This statue symbolizes our great state of Washington,” Willie Frank III said at a Nov. 13 news conference announcing the ...

Hollenbeck’s advocacy swayed legislators, and in 1981 the state purchased the remaining portion of the rail, from Easton to Idaho, for $1.9 million, calling it the John Wayne Pioneer Trail in honor of ...

Residents of Olympia, Washington, rejected Proposition 1) on Tuesday, with 4,857 votes against and 3,821 for. The proposition would have codified the Workers' Bill of Rights Initiative, which sought ...

Authorities say social media posts directed at Gov. Bob Ferguson featured references to firearms and Ferguson’s security detail and photos of the governor’s home. Prosecutors allege a Washington state ...

While Tuesday’s election was predominantly focused on city and county races, voters in six legislative districts in western Washington also decided who should represent them at the state Capitol. The ...

Before interstate highways streamlined travel, routes like US-99 (largely replaced by I-5 in Washington) featured countless eye-catching oddities designed to entice travelers to pull over, spend some ...

How best to spend, save and raise money will be a recurring theme when Washington lawmakers convene in Olympia next week for ...

The task of relocating Marcus Whitman’s statue in the Washington state Capitol is becoming a chore. Whitman was a doctor and missionary in the 1800s. His role in the displacement of Native Americans ...

At approximately 11 p.m. Monday, a freight train struck a vehicle with two people inside near Union Avenue, the Steilacoom ...

Democratic state senators are eyeing an income tax on millionaires as they seek to overcome Washington’s persisting budget shortfall. Individuals and households would pay a 9.9% tax on adjusted gross ...