Northwest
Masks mandated for Washington State Fair visitors
Visitors to the largest fair in the Pacific Northwest will be required to wear masks at all times.
Northwest
Tacoma hospitals turning to tents to accommodate COVID surge
Medical staff is being redeployed amid canceled surgeries and other procedures.
Northwest
Seattle home prices continue to soar at record-breaking pace
Home prices in the region leapt 25% in June compared to a year earlier.
Northwest
Washington hospitals seeing more more pregnant COVID patients
ICU admissions are rising, along with maternal deaths and babies born prematurely.
Northwest
Search for armed man keeps Olympic National Park areas closed
He reportedly was armed with a long rifle and had been using methamphetamine, one witness said.
Northwest
Man found guilty of hate crime, murder in trans teen’s death
Nikki Kuhnhausen, 17, was strangled to death by a 27-year-old man in downtown Vancouver.
Northwest
Hundreds protest Washington Gov. Inslee’s vaccine mandate
Organizers warned that firefighters, sanitation workers and bus drivers won’t get the vaccine.
Northwest
Judge strikes Seattle homelessness measure from ballot
The proposal would have directed the city to provide 2,000 units of emergency or permanent housing.
Northwest
Washington orders the killing of up to 2 wolves
One or two wolves from a pack in Ferry County are to be killed in response to cattle…
Business
Hiring grows in Washington, but COVID surge raises red flags
New unemployment claims in Washington dipped last week, but a recent COVID surge could bring layoffs.
Northwest
Maskless group disrupts Wenatchee School Board meeting
After the decision to take the meeting online, people from the audience started yelling at the board.
Northwest
Murder hornet nest destroyed in Whatcom Co.
Officials in Washington destroyed the first Asian giant hornet nest of the season near Blaine.
Northwest
Parents file lawsuit after children injured on Tilt-A-Whirl
During the 2018 Kitsap County Fair, a car on the ride detached and slammed into a railing.
Northwest
Omak Stampede gathering leads to more than 24 COVID cases
Cases identified so far are residents of Okanogan and Skagit counties and the Colville Reservation.
Northwest
4 dead, 3 homes burned in Tri-Cities rampage by gunman
A man reportedly killed his parents, then died in his burning truck during a shootout with officers.
Northwest
COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise in Washington
State health officials say that the number of patients in is doubling every 18 to 19 days.
Northwest
Oregon district passes resolution against COVID-19 mandates
The 7,500-student district in Redmond will fight to regain local control of mask-wearing and vaccines.
Local News
County Councilwoman Dunn selected to serve on EPA committee
She will be the only representative from Washington on a 39-member federal advisory committee.
Northwest
‘Crisis teams’ sent to hard-hit COVID hospitals in Oregon
Hospitalizations have increased 990% in the state since July 9, according to health officials.
Northwest
Pierce Co. worries about firefighter exodus over vax mandate
The union presidents want an alternative to the vaccine, like frequent testing and mask-wearing.