SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s police oversight office says the abandonment of a precinct by officers during last summer’s racial justice protests didn’t violate laws or departmental policies. The Office of Police Accountability on Monday released its findings

LYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) — A Lynnwood man is suing after police raided his apartment and later determined they had the wrong address. Juan Miranda said agents burst into his apartment in 2018. That’s according to a pair

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed a pair of firsts to be the Justice Department’s top lawyers in Washington state. Nick Brown, the former general counsel to Gov. Jay Inslee, will be the first Black

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington’s minimum hourly wage will rise to $14.49 next year, up from the current $13.69. The Seattle Times reports the increase was announced Thursday by the state Department of Labor and Industries. Under state

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state correctional facilities will no longer place people in custody in solitary confinement as a punishment — after state officials determined it is not effective. The Seattle Times reports the state Department of

COUGAR, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a Vancouver, Washington man died after he was swept over the Lower Lewis River Falls in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 25-year-old

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a new tax on big banks aimed at providing essential services and helping improve the state’s regressive tax system. The 1.2% business and occupation surtax — a

BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — A 24-year-old North Kitsap man was charged with assault after biting off another man’s thumb during a fight that started as a group of friends headed to a bar. The 27-year-old victim wrote