Northwest
University of Alaska declares financial emergency
The university does not have enough money to get through the current budget year, which began this month.
Northwest
Feeling blue? Oregon students can take ‘mental health days’
Students behind the measure say it’s meant to change the stigma around mental health.
Northwest
Blaze destroys bed and breakfast near Longview
Six people were able to vacate and were accounted for on scene.
Northwest
3 million gallons of untreated sewage flows into Puget Sound
The discharges would violate the state’s water quality permits for the facilities.
Northwest
Plan to slow Western wildfires would clear strips of land
An environmental group calls it an ill-conceived plan with no scientific backing to show it will work.
Local News
Democratic U.S. Rep. Larsen: Time to impeach President Trump
Everett’s congressman says Trump’s attack on four female colleagues denigrates the meaning of citizenship.
Northwest
School shooter’s counselor never told police about threats
In 2017, a 17-year-old student killed a boy and wounded 3 girls at Freeman High School near Spokane.
Local News
How our House members voted in response to ‘racist comments’
It was no surprise Washington’s seven Democrats backed the measure and its three Republicans did not.
Northwest
Washington unemployment rate for June was 4.6 percent
The rate in the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett region was 3.3 percent.
Northwest
Yakima officials vote down effort to bar immigration flights
ICE has transported more than 650 people through the Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field since May.
Northwest
Montana, North Dakota push against state rail law
Montana and North Dakota attorney generals say federal authority over railroads pre-empts state law.
Northwest
Group suggests enclosure for orcas in San Juan Islands
Area also seen as a rehabilitation site if a member of the local orca population is ailing.
Northwest
Demonstrators return to immigration jail after attack, death
Were protesting the facility and roundups that were supposed to begin Sunday.
Nation-World
Jay Inslee wants soccer star Rapinoe as secretary of state
“I haven’t asked her yet so this could be a surprise to her,” Inslee said at a progressive…
Northwest
Judge recommends $14M award to neo-Nazi trolling victim
Called The Daily Stormer publisher Andrew Anglin’s behavior reprehensible and atrocious
Northwest
Court: Seattle wealth tax unconstitutional but so is tax ban
Opens the door to a battle at the state Supreme Court.
Northwest
Remains found in Oregon believed to be actor Charles Levin
Levin, 70, was reported missing from Grants Pass on July 8 by his son.
Northwest
Police investigating fatal stabbing in Seattle park
Found a 25-year-old woman with a stab wound to her chest.
Northwest
Agencies boost efforts to stop wildland firefighter suicides
No figures are available because agencies often track only fatalities that occur during work hours.
Local News
State officials investigate 7 inmate deaths at Monroe prison
The Monroe Correctional Complex medical director was fired for misconduct in April.