Northwest
Sage grouse numbers continue to drop in Idaho
Idaho Gov. Brad Little said more information is needed before sounding any alarms.
Northwest
Scientists warn of too many pink salmon in North Pacific
Comprise nearly 70 percent of what’s now the largest number of salmon populating the North Pacific.
Northwest
Fall mushroom season starts early in Northwest
Edible wild mushrooms are now flooding wholesale markets.
Northwest
Spokane police investigating rumors of neo-Nazi ‘hate camp’
The secretive network has the explicit goal of plotting and training for terrorist attacks.
Northwest
Retiring FBI agent meets the baby boy he rescued 22 years ago
The man, now a U.S. Marine Corps Corporal, was kidnapped as an infant from a Lakewood hospital.
Northwest
Glacier water flow on Mount Rainier damages road, trail
Geologists say similar glacier bursts could occur in the coming weeks or months.
Northwest
Wildfire on Colville Indian Reservation leads to evacuations
Air quality in the region is among the worst in the nation, according to the EPA.
Northwest
Seattle City Council member Lorena González announces AG run
Current Attorney General Bob Ferguson has indicated interest in running for governor next year.
Northwest
Tacoma’s NW Detention Center loses minimum wage argument
The firm is accused of violating state law by paying immigrant detainees $1 or less a day for…
Business
Washington State Troopers sue Ford over carbon monoxide
The lawsuit says Explorer model years 2011 - 2018 have an exhaust fume defect.
Northwest
Elderly couple’s apparent suicide note: Can’t afford health care
The husband called 911 and told the dispatcher, “We will be in the front bedroom.”
Northwest
Lawsuit settlement: More rights for psychiatric patients
Patients who were found not guilty by reason of insanity had lost many of their freedoms.
Northwest
Whale researchers say 3 Southern Resident orcas are dead
One is the grandmother of the baby whose mother carried it for 17 days after it died.
Business
FedEx severs ties with Amazon
The Seattle-based online retailer is building out its own delivery fleet.
Business
Sammamish firm won’t host website linked to El Paso shootings
8chan, owned by former Mukilteo resident James Watkins, is where the killer posted his “manifesto.”
Northwest
Judge intervenes on behalf of threatened seabird in Oregon
The marbled murrelet is a small seabird that nests in old-growth forests.
Local News
Sen. Patty Murray addresses the weekend’s mass shootings
The Democrat from Washington was in Everett for a meeting about unions. The violence loomed large.
Northwest
Campaigning for president, governor is gone half the time
His staff says that doesn’t mean he’s not engaged. But taxpayers are footing the bill for travel security.
Northwest
Washington man drowns off Oregon coast in rip current
Three were swept out into the ocean and that two of them made it back.
Northwest
Fire risks from global warming spread to Northwest
Bringing higher temperatures, lower humidity and longer stretches of drought increase risks.