The bill is Seattle City Council President Sara Nelsons last as a member of the council and would target outgoing Mayor Bruce Harrell's unique advisor arrangement.

Most schools in Western Washington have been spared during record floods, but schools in Sumas and Snoqualmie report some damage to exterior facilities.

Heavy flooding has turned massive swaths of low-lying land into deep basins of water since the downpour began last week.

As the flooding drags on in Washington, a key piece of infrastructure holding the waters back is weakening.

The permafrost that covers much of the Arctics land surface has been melting since the early 2000s, and researchers have discovered toxic chemicals leaching into rivers as the permafrost melts.

An international transplant patient can bring in as much as $2 million far more than a U.S. patient paying through private insurance or a public program like Medicare.

The Associated Press most striking images from nature in 2025 show existence as fragile as an albino turtle hatchling among its peers or a cicadas translucent wings. Beyond the headlines and sometimes dangerous human impacts on their worlds, animals and other creatures persist. A polar bear sprawls outside an abandoned research station on an island […]

A Michigan hospital is asking members of the public to raise their flashlights as well as the spirits of children during the holiday season.

Fernando Moreno has been waiting for a kidney transplant for about two years.

When a measles outbreak hit West Texas earlier this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children who likely became sick as students were excluded or kept home by their families to minimize the spread of the disease.

Mayor Vic Kave said the city had plugged the flood barrier breach as of Tuesday evening.

A state law requires Washington utilities to stop using coal-fired electricity beginning next year.

Two major dams in the county are stable and currently safe from failure despite heavy rain, the Army Corps of Engineers reports.

The sparkling display that draws thousands of visitors to the Bavarian-themed town each season is back after a mass outage canceled festivities last weekend.

House Republican leaders are determined to push ahead with a health care bill that excludes efforts to address the soaring monthly premiums for Affordable Care Act recipients.

The highway has been closed for days for 49 miles between Skykomish and Leavenworth.

Most of Washington's public higher education institutions have struggled to return to pre-pandemic enrollment levels.

Nick Reiner was living in the guesthouse on his parents property, according to family friends. The family had become increasingly concerned about his mental health in recent weeks.

A wildlife photographer has discovered one of the oldest and largest collections of dinosaur footprints in an Italian national park.

Major flooding remains possible along the Skagit River beginning Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

The killings of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner have left their communities in Hollywood and Democratic politics stunned.

In addition to closures, transportationofficials said drivers should expect delays on I-5 and I-405.

The rains would be fueled by atmospheric river storms, which have pounded the Pacific Northwest this month, causing flooding and evacuations.

Residents of Pacific are under a Level 3 Go Now evacuation order because of flooding due to a levee failure along the White River.