Pacific NW

From 1976: Marvin R. Meier, 20, one of two people who fell from a ledge above the Spokane River two weeks earlier, remained in critical condition with severe head injuries.

Downtown Seattle may be sending strong “we’re back” vibes during its World Cup star turn. But downtown's economic engine is still stuck on the sidelines. Nearly 37% of the downtown Seattle office space is vacant — the most of any major U.S. downtown, according to real estate brokerage Cushman & Wakefield. Iconic office towers like the 44-floor U.S. Bank Center, at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, ...

Evacuation orders have been lifted and Interstate 90 has reopened after firefighters began to contain a rapidly moving wildfire" in the area of Vantage, Kittitas County, according to county and state officials. The wildfire started burning Wednesday. It had burned 800 acres as of Thursday morning, according to the state Department of Natural Resources’ wildfire portal. By late Wednesday, both ...

I told myself I was going to the store to buy light bulbs. Somehow I left with three geraniums and a lavender plant, but no light bulbs. Oops.

Here we are at the beginning of the July growing season. Seeds have come up. It’s finally warm enough that the peppers, tomatoes and squash are growing. The weeds are flourishing and after a not-so-cold winter, the bugs are out and about. Here are some things to watch for in July.

From 1976: The Spokane Daily Chronicle profiled Garfield, Washington, in its series on the region’s small towns.

A Washington agency responsible for caring for thousands of psychiatric inpatients now strictly limits how staff use spit hoods inside its facilities, the first restrictions the state’s mental health system has placed on a tool that was the subject of a recent Seattle Times investigation and has been tied to dozens of injuries and deaths across the U.S.

An Eastern Washington police officer who stopped a deadly shooting spree at the Gorge Amphitheatre campground three years ago will be honored Thursday with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Hometown Hero Award.

Idaho’s newly restored replica of the Liberty Bell returned to the Idaho State Capitol in Boise on Saturday to participate in America250 celebrations.