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A West Plains resident filed a recall petition Tuesday against Spokane County Commissioner Al French, alleging he used his position to cover up contamination of the area’s groundwater.

When Kevin Hall was younger, he didn’t foresee a career in law enforcement.

There’ll be no more necking, tom foolery or loitering at two prominent eastern Spokane County viewpoints for the foreseeable future.

If primary election results are any indication, Rep. Suzanne Schmidt could be headed back to Olympia next session.

The number of Black people with charges filed against them in Washington’s courts last year was about 2.5 times greater than their share of the state’s population – largely due to misdemeanor charges, which are considered less serious crimes.

With the state headed for a hand recount of the lands commissioner race, it seems time to look at one of the biggest failures that candidates and their campaigns make.

The state's highest court on Thursday disbarred Troy Kelley, the former state auditor who was convicted in 2017 on a slate of federal charges stemming from his real estate business dealings.

Cybersecurity and election fraud are top of mind in this year’s race for Washington’s secretary of state.

CHICAGO – The Democratic National Convention came to a euphoric close on Thursday as Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party’s nomination for president, leaving delegates from the Inland Northwest feeling confident as they gear up for the final stretch of an election they don’t expect to be easy.

Washington's candidates for governor will square off Sept. 10 in a televised debate organized by The Seattle Times and KING 5 News.

As energy companies continue to eye large wind farms in Eastern Washington, Spokane County commissioners are setting the terms for what they’ll look like within the county’s borders.

CHICAGO – Delegates at the Democratic National Convention were fired up on Wednesday as Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, the party’s vice presidential nominee, took the stage to rally the party faithful and make a pitch to the voters who will decide the election.

For a brief moment at a single gas station in Spokane, gas was cheaper than in Idaho – clear evidence that election season has arrived in what is expected to be a contentious fight over four initiatives that supporters say will save Washingtonians major money and opponents argue will take billions from important programs.

In 2009, hydroelectricity made up 80% of the electricity generated in Idaho. Last year, that number was 49%, according to reports from the Idaho Office for Energy and Mineral Resources.

A child care program for low-income children in Idaho faces a $15.5 million budget shortfall this year, after the state expanded eligibility and reduced what families are required to pay each month while day care costs rose, according to the Health and Welfare Department. The deficit has prompted state health officials to temporarily stop accepting many new families into the Idaho Child Care ...

As of Tuesday evening, a margin of 51 votes separated two of the leading candidates in the closest primary race Washington state has seen in decades.Three candidates for state lands commissioner are fighting neck and neck for two spots on the November general election ballot. Two weeks after the Aug. 6 primary, the close results have triggered an automatic statewide hand recount.

Spokane Police Department Communications Manager and former KHQ reporter Julie Humphreys will be let go after more than four years working for the city, officials confirmed Tuesday.

Stevens County Commissioner Wes McCart will defend his seat against Montgomery Stobart in the November election.