Pacific NW

Energy Secretary Chris Wright stood against a rainy backdrop of the Ice Harbor Dam to praise the value of hydroelectric power to the Northwest during his first visit in office to the Tri-Cities on Thursday.

A former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency attorney who was based in Seattle is among those challenging their firings for signing a letter critical of the Trump administration.

A Pasco gun dealer who also worked for the Hanford Patrol has been sentenced to two years probation but no jail time after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal government in his private business. Leif Gerald Larsen was sentenced Wednesday by Judge Stanley Bastian in the Yakima U.S. Courthouse for wire fraud related to U.S. government loans intended to help small businesses remain afloat ...

Testimony at a high-profile lawsuit this week revealed that former Benton County Prosecutor Andy Miller threatened to strip an embattled sheriff of his legal protections so he could be personally sued if he continued to retaliate against county employees. But the jury won’t be allowed to consider exactly what steps were taken by county officials to put a stop to ex-Sheriff Jerry Hatcher’s ...

About 200 people gathered outside the Home Depot in The Dalles on Sunday to condemn what immigrant rights groups have described as an unprecedented immigration arrest inside the hardware store.

Idaho sheriffs are warning elected officials that new state Medicaid cuts to critical mental health services for people with severe mental illness could pose a public safety risk.

A King County jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict to determine whether a former Seattle Public Schools volunteer coach accused of repeatedly raping a former Garfield High School student was guilty.

SEATTLE – It was a Thursday morning like any other: A mother was driving her 4-year-old son to his preschool in Issaquah.

President Trump’s energy secretary plans his first official visit to the Hanford nuclear site, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Ice Harbor Dam since he was confirmed 10 months ago. On Thursday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright will visit Ice Harbor Dam on the lower Snake River east of Pasco. It is one of four Snake River dams that have been considered for breaching in Eastern Washington. ...