New research finds early human ancestors during the Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously thought.

Federal officials say for the third year in a row that Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will live with less Colorado River water as drought lingers in the West.

Both Bellevue and Redmonds city councils have to approve the agreement to make it final, but they would add to the five King County cities already chipping in.

A nonprofit is funding AI training for educators in rural and Indigenous communities, including five groups in Washington.

Erin has strengthened into a hurricane as it approaches Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bringing heavy rains that could cause flooding and landslides.

Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece are battling ongoing wildfires as hot, dry conditions persist.

While enrollment at Chiawana and Pasco High will shrink, theyll still remain among the largest public high schools in the state.

Light rail riders must take shuttle buses if traveling between the Northgate and Capitol Hill stations, where service is suspended for a ventilation issue.

More than 6,500 Seattle City Light customers are without power in South Seattle on Friday morning. The cause of the outage is unknown.

Some onetime supporters of Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell are now backing his opponent. They're playing a role as Katie Wilson looks to unseat the incumbent.

Cannonball Arts opens Aug. 20 in the 66,000-square-foot, two-floor building, becoming the city's largest contemporary arts center.

The human ancestor fossil known as Lucy has left Ethiopia for display in a European museum.

Jackie Bezos, a fierce protector of her son Jeff before he founded Amazon.com and a deep-pocketed advocate for early childhood education, has died. She was 78.

Paleontologists have identified a new whale species from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on an Australian beach.

A Centralia police officer on Wednesday shot and injured a man who reportedly pointed a gun at a train crew passing through Chehalis then shot at officers, according to a Facebook post from the Centralia police. Police were dispatched at 9:45 a.m. near the stock ponds north of Chamber of Commerce Way, according to the […]

The King County Council has 30 days to consider the purchase of a site on Capitol Hill. The building's location has drawn some neighborhood pushback.

Well-known Wyoming trial lawyer Gerry Spence has died at age 96.

A group of Seattle police officers were grilled by investigators about their actions at the Jan. 6, 2021 "Stop the Steal" rally. They insisted they never saw or participated in the ensuing riot.

The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaskas capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those who live along the picturesque river that winds from the nearby Mendenhall Glacier.

A fourth person has died in connection with a Legionnaires disease outbreak in New York City.

Umbrellas up. The Greater Seattle area is in for up to an inch and a half of rain with a side of wind gusts starting Thursday night into Saturday.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request from the GEO Group to reconsider its decision siding with lower courts that found GEO violated state minimum wage law.

BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) Digimarc Corp. (DMRC) on Thursday reported a loss of $8.2 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Beaverton, Oregon-based company said it had a loss of 38 cents. Losses, adjusted for stock option expense and non-recurring costs, came to 11 cents per share. The […]

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