Washington

The Cowlitz Tribal Public Safety Department's interim chief died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Wednesday after he allegedly fled a northeast Vancouver residence where a residential burglary was reported, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Office.

The Grant County Sheriff's Office has arrested a fourth suspect involved in the alleged imprisonment and assault of a Moses Lake woman Wednesday. A driver who was fleeing from law enforcement in connection with the incident, and was killed in a crash, has been identified.

Apr. 25—MOSES LAKE — A former Moses Lake man was recently honored with a knighthood in Finland. Collin Hansen, a 1975 graduate of Moses Lake High School, was awarded the Order of the Lion of Finland at a ceremony March 18. "It's an honor that every year ... the president (of Finland) awards certain members of society," Hansen said. "(It) was for my contribution to Finnish musical life and ...

Apr. 25—Blaine Tamaki has visited Japan once in his 67 years. He traveled to the country of his ancestors when he was a student at Davis High School in Yakima. His trip was part of the Yakima School District's Yamate Japanese Exchange Program, a longstanding partnership with Yamate Gakuin High School in Yokohama, Japan. Tamaki was part of the first cohort of Yakima students who visited ...

As they cast about for new taxes to help fill a multibillion-dollar budget hole, Democratic lawmakers in Olympia have turned to a politically convenient target: Tesla, the electric-car maker run by billionaire Elon Musk.

Like many of his neighbors near the Seattle waterfront, Alex Smith keeps a close eye on the big container ships crossing Elliott Bay to and from the terminals at the port of Seattle.

A decade of 911 call records and police investigations involving the privately-run federal immigration detention center in Tacoma show a pattern of neglect in police’s response to abuse and assault reports, according to a new University of Washington report. Researchers with UW’s Center for Human Rights found that the Tacoma Police Department was less likely to contact alleged victims of ...

Tensions soared in the state House of Representatives Thursday after a Republican lawmaker disrupted proceedings and was barred from returning to the floor.

Some international students at Washington universities whose legal status to remain in the country was revoked by the Trump administration began seeing their statuses reinstated Thursday.

SEATTLE – A group of residents from the Denny Blaine neighborhood is suing Seattle over its management of Denny Blaine Park, a 2-acre plot on Lake Washington that the lawsuit argues has been home to frequent public masturbation and indecent exposure.

A former clerk and treasurer in Lewis County has been charged in federal court with a nine-year wire fraud scheme to steal nearly $1 million in city funds.