Georg Baselitz, an acclaimed and award-winning neo-expressionist artist with a penchant for provocation and known for painting images upside down, has died.

Seattle Public Library's 27 locations had more than 3.4 million in-person visits in 2025, the library said.

Six people, including five students, were injured in a stabbing Thursday at Foss High School in Tacoma. Here's what we know so far.

One of the world's most sprawling and populated urban areas, Mexico City has been sinking for more than a century, leaving many older buildings visibly tilted.

Four companies had approached Seattle City Light with data center proposals, but two have since been withdrawn.

Activists in Tacoma are gathering signatures for a ballot initiative that could strengthen enforcement of renter protections.

Idahos prison system will have a team of riflemen ready to go by the time a state law on using firing squads for the death penalty takes effect this summer.

As newsroom staffs have shrunk and newspapers have turned to paid obituaries, the way has been paved for more offbeat obituaries that can be funny and brutally honest.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Portland General Electric Co. (POR) on Friday reported first-quarter earnings of $45 million. The Portland, Oregon-based company said it had profit of 38 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 58 cents per share. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average […]

New Zealanders are working to bring the kiwi back to the hills around Wellington.

A research lab in Washington tracks ecological changes in a warming climate and provides scientific guidance for forest managers. It is one of 57 such facilities being shuttered.

Prosecutors concluded the shooting death of Patrick Sathyanathan by a police sniper in August fell within the law governing police use of deadly force.

Four students were taken to nearby hospitals with serious injuries after the "altercation" at Foss High School, police said. A suspect is in custody.

The wreckage of a U.S. Coast Guard ship lost in a deadly attack more than a century ago, during World War I, was been discovered off the coast of England.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Columbia Sportswear Co. (COLM) on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of $34.3 million. The Portland, Oregon-based company said it had net income of 65 cents per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings ...

Turning Point USA was hosting a Prove Me Wrong event on the Hub Lawn, featuring right-wing influencer Nick Freitas.

Six transgender Idaho residents are suing the state over a strict new bathroom ban.

The woman appeared to be in her 20s. A Marysville resident was bringing the yard waste bin back to their home after that morning's waste pickup, police said.

Workers and advocacy groups are expected to march through Seattle, Yakima and Vancouver on Friday, amid calls for a nationwide economic boycott.

The proposed $4,000 settlement would resolve charges Gov. Bob Ferguson violated state ethics law by bringing his former top aide Mike Webb on a state plane.

Gov. Tate Reeves has announced the creation of an office to manage federal funds for improving rural healthcare in Mississippi.

Europe has warmed about twice as fast as the world as a whole, with at least 95% of the continent experiencing above-average annual temperatures in 2025.

A 56-year-old man drove through a parking lot, struck a 50-year-old man and drove home, where his roommate called 911, Seattle police said.

Sunday could crank temperatures up to 80 degrees in Seattle and even up to the mid to upper 80s in the Cascade Valley.