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Updated 2 days, 13 hours ago

Two Lewis-McChord pilots taken to hospital after crash

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — An Army helicopter crashed at a military base in Washington state during a …

Updated 3 weeks, 2 days ago
WA Legislature greenlights AG’s proposal for state AI Task Force

OLYMPIA - A bipartisan proposal requested by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson to establish an Artificial Intelligence Task Force in the Attorney Genera…

Updated 1 month ago
Wash. may help tribal authorities enforce warrants under proposed bill

OLYMPIA- A new bill preventing individuals from escaping justice for crimes committed on tribal lands by fleeing into Washington state jurisdiction has passed …

Updated 1 month ago
EPA announces $113M for WA water infrastructure

SEATTLE – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday more than $113 million in federal funding for Washington drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades.

Updated 1 month ago
‘Center of the universe’

MOSES LAKE — Grant County is the tip of the spear when it comes to clean energy, US. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said at a Moses Lake round table Thursd…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
McMorris Rodgers will not run for reelection

WASHINGTON D.C. – Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, announced Wednesday that she will not be running for reelection when her current term ends in early 202…

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Overtime flexibility or worker rights? SB 5476 looks at flexible overtime rules for ag workers

OLYMPIA- Senator Curtis King, R-Yakima, introduced Senate Bill 5476 which will grant agricultural employers the flexibility to select up to 12 weeks in a calen…

Updated 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Senate bill proposes allowing doctors to keep names off prescription bottles

OLYMPIA – When she treated an out-of-state patient from Idaho with pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Jennifer Chin of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynec…

Updated 2 months ago
Basin students make EWU Dean's List

CHENEY – According to a Tuesday announcement from Eastern Washington University, the college’s 2023 Fall Dean’s list has been released. An undergraduate studen…

Updated 2 months ago
Eight locals arrested: Joint investigations with city, federal, state agencies land Moses Lake residents in jail

MOSES LAKE – According to the office of U.S. Attorney Vanessa Waldref, based in Spokane, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the U.S. Mars…

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Overcoming barriers

MOSES LAKE — Overregulation is standing in the way of building more housing nationwide, a speaker told local housing professionals last week, but it’s not nece…

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Kittitas Co. funding will help CWU reopen mental health clinic

ELLENSBURG – The Kittitas County Board of Commissioners and Central Washington University have entered into a partnership that will reinstate critical mental h…

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Trump ballot challenge goes to WA court

OLYMPIA — A Washington court will hear arguments today regarding whether former President Donald Trump will be on the primary ballot, according to an announcem…

Updated 3 months ago
Endangered Species Act hits 50 as legislators questions success

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Enacted in 1973, the Endangered Species Act turned 50 in 2023 and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports that the ESA had been effective…

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
Washington employer groups file lawsuit against EPA

OLYMPIA – According to an announcement from the Association of Washington Business, several employer groups in Washington state filed a lawsuit on Dec. 4 in U.…