SEATTLE (AP) — An initiative that would alter the way Seattle elects mayors, city attorneys and City Council members is headed toward the November ballot. The Seattle Times reports elections authorities said Wednesday the Initiative 134 campaign
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The gunman accused of shooting two men inside the Richland Fred Meyer store needs mental health treatment before he can be tried for murder. Court proceedings against Aaron Christopher Kelly have been on
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The office of Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fired a top aide who formally complained that Kreidler had bullied him and was increasingly “antagonizing staff.” The Northwest News Network reports the firing
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say three members of a Puyallup, Washington, family have been charged with a series of misdemeanors for their role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. The Seattle Times reports the charges include counts
SEATTLE (AP) — Redfin, the Seattle-based real estate brokerage, says it will lay off 8% of its employees as the housing market cools off. The Seattle Times reports CEO Glenn Kelman announced the layoffs Tuesday. He said
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The office of a Republican Washington state lawmaker was vandalized by two people who smashed a window before tossing a lit flare inside. House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox posted Ring video footage to
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Six environmental groups have sued officials of the Biden administration, saying a Trump-era rule change that allowed logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest violates federal laws and was politically motivated. The
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A self-published romance novelist who once wrote an online essay called “How to Murder Your Husband” has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for murdering her husband at