Public Lands Commissioner takes 77K acres out of timber harvest rotation
Issaquah – Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove Tuesday took action to conserve 77,000 acres of Washington’s state-owned forests. In an event set amidst older forests on Tiger Mountain in King County, Upthegrove signed a Commissioner’s Order
Frozen shrimp sold in Washington may have been exposed to radiation
WASHINGTON — More frozen shrimp products are being recalled in nine states, including Washington, for potential radioactivity. Southwinds Foods, based in Carson, California, recalled the shrimp over possible Cesium-137 contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Southwinds Foods
Port Angeles Coast Guard aids in double rescue from cruise ship
Port Angeles – U.S. and Canadian crews worked together Sunday to carry out two separate emergency medical evacuations aboard the cruise ship Ruby Princess as it sailed west of Cape Flattery. The ship’s crew radioed early Sunday
Public Lands Commissioner takes 77K acres out of timber harvest rotation
Issaquah – Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove Tuesday took action to conserve 77,000 acres of Washington’s state-owned forests. In an event set amidst older forests on Tiger Mountain in King County, Upthegrove signed a Commissioner’s Order
Last churches in Gaza City say they will not evacuate despite Israeli incursion
Smoke rises after Israeli forces carried out airstrikes in Gaza City, Gaza, on August 22, 2025. Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The last remaining churches in Gaza will not evacuate amid Israel’s ramped-up military action
Trump’s effort to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook likely headed for Supreme Court
Lisa Cook. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s attempted removal of Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors – an unprecedented assertion of executive power – sets the stage for a consequential legal battle likely
Painting stolen by Nazis during WWII believed discovered in Argentine real estate listing
A photograph of the painting “Portrait of a Lady,” by Italian artist Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi. Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (LONDON) — An 18th-century portrait stolen by the Nazis during WWII is believed to have resurfaced
Gov. Wes Moore rejects Trump’s claims he called him the ‘greatest president of my lifetime’
Governor Wes Moore holds a press conference at Salvation Army Annapolis Corps with energy company partners to announce an initiative to help lower energy costs for Marylanders. Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON)
Consumer confidence worsened slightly in August
Vegetables on display in a grocery store on August 15, 2025 in Delray Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Consumer confidence worsened slightly in August, erasing some gains from the previous month and resuming a downward
New Mexico man diagnosed with plague in state’s 1st human case this year: Officials
Yersinia pestis, bacteria responsible for the plague, seen under optical microscopy. (Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesP (VALENCIA COUNTY, N.M.) — A New Mexico man has been diagnosed with plague, marking the state’s first human case this