Pacific NW

Human remains found near Spanaway have been identified as Aidan Spear, a 21-year-old Indigenous woman who went missing in 2022 after she was supposed to meet up with her mother, authorities said Thursday.

Washington has become even less affordable for older adults over the past decade as costs of necessities such as health care and housing have soared.

A Pierce County jury ordered the state and a day care center to pay $130 million to the estate of a 2-year-old girl who was killed after Washington's child welfare agency returned her to the care of her mother. Lawyers for 2-year-old Sarai Brooks' grandmother, who represented the estate in the lawsuit, believe the $130 million price tag is the highest returned by a Washington jury in a ...

OLYMPIA — The state's new income tax on millionaires won't go into effect until 2029, but preparing for its implementation will require the state to hire hundreds of employees in the coming years. According to Mikhail Carpenter, spokesperson for the state Department of Revenue, funding the new positions at the agency will start July 1, when the new fiscal year begins. By 2030, the agency plans ...

The Idaho Legislature’s approval of a change in law that would have expanded the number of children a day care provider may watch at one time was struck down by Gov. Brad Little with a rare veto Wednesday evening, with the Republican citing safety concerns and risks of fraud.

Gov. Brad Little issued five vetoes Wednesday evening dealing with issues ranging from day care to rainy day funds.

Idaho’s six urban counties paced a statewide 1.4% increase last year, bringing Idaho’s population close to 2.03 million, according to U.S. Census Bureau data compiled by the Idaho Department of Labor. That’s good for second in the nation, trailing South Carolina by one-tenth of a percentage point.

When a 400-pound golden dragon disappeared from his lot in Richland, Collin Hooper didn’t have much hope of ever finding it.

Fatal police violence against Indigenous people in the United States is significantly concentrated in and around reservations, a new study found. Roughly 3 in 4 Native people killed by police from 2013 through 2024 were on or within 10 miles of a reservation, despite only about 50% of Indigenous people living on or near them, researchers at the University of Washington and Drexel University ...

Nestled in the foothills of the North Cascades, where logging has long fueled the economy, the Mount Baker School District is facing a budget deficit exceeding $1 million, which local officials say is tied to declining timber sales on state lands.