King County Regional Homelessness Authoritys funding model leaves the agency vulnerable to losing track of dollars and expenses, an audit found.

Voting and civil rights groups are suing Alaska elections officials, alleging their sharing of the states voter registration list with the U.S. Department of Justice is unconstitutional.

Volunteers at Seward Park spent hours helping to grow baby trees and yanking invasive English ivy and Himalayan blackberry from the forest floor.

Washington ranks 34th nationwide in terms of 4-year-olds enrolled in preschool, yet spends more per student than most other states, a new report finds.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has concluded a marathon of budget hearings with federal lawmakers.

U.S. health officials have stopped the publication of a study on the COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations.

Along with rapidly adding 500 shelter units for homeless people, a faster Route 8 bus was one of Katie Wilson's specific fundamental campaign promises in 2025.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Northrim BanCorp Inc. (NRIM) on Wednesday reported net income of $13.7 million in its first quarter. The Anchorage, Alaska-based bank said it had earnings of 61 cents per share. The holding company for Northrim Bank posted revenue of $59.8 million in the period. Its revenue net of […]

California lawmakers are pushing for stronger protections for detained immigrants in hospitals.

Al Dams, the chief deputy assessor, called on Wilson to resign on Wednesday, a day after the Metropolitan King County Council voted unanimously for him to step down.

Wildfires are intensifying across the southeastern U.S. They've destroyed nearly 50 homes in Georgia.

Desert canyons in eastern Utah will be churning this spring with huge volumes of water in a desperate attempt to keep a reservoir on the Colorado River generating electricity.

Nearly 4,400 fewer U.S. teens and young adults died by suicide than projected in the first two-and-a-half years of the 988 mental health crisis hotline.

Conditions in part of California were ripe for a tornado on Tuesday, but observers were surprised that three touched down.

One of the most comprehensive studies of flood risk has determined that more than 17 million people along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at the highest risk.

U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat who was seeking his 13th term in Congress despite challenges from within his party, has died. He was 80.

Large chunks of ice have rammed into homes along Michigan's Black Lake in the northeastern Lower Peninsula after constant spring rainfall and winter melt.

An analysis from the city found the law led to steady increases in driver pay, contrary to what delivery companies and at least one academic study concluded.

Amazon offers weight loss drug pricing and delivery to about 3,000 cities, including Seattle, and plans on expanding to 4,500 cities by the end of the year.

A cold winter has also produced more sea ice than usual. If communities miss the tanker delivery window, those that end up with shortages may have to turn to deliveries by plane, at even higher prices.

Here are a few events you can attend to honor this decades old tradition make your green and blue home a cleaner place.

Parliament has passed a bill to make cigarettes inaccessible to future generations in the U.K. Children born after December 31, 2008, will never be able to buy cigarettes under the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

The test strip will allow spacefarers and other late-shift workers to track their melatonin, a hormone that tells the body to go to sleep.

The animals have yet to reoccupy the South Cascades and Northwest Coast Recovery Region, but there were signs the animals are attempting to establish a foothold there.

The county has entered an agreement to buy the property on busy Renton Avenue South. It's located near Skyway Park, bus stops and a grocery store.