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While Oregon’s first 2026 heatwave was winding down Tuesday, heat and drought are expected to worsen through the summer and will heighten wildfire risks across Oregon, spurring Gov. Tina Kotek to …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/18/26
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A new report published this month by a Boise-based nonprofit organization found that state and federal income tax cuts have benefited the highest-income Idaho households the most, while low-income …
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Clark Corbin / Idaho Capital Sun
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6/18/26
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Oregon lawmakers upset about persistently poor education outcomes for many students voted against several of Gov. Tina Kotek’s new appointments to the commission that determines the resources …
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Mia Maldonado / Washington State Standard
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6/18/26
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The days of ground beef and chicken legs are long gone at the Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry just outside of St. Louis. The nonprofit has swapped out those staple proteins for cheaper ground chicken …
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Kevin Hardy / Washington State Standard
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6/18/26
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Washington’s unemployment rate held steady at 5.2% in May even as the economy added roughly 10,000 jobs, its highest one-month gain this year.
“A strong month of growth is welcome following …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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6/18/26
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Community opposition to big battery farms is spreading across western Washington just as the technology takes on growing importance for the state’s clean energy transition and to stabilize the …
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Tom Banse / Washington State Standard
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6/18/26
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State Auditor Pat McCarthy's Office was warned by at least two whistleblowers last year that there was alleged theft at the youth detention facility Echo Glen, which houses girls and women, along …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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6/17/26
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Even as a potential diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East offers a glimmer of hope for relief at the pump, Washington motorists are bracing for yet another hit to their wallets.
Beginning …
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By Andrew Paxton / The Center Square
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6/17/26
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The girls are getting younger and the traffickers are getting more violent.
That’s the reality in the sex trafficking world in King County, according to those working night and day to rescue …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/17/26
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency testified before a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday that if confirmed he would ensure natural disaster …
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By Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom
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6/17/26
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Another original member of Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson’s administration has departed.
Tim Reynon resigned as executive director of the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs following his …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/17/26
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A parasitic fly that poses a deadly threat to livestock and pets has re-invaded the United States for the first time since 1968.
Washington state agriculture officials say it’s unlikely …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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6/17/26
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The Washington state Fish and Wildlife Commission held a hybrid meeting in Olympia from June 11 to 13 to approve proposed land transactions and the lynx periodic status review, a recent news release …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/17/26
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The U.S. Department of Justice charged 15 Minnesota anti-ICE protesters with conspiracy to impede or injure a federal agent, shortly after prosecutors dropped multiple similar cases for lack of …
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Madison McVan / Minnesota Reformer
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6/17/26
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The New World screwworm has arrived in the United States.
For years, ranchers across Southern states have prepared for a potential invasion of the flesh-eating parasite that can wreak havoc on …
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Kevin Hardy / Stateline
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6/17/26
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More than thirty states in the U.S. have now opted in or announced their intention to opt in for the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program, but Washington remains on the sidelines.
The program …
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Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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6/17/26
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As election officials across the country steel themselves for the midterm elections in less than five months, President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail threatens to upend …
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By Jonathan Shorman / States Newsroom
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6/17/26
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An analysis by the Downtown Seattle Association argues that Seattle's payroll tax on major corporations is yielding negative consequences five years after its implementation.
The study cites …
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Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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6/17/26
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is among several members of Congress trying to prevent the National Science Foundation from dismantling portions of an instrument system that monitors the nation’s …
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Yereth Rosen / Alaska Beacon
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6/17/26
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May housing starts fell to the lowest level since the pandemic disrupted construction six years ago, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Builder confidence has dropped recently because of …
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Tim Henderson / Stateline
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6/17/26
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