Washington

Bethel House caregiver Angela Chiware checks the status of the adult family home Sunday while staying at the Spokane Convention Center. She had to evacuate four clients and three caregivers Saturday night due to fire danger.

Virginia Hill, as she was usually named on first reference in news accounts (her more recent married name appearing somewhere else parenthetically) was famous or infamous, depending on your viewpoint. She had been making headlines throughout the late 1940s and into the 1950s.

Hydroplane racer Bill Muncey steered the Atlas Van Lines boat to victory on the Columbia River, winning the Columbia Cup and clinching the season-long national championship.

Many of the ads filling mailboxes target either incumbent Michael Baumgartner or independent challenger Nate Powell. 

The city awarded a $1.8 million contract bid to Liberty Northwest Construction of Coeur d’Alene on July 21 to begin construction on the first of two trail expansion phases.

“Yes, I have to be pleased,” said a wobbling Kardong after the race. “I wanted a medal and I came close — but I know I was that close. … Under the circumstances I’d say I got about everything out of it I could.”

The warning is in effect across Eastern Washington, from the Spokane, the Waterville Plateau, Okanogan Valley, Western Columbia Basin, Colville Reservation, the Palouse and Snake River areas.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said at a news conference Friday that she is searching for a permanent police chief “with urgency,” a process that will include assembling a search committee.

Leon Davis appeared anxious and confused the morning of March 14 at a Federal Way hospital, where he had admitted himself two days earlier for alcohol withdrawal syndrome.

Hosted by RANGE Media and the Washington Bus Education fund, Spokane’s Spiciest Candidate Forum at the Overbluff Cellars on Thursday night was filled with cheers, boos, habaneros and lots and lots of milk. Participants included those running in the Aug. 4 primary for seats in the Washington Legislature and for Congress. Organizers said they sold 200 tickets before the event, but more than that filled the room at the Washington Cracker Co. building.

Those were the words of Spokane City Council member Margaret Leonard, who was frustrated because the mayor would not allow her “to schedule a closed meeting unless (she) would tell him the subject manner.”

Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes resigned Thursday afternoon, according to the office of Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson.

Although Washington homeowners have some of the lowest home insurance premiums in the nation, they’ve struggled with surging rates since the pandemic. Home insurance rates have shot up 55% between 2020 and 2025, reinforcing another barrier for buyers in the state’s already challenging housing market, according to a recent LendingTree report. That places Washington 13th in the nation for states ...