SALEM, Ore. – Today, Senate and House Democrats approved a scaled-back but still deeply flawed version of Senate Bill 916, sending it to Governor Tina Kotek, who has already announced she will sign it into […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Mountaineering rangers in Alaska recovered the body of a Seattle man who died after falling 3,000 feet (about 900 meters) from a climbing route on Mount McKinley. Alex Chiu’s body was […]
by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardJune 12, 2025 Dr. Helen Chu gained attention early in the COVID-19 pandemic as her repurposed flu research project identified the first case of coronavirus spreading person-to-person in the United […]
by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardJune 12, 2025 Mike Yestramski has enjoyed a low profile through much of his six years leading Washington state’s largest public sector union. Not anymore. His very public clashes with […]
by Tom Banse, Washington State StandardJune 12, 2025 Teachers and staff in low-lying schools along the Pacific Northwest coast face an unusual extra responsibility alongside educators’ usual duties: can they herd the entire student body […]
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