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A grass fire near Airway Heights grew to 3,500 acres in hours, jumping the Spokane River into city neighborhoods and prompting a statewide wildfire emergency, a burn ban through September, and Washington's first-ever "particularly dangerous situation" fire warning.
Trump says the U.S. is holding off on new strikes against Iran after 'the perimeters of a deal' were agreed, but tankers were hit near Hormuz hours later. The Pentagon's own destroyer shortage reaches into Washington: Naval Station Everett's warships and Bremerton's dry-docked carrier are part of the same strained fleet.
A woman carrying a box she called a gift was stopped by a guard outside Moscow's Balzi Rossi restaurant Saturday before the device detonated, killing three and injuring at least 21. Unverified reports tie it to a general's birthday party.
The Little Giant Fire has burned 28,393 acres with zero containment in Chelan County, prompting Level 3 evacuations as a Red Flag Warning tests its uncontained eastern flank.
Port of Bremerton commissioners extended Circuit of the Northwest's lease another year, the sixth extension since 2011, as the motorsports park still awaits financing.
The National Weather Service issued Washington's first-ever Particularly Dangerous Situation wildfire alert Saturday as 110 National Guard troops mobilize against a season already ahead of any year since 2021.
Trump announced a Hamas disarmament framework Thursday, but the six-to-eight-month roadmap, a still-forming international force, and a same-day ceasefire violation show how far the agreement is from finished.
The American Red Cross declared only its second-ever national blood supply crisis this week, and Bloodworks Northwest, the separate nonprofit supplying nearly every hospital in western Washington, declared its own Code Red emergency days earlier.
Bremerton High's Jalen Davis, the nation's No. 3 combo guard in the 2027 class, will visit Gonzaga November 7 for the Zags' season opener, the final stop on a five-school official visit tour.
Chief Shon Barnes stepped down four days after a shooting at the Bite of Seattle festival killed three and wounded four, amid criticism of the department's slow public communication and a contested account of whether he resigned or was forced out.
A 5-4 Washington Supreme Court ruling sends the Sam Martinez fraternity hazing death case to trial, finding WSU had a legal duty to protect students from foreseeable hazing dangers.
The National Urban League's 50th State of Black America report says policy changes are widening economic and political risks for Black Americans and could affect workers across the country.
CENTCOM said U.S. forces struck Iranian IRGC command, missile, drone and maritime sites for two hours Wednesday night after intercepting an attempted ballistic missile attack on U.S. troops. Strikes in Iraq with Saudi forces preceded the Iran package.
Washington’s three accredited law schools petitioned the state Supreme Court for emergency diploma privilege after the July NextGen bar exam was canceled in Yakima over technology failures that left about 645 examinees unscored.
New modeling for the Washington Climate Partnership shows clean electricity alone cannot close the 2030 emissions gap. Transportation still drives about 40% of pollution while data centers add uncertain grid load and transmission lags project timelines.
The Kitsap Public Utility District board placed a Nov. 3 ballot measure asking voters for legal authority to provide electric service, after months of rate pressure under Puget Sound Energy. Approval would enable a feasibility study, not an immediate takeover.
More than 300,000 people fled wildfires across France, Spain, and Portugal. Gironde and Madrid-region fires set modern records while heat near 42C threatened hard-won lines.
The FOMC voted 9-3 to keep the federal funds rate at 3.5%–3.75%. Hammack, Kashkari, and Logan wanted a quarter-point increase as inflation stays above 2%.
The state's first NextGen Uniform Bar Exam collapsed under network failures at the Yakima Convention Center. A September makeup in Tacoma, a February transfer, or a refund are the official options.
Temporary state funding ends for extra Bremerton–Seattle passenger sailings, dropping weekday round trips from 20 to 13 and opening a long mid-day service gap.
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake collapsed part of an Aeon Mall, derailed a train, and forced Sony, Fujifilm, and TSMC to evacuate chip plants in Kumamoto, Japan, the same region hit by a deadly 2016 quake, and a reminder of the historical tsunami record tying Japan directly to Washington's own overdue Cascadia rupture.
Thirty-four large fires are burning across Oregon, Washington is fighting its own record fire near Nespelem, and the two states have already topped 1.3 million combined acres burned, exceeding the ten-year average for a full season with the most dangerous month still ahead.
The Kaiser Canyon Fire has burned more than 126,000 acres near Nespelem, destroyed at least 20 homes, and cost the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation an estimated $11.1 million, with full containment not expected until August 15.
An initiative signer and the repeal campaign itself have both sued over 15 words the state attached to Washington's I-645 income tax repeal, with a hearing set for Aug. 7.