Multiple fires sparked across the Inland Northwest, including in Washington's Lincoln and Whitman counties.

The dangerous heat is the result of a large high-pressure system drawing in warm, dry air over the Continent, and it could last through at least Monday in some places.

Progress on the now $7.5 million project has slowed partly due to pandemic-era halts, contamination and conflict within the city over jurisdiction.

COVID-19 activity is rising in much of the country.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has credited an experimental trial drug for successfully treating advanced melanoma as he disclosed his cancer diagnosis publicly for the first time.

Authorities say a driver hit construction equipment that contains radioactive material on eastbound Highway 16 before the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

Dubbed the Workers Bill of Rights, the initiative, if passed, would raise Tacomas minimum wage to $20 on Jan. 1, and establish a number of worker protections.

A top aide says she twice told Hilary Franz about physical and verbal abuse by the top lawyer at the Department of Natural Resources.

The colorful artwork in Seattle's Cal Anderson Park has inspired a fervent, almost religious devotion. It's also tested the city's legal definition of graffiti.

One reason is that although the test is comparatively inexpensive sometimes up to $300, but often $100 or less patients usually must pay for it out-of-pocket. Medicare rarely covers it.

Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month.

Republican lawmakers are blaming Canada for not preventing and containing wildfires, whose smoke has fouled the air in several states this year.

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Seattle has a rich arts ecosystem, but there are significant artistic and accessibility gaps in theater education, student writer Kyle Gerstel says.

New Yorks legal marijuana agency allowed dozens of cannabis dispensaries to open too close to schools after regulators misread state law and are now pushing for a legislative fix to prevent the pot shops from having to relocate.

Two people died in a collision in Auburn on Wednesday afternoon.

The network carrier said it is "evolving" its IT organization but declined to disclose the number of jobs cut.

The cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme is the largest fraud ever prosecuted in the history of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the federal government from using the Medicaid data of WA patients for immigration enforcement purposes.

The wildfire, at more than 5 acres, led to a level-three evacuation order in the area of Rainier Road Southeast between Military Road Southeast and 138th Avenue Southeast.

The governor of New Mexico has declared a state of emergency in response to violent crime and drug trafficking across a swath of northern New Mexico, including two Native American pueblo communities.

The official resignation comes just over a week after a deeply disappointing primary election result for Mayor Bruce Harrell.

Drugs to treat ADHD were linked to a reduced risk of suicidal behavior, substance misuse and criminality in the first research of its kind.

Some cottontail rabbits in Fort Collins, Colorado, have been drawing attention because they have wart-like growths on their faces that look like horns.

Gunfire aimed at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by a man authorities say was angry over COVID-19 vaccines is the latest in a string of violence and harassment directed at health care workers amid hostility lingering from the pandemic.