SEATTLE — The rule of law is protected by a thin, black-robed line, and it’s in trouble.
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SEATTLE — The rule of law is protected by a thin, black-robed line, and it’s in trouble.
Three Washington lawmakers have kickstarted an effort to restore the Nisqually Indian Tribe’s ownership of the Clear Creek Hatchery. The hatchery is located on tribal ancestral lands but is currently owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
A Vancouver man died after rolling his car on state Highway 500 Sunday morning, according to Washington State Patrol.
Are rising gas prices causing you to change your daily routines or pinching your household budget? If so, reporter Doug Flanagan wants to hear from you by 5 p.m. Wednesday. He can be reached at 360-735-4669 or doug.flanagan@columbian.com.
Washingtonians are paying $4.63 on average for a gallon of gas, about 33% more than the average American as prices surge more than a week into the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran, according to AAA.
Seattle City Light, the city's electric utility, has agreed to commit about $4 billion to continue to operate its hydropower dams on the Skagit River over the next 50 years.
OLYMPIA — State lawmakers’ proposal to help cover a budget shortfall by using billions of surplus dollars from a police and firefighters’ retirement fund is getting some heat in Olympia.
Two Vancouver residents detained in December by immigration agents, despite having pending asylum applications, won their freedom after federal judges ruled their sudden arrests violated their constitutional rights.
Two people died early Monday morning after one of them drove the wrong way on northbound Interstate 5 near the Battle Ground exit and collided head on with another vehicle, according to the Washington State Patrol.
OLYMPIA — The state House of Representatives has passed a bill that would allow two perilous stretches of U.S. 12 to be among Washington’s first “crash prevention zones,” a new designation meant to curb deadly collisions.
Insurers in Washington could soon need to foot the bill for additional abortion funding.
Washington state parks will offer free parking Monday and a week from Thursday, in celebration of a couple of birthdays.
The most recent attempt to pass legislation that would create an independent statewide jail oversight body has faltered after facing opposition from law enforcement groups and city and county officials.
A bill intended to streamline state regulations on kit-built homes has officially cleared both houses of the Washington state Legislature with unanimous support.
Members of the Washington Air National Guard have been activated to support U.S. military action against Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury, a military spokesperson confirmed Friday.
Washington’s proposed new income tax for people earning more than $1 million a year appears headed toward passage, with Gov. Bob Ferguson saying he’ll sign the latest version of the measure proposed by legislative Democrats.
PURDY — Ebba Jacobson will always remember her friend Louise Sandra Talley, 81, for her compassion and sense of adventure.
SPOKANE — All 50 students in downtown Spokane's Lumen High School are pregnant or already parents to young children.
The Washington chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a major advocacy and education organization for people with mental illnesses and their families, is dissolving.
President Donald Trump acted within his authority when he indefinitely suspended the U.S. refugee admissions program last year, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
VANCOUVER — The Community Foundation for Southwest Washington recently opened online applications for its 2026 scholarship cycle. Last year, the program awarded a record $1.44 million to students pursuing postsecondary education in the 2025-2026 academic year.
On winter nights in the late 1970s, once league play began at Crosley Bowl, my job at the front counter was simple.
WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending March 6.
March is Women’s History Month, and we are surrounded by histories of outstanding women.
I read that I should be planting my vegetables already? What should I be planting now?
Did you know that in ancient Rome, the calendar year initially began in March? January and February just went unnamed. Ignoring the winter months and starting afresh in March: Now that’s an idea I can get behind!
Q: I feel like visibility in new cars is getting worse. It seems to be because the posts on either side of the windshield are so much wider than they used to be. Am I just getting old, or is this a real thing?
State game officials trapped and killed a cougar Saturday after it attacked a family’s dog in the yard of their Sudden Valley home, and it’s possibly the same animal that’s been seen repeatedly over the past few months in suburban Geneva more than 4 miles west.
