Federal scientists responsible for monitoring the health of West Coast fisheries are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Department of Commerce failed to renew their labs contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance. Trash is piling up at the Northwest Fisheries Science ...

The emergency housing voucher program was expected to last until 2030, but the money has run out.

Washington's Office of Independent Investigations is taking a fresh look at the death of a man who died after a struggle with jail guards.

This week will see the first 8 p.m. sunset of 2025 in western Washington, along with temperatures topping out in the mid to high 60s in many places.

Blue Origin is launching Jeff Bezos' fiancee Lauren Sanchez to space with an all-female celebrity crew that includes Katy Perry and Gayle King.

The delays will occur between Westlake and Stadium stations, but conditions should be near normal on the rest of the 1 Line.

Drag Queen Story Hour turned into a festival Saturday at the Brewmaster's Taproom, where the owner keeps a poignant reminder of "what intolerance looks like."

An effort to modernize Washington's aging workers' compensation system that has produced few results is getting renewed scrutiny amid the state budget crisis.

The recent war in Ethiopia's Tigray region left many disabled veterans without the care they need.

The car carrying two wounded boys fled the shooting scene and stopped 2 miles away. The surviving boy was taken to Harborview Medical Center.

Turkey has begun a new phase in sweeping restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving the monuments historic domes from the threat of earthquakes.

A story can come from anywhere. This time, a missing detail led reporter Conrad Swanson on a journey to Cosmopolis.

Gaps in state oversight have allowed people moving off McNeil Island to live at community homes where they have been able to consistently violate court orders.

The measles outbreak in West Texas didnt happen just by chance.

The measles outbreak in West Texas didnt happen just by chance.

Zoos have undergone a rethink in recent decades with the emphasis on the conservation of species and education, moving away from the past paradigm that often displayed exotic animals as a spectacle.

A bipartisan group of representatives have forced a delay in Congress over a proposed rule that would let new parents cast their vote by proxy.

The Wyoming Supreme Court will hear arguments on state abortion bans that a lower court judge has struck down as unconstitutional.

A key program using traditional medicine and foods to tackle chronic disease in Native American and Alaska Native communities has been gutted in the federal health layoffs.

Relatives say an autistic, nonverbal teenage boy, who was shot by Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence while holding a knife, has died.

Many people involved in the abortion debate say a movement of so-called abortion abolitionists who want to punish women for having abortions is widening its influence.

Lake City in Northeast Seattle is diverse and growing but has lacked a public community center since 2023, when its old center burned and was razed.

It's no World Cup, but the Blue Jays weekend has turned into an annual international happening for Seattle. Tourism folks are worried it's been doused this year.

For the first time, men who have never been married made up over 50% of the male population in Seattle, according to new census data, writes FYI Guy.

An undercover Seattle police detective's widow fought for years to make the city recognize his suicide as job-related. He was honored in a ceremony more than 5 years after his death.