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RFK Jr. declares public health emergency for WA flooding

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard December 24, 2025 U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared a public health emergency Wednesday over this month’s flooding...

Seattle Harbor Patrol Removes Derelict, Fuel-Leaking Vessel From Lake Union

Seattle, Washington — The Seattle Police Department’s Harbor Patrol Unit (HPU) has successfully towed and seized a derelict, fuel-leaking vessel from Lake Union following...

Flooding Update: River Levels Begin to Ease in Kent

Kent, WA:The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun reducing water outflows from the Howard Hanson Dam, a move expected to lower river levels...

Immigration arrests in WA surged in recent months

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard December 17, 2025 The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown intensified across Washington in the late summer and early fall, new data...

Washington US Rep. Dan Newhouse looks to exit Congress on his terms

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard December 17, 2025 For a while, Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse says he’s been hearing a little voice in the...

Washington US Rep. Dan Newhouse not running for reelection

by Bill Lucia and Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard December 17, 2025 U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of two Republicans representing Washington state in Congress, will...

Highway 2 closure across WA’s Cascade mountains expected to last months

by Bill Lucia, Washington State Standard December 16, 2025 Parts of U.S. 2, an important road cutting across Washington’s Cascade mountains, will likely remain closed for...

No toll boost for major Seattle route during World Cup

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard December 11, 2025 Drivers won’t pay higher tolls to pass through the Highway 99 tunnel in Seattle during next summer’s...

Washington’s last coal power plant will transition to natural gas

by Joseph O’Sullivan, Washington State Standard December 9, 2025 TransAlta Corporation has signed an agreement with Puget Sound Energy to switch the last coal-fired power station...

Serrano out as federal prosecutor in eastern WA. But he could be back

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard December 9, 2025 Pete Serrano’s time as a federal prosecutor in eastern Washington ended Tuesday. His tenure with the U.S. Department...

WA state Sen. Rebecca Saldaña won’t seek reelection

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard December 8, 2025 Washington state Sen. Rebecca Saldaña said Monday she would run for an open seat on the King...

WA erred in granting hundreds of commercial driver’s licenses to noncitizens

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard December 9, 2025 Washington state mistakenly issued nearly 700 licenses to drive trucks and buses to noncitizens who don’t qualify...

Pedestrian Crashes on Washington Highways Raise Alarm as Incidents Surge

Washington State Patrol is sounding the alarm over a growing and dangerous trend: a sharp rise in pedestrian-related crashes on state highways. Officials say...

King County Executive Girmay Zahilay Announces New Sound Transit Board Appointments

King County, WA — King County Executive Girmay Zahilay has announced his first slate of Sound Transit Board nominations since taking office, marking a...

More than 700,000 WA state voters have cast ballots

DOJ sending election monitors to WA’s King County

WA officials urge leaders not to spend $51 million Meta fine yet

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