The statewide ban on outdoor burning expires at noon Wednesday, but fires still burn across the state, and King County and Seattle haven't ended their bans.

Protections for gray wolves have been debated and litigated for many years. Recent federal actions have highlighted the disagreements in Washington.

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Federal prosecutors in Texas announced assault charges against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in the back by immigration enforcement agents Sept. 20. A federal complaint alleges…

The Supreme Court will let President Donald Trump’s administration resume deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal. The

Gov. Bob Ferguson called on voters Tuesday to reject Initiative 638, which would ban transgender girls from competing in girls K-12 sports.

For a city surrounded by shrub steppe, Yakima has an outsized connection to the forest-dwelling Sasquatch.

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A 19-year-old from Roy, Pierce County, who is suspected of being involved in the actions that started the deadly Chelan Hills wildfire, was arrested Thursday by U.S. marshals.

Gov. Bob Ferguson on Monday asked President Donald Trump for federal aid to help recover from wildfires this summer.

AdImpact says three taxpayer-funded ads promoting President Donald Trump are nearing a cost of at least $1.5 million.

A Utah judge on Monday ordered a 71-year-old man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing to be released on bail, despite objections from the victim's family, after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him.

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Tourism-reliant businesses in Washington are working to move forward after losing revenue due to wildfires and smoke this summer.

The last of four dams spanning the Klamath in Oregon and California was removed in 2024, and a new study suggests that salmon are making a strong comeback.

Tariffs, destroying alliances, a worthless war…Trump has set the table for Chinese dominance in the coming century

An ad running on Fox News and Newsmax showing images of President Donald Trump and calling for the defeat of communism was paid for by the U.S. government. The 30-second

Younger voters and voters of color in Washington see their ballots challenged for signature issues more often than older and white voters.

Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century" — so says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He told that to world leaders

At least six undocumented farmworkers were arrested by federal authorities while they were working Wednesday morning outside Yakima, according to an immigrant support group.

Reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico returned to the White House hours after a federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban of the three news outlets.

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Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee used a hearing Wednesday to continue voicing opposition to transgender athletes competing in women’s sports.

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A panel of judges sided Monday with the Yakama Nation and two environmental groups in an appeal regarding the permitting of the proposed Goldendale Energy Storage Project near Goldendale, according

The three commissioners said they will not support a one-year countywide moratorium on data center developments, despite public comments raising concerns.

About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office. That's according to a new survey that points to

The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or

A judge in Iowa has dismissed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The Des Moines Register and its former pollster. Trump sued in December 2024, accusing pollster J. Ann Selzer and

Yakima police are warning residents about a cougar sighting on 46th and Summitview avenues this week.

The Great Prosser Balloon Rally and the city’s Harvest Festival are this weekend. Check out live music in Zillah or join a Yakima River Canyon cleanup.