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Rupert Murdoch and his children resolved a messy family feud with a settlement that gives favored son Lachlan Murdoch broad control and ensures Fox News and the rest of the sprawling media empire retains its conservative slant.

Under a nearly full moon and the gaze of giddy rail fans, Sound Transit accomplished a necessary feat, by running an electric-powered railcar across the I-90 floating bridge. The first trip, completed early Tuesday from the Eastside to Seattle, lumbered along at walking speed, then reversed direction back to Mercer Island. After that, operators went back-and-forth on the eastbound track not ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself in an uncomfortable position, caught between a president who loathes the continued conversation around Jeffrey Epstein and a Republican base that has for years been promised answers about the sex offender’s death, associates and crimes.

Misty Combs and her colleagues knew something was wrong when they saw a large raccoon pacing in a parking lot near their office one morning. They looked into a dumpster full of rainwater and fermented peaches - from a nearby distillery - to find two small raccoons.

Spokane Public Radio’s offerings became more concise and clear last month on its three Spokane stations: one for news, one for classical and one for jazz.

The price of heating a home in the Spokane area will be getting a bit more manageable just as the fall turns to winter. Spokane-area customers of Avista Utilities may be getting a reduction in their monthly gas bills and a slight hike in electricity costs based on a recent request by the utility to the board that regulates it.

Spokane Valley City Councilman Ben Wick’s opponent in the November election told supporters last week that he’s dropping his challenge for the position.

Liberty Lake residents will have a chance to offer their city council some advice on the November ballot on the future of its library.

Adrienne Shea gave her 8-year-old son a launch pass from Cape Canaveral to bring to class to prove to classmates that his mom’s work was headed to the International Space Station.

From 1975: The Spokane City Council was taking more heat over its policy to sell stray dogs to Washington State University’s veterinary school – so now it was sending the issue to voters.

A divided Supreme Court on Monday lifted a ruling by a lower-court judge who placed limits on immigration raids in the Los Angeles area after finding federal agents were indiscriminately targeting people based on race and other factors.

LOS ANGELES — Two Senate Republicans have opened yet another investigation into the deadly Palisades fire, adding to a long list of ongoing probes aimed at determining whether local officials prepared sufficiently for the emergency. The investigation will look at whether emergency preparations were sufficient, including an examination of whether there was enough reservoir water to respond to ...

The conservative political group that has been trying to bolster parental rights in Washington schools will try again.