Have questions about the redistricting process? Head to the Northeast Community Center on Thursday night or attend on Zoom. 

If you use Facebook, and about two-thirds of Americans do based on current estimates, you may have noticed plenty of political ads as the campaigns heated up last year.

Inslee joined six governors in a virtual meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday to discuss wildfire fighting and prevention.

In a rebuke of Biden's annoucement, U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers called any effort to mandate a vaccine an overreach by the White House.  A spokesman confirmed that her criticism included mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for members of the military.

WASHINGTON – The top Republican on the House panel that oversees internet regulations unveiled a package of draft bills Wednesday that would strip social media companies and other tech giants of a key legal protection that shields them from liability for content on their platforms and how they police it.

Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday the state would be following the new guidance for fully vaccinated people in indoor settings but noted it was not a requirement, just a recommendation. 

Sen. Maria Cantwell and two others unveiled legislation Thursday to support local news organizations battered by the pandemic. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 37,000 journalists have lost their jobs, been furloughed or taken pay cuts, as advertising revenue plummeted.

A group of 20 sheriffs and police chiefs expressed concern at a news conference Thursday about police reform legislation they say will hurt their ability to do their job, while community activists and families affected by police violence say this should only be the start of accountability.

And on July 25, 90 days since adjourning, most bills will go into effect. Here's a look at what might change in the coming months:

The Spokane Association of Realtors is putting big money into two Spokane City Council races on the Aug. 3 primary ballot.

WASHINGTON – A farmer who grows vegetables in Idaho and Oregon testified alongside the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a Senate hearing Wednesday, urging senators to pass a bill championed by Northwest lawmakers to fix an immigration system Republicans and Democrats agree is broken and threatens the nation’s food supply.

ashington Gov. Jay Inslee called for increased federal assistance for communities living on the “tip of the spear” of climate change while the hills behind him smoldered Wednesday after a fast-moving fire destroyed four homes and forced the evacuation of an entire town on the Colville reservation.

In the post, Chase drew several conclusions that have been disproven by a federal judge, health experts and medical ethicists. His comparison of the vaccine rollout to the types of Nazi medical experimentation that brought about the Nuremberg Codes were called "reprehensible" in a ruling last month by a Texas federal judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan. 

Incumbent Linda Thompson is trying to fend off a challenger with name recognition and deeper pockets. 

Spokane Valley Mayor Ben Wick said the city's in a great place coming out of the pandemic.

The state legislature passed a bill this year that makes it $100 more expensive to record documents at the county auditor's office. The state will use the money to address affordable housing and homelessness issues. 

It's official: Recreation lands east of the Cascades managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources will be indefinitely closed due to the wildfire season beginning Friday.

Public lands east of the Cascades managed by the Washington state Department of Natural Resources will be closed indefinitely because of drought and the worsening wildfire season.