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Commercial flights were diverted between Australia and New Zealand on Friday, officials and airlines said, amid fears that Chinese naval vessels were conducting live-fire military drills in an incident some security experts called a “show of force” unusually far from China’s shores.

If you look at a map of Washington, you'll notice a tiny strip of land to the west, detached from the rest of the state but connected to a Canadian peninsula. Washington residents who are not Canadian citizens but live in Point Roberts must drive 25 miles through two border crossings if they want access to doctors, vets and schools. As of the latest census data, just over 1,200 people live in the nearly 5-square-mile Whatcom County exclave.

OLYMPIA — Washington lawmakers are looking at various new proposals to eliminate barriers to construction of new housing, hoping to build on progress they've made in recent years to increase the state's housing supply.

Feb. 21—PULLMAN — Engineers are working to identify practical solutions that address truck traffic in Pullman's newly built downtown. Welch Comer, a Coeur d'Alene based consultant team, was chosen to lead a study that aims to reduce freight traffic on Main Street. The research, spearheaded by the Palouse Regional Transportation Planning Organization and the Washington Department of ...