The Spokane Valley Parks and Recreation Department has once again teamed up with Santa and his elves to offer families the opportunity to request a letter from Santa for their children, a news release from the Parks Department said. Those interested can visit spokanevalley.org/letterfromsanta where free printable activities will be displayed.

SEATTLE — King County has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a formerly jailed man who was beaten in his sleep by a man who was placed into general population despite being in what a doctor described as a “meth-fueled rampage.”

Damages from flooding in Whatcom County could reach as high as $50 million, Whatcom County officials said at an online briefing Tuesday, Nov. 23., at the Whatcom Unified Emergency Operations Center.

TACOMA – Jennifer Ramella remembers how she felt when she looked at her children’s school calendar and saw the day that her 18-year-old daughter will graduate from Graham-Kapowsin High School. Instead of eager anticipation, Ramella said she was quickly filled with confusion, followed by anger.

Washington state will pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of a man killed in prison after the state Department of Corrections failed to heed its own staff's warnings about the man's violent cellmate.