

(Olympia, WA) -- Here is the link for tomorrow's State Building Code Council meeting to discuss banning Natural Gas for new residential construction......pass it on. https://sbcc.wa.gov/events/2022-06

(Kennewick, WA) -- A 26-year-old Kennewick man is in the Benton County Jail, after he's accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a parking lot off West Clearwater Ave back on May 28th. Both the victim and the suspect, identified as Brandon Lamon Jones, met each other online at first, and decided to meet in person ...

(Snoqualmie Pass, WA) -- The Washington Department of Transportation is reuniting a young boy with a stuffed dinosaur he lost while his family traveled over Snoqualmie Pass during the holiday weekend. WSDOT went on social media to relay the message that someone found the stuffed animal on the side of EB I-90 near the pass Friday ...