43+ min ago   (576+ words) OLYMPIA [Jake Goldstein-Street] — Authorities charged a Washington state House candidate Thursday with impaired driving that resulted in a five-car crash in Tacoma earlier in the week. Krista Perez, 40, is accused of driving her pickup truck into a parked car, causing…...

52+ min ago   (876+ words) OLYMPIA [Jerry Cornfield] — Washington state Rep. Tarra Simmons was fined $15,000 on Friday by a state ethics panel for improperly using her position to steer public funds to a nonprofit where she worked and trying to retaliate against the person who…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (346+ words) For the 2026 November ballot, LGW has advanced Initiative 26-638, which would require only biological girls to compete in female school sports and bar biologically male students from competing in girls’ athletics; Initiative 26-001, focused on parental rights; and Initiative 26-645, repeal of the…...

5+ hour, 12+ min ago   (369+ words) NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione, the 28-year-old former software engineer charged in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024, pled guilty Friday to two federal stalking charges and admitted in open court that he planned and carried out the…...

8+ hour, 3+ min ago   (616+ words) Born September 30, 1936, in Claresholm, Alberta, Powers grew up fast. He lost his father at age 8, quit school in the seventh grade, and lied about his age so he could work and send money home to his mother. That early grit…...

11+ hour ago   (337+ words) MUKILTEO — David Hector Garcia Flores, 38 of Everett, was booked into the Snohomish County Jail on Friday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed Jeff Woods, a Mukilteo father of seven earlier this week, according to Washington State Patrol…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (220+ words) Annapolis, MD / Russian Arctic – Matt Rutherford, the 45-year-old veteran sailor attempting to become the first person in history to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean solo, nonstop and unassisted, has been directed by Russia’s Northern Sea Route Administration (NSRA) to postpone his…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1074+ words) LYNNWOOD — As home prices and the cost of living continue to put homeownership out of reach for many Snohomish County residents, Habitat for Humanity of Snohomish County is preparing to expand its efforts to create affordable housing. The organization’s latest…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (865+ words) The sharpest exchange of the meeting was centered on whether the urgency for the tax was accurate and whether the council was acting with sufficient transparency. Mead immediately challenged Dunn’s statements as inaccurate. He said the council still had until…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (289+ words) SEATTLE — Two Seattle residents filed recall charges against Mayor Katie Wilson on Tuesday, August 11, alleging she has neglected her legal duty to maintain public safety and peace in the city. Melinda Jacobson and Dale Osterud submitted the charges to the…...