Seattle will balance its budget in 2025 and may do so for years to come with help from its JumpStart payroll tax, the City Council is deciding this week.

North Carolina Republicans have advanced legislation that would weaken the powers of the incoming governor, attorney general and schools superintendent.

Distant, ancient galaxies are giving scientists more hints that a mysterious force called dark energy may not be what they thought.

The number of Washington youth whove died from overdoses has more than tripled since 2019. But when young people try to get lifesaving treatment, they face a medical and social service system riddled with logistical barriers and hamstrung by a decadeslong effort by the state to divest from providing kids care. Washington state has slowly […]

The founder of an artificial intelligence company that worked with large school districts nationwide has been arrested on fraud charges.

About 222,000 adult bed assistance rails are under recall due to entrapment and asphyxia hazards, following one death in a residential care facility.

SpaceX has launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching it with giant mechanical arms.

The vote was 4-4 with one abstention, denying Seattle Councilmember Cathy Moore's proposal for a capital gains tax the majority support it needed to advance.

The crash happened on 44th Avenue West near Highway 99, after the minivan drove erratically and caused three collisions.

Eagle lovers around the world who were crushed when the nest of a Minnesota pair and their chick collapsed on live video last year will get a when a new eagle camera goes live this week.

Kansas has promised to provide more hospital beds for mentally ill criminal defendants.

The government seems powerless to protect its citizens from this annual public health catastrophe, let alone prevent it.

Mungia was behind on election night by about 1,000 votes, but took the lead the next day and has remained there since.

A South Dakota judge has dismissed a lawsuit that an anti-abortion group filed in June targeting an abortion rights measure that voters went on to reject.

A strong low-pressure system off the Pacific Coast will be bringing high-speed gusts and perhaps some rain to Western Washington.

An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaskas largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the animals death.

The White House's Christmas tree is slated to be cut and transported from a North Carolina farm on Wednesday.

Days after a series of stabbings rocked Seattle's Chinatown International District, those experiencing homelessness there say the fear of violence is constant.

A bomb cyclone off the coast of Washington will bring rapidly increasing easterly winds to the region Tuesday.

Dozens of schools were closed and road and train travel ground to a halt as a cold snap brought snow, ice and sleet across parts of the UK.

A new poll found a higher share of voters in King County think Washington is headed in the right track than voters elsewhere in the state, FYI Guy writes.

The state Department of Fish and Wildlifeunveiled new plansto replace the Elliott Bay Fishing Pier in Seattle.

Seattle residents have a rare opportunity to see dozens of spawning salmon right in their backyard.

The Whatcom County ski area is Washington's first to open this winter after a storm dumped feet of snow in the Cascades.

The extended visit was a welcome sight for researchers working to better understand and protect the endangered orcas.