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A brush fire on Interstate 5 in Seattle, Washington, ignited early Friday reportedly at an encampment before burning up trees in its wake.

A Washington board member was shouted down May 3 after saying she did not want a sex offender joining their committee.

Minors who believe they are transgender “will be protected from the intervention of estranged parents” under the new law, AP reported.

A National Shooting Sports Foundation report on April background checks shows gun sales surged in states where “radical measures” against Second Amendment rights have been adopted or are about to take effect.

Gov. Jay Inslee (D) signed a Washington state “assault weapons” ban into law Tuesday, and the Second Amendment Foundation immediately filed a lawsuit against the ban.

A bill in Washington state would prevent parents from intervening in their child’s decision to receive gender transition treatments.

At least three Democrat-run states have rushed to stockpile abortion pills in response to a ruling out of Texas on Friday halting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of mifepristone, the first drug used in a two-drug medication abortion regimen.

A stranded Giant Pacific Octopus at Bay View State Park in Washington recently got some much needed help from an unlikely person.

Joe Kennedy has reached a $2 million settlement with the school board and will be reinstated as a coach after being fired for praying. 

A couple in Redmond, Washington, was killed Friday morning, allegedly by a 38-year-old Texas truck driver who apparently stalked the woman after they met online in a group for people who speak Farsi.

A Washington woman who works at Boeing has been identified as the winner of a Powerball jackpot after purchasing a ticket once the jackpot reached $747 million. 

A suspect has finally been arrested in a more than four-decades-old California murder case after DNA from a 1994 rape helped identify him.

Several Democrat state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the FDA challenging the agency’s restrictions on mifepristone.

A Washington boy who had been missing since June was recovered on Friday in Missouri, the FBI has announced.

A fight broke out between patrons at a bar on January 20 in Bellevue, Washington, but ended by the time police arrived.

White students at an elementary school in Olympia, Washington, were excluded from a “BIPOC Mentor Group,” an email from the principal reveals.

Seattle-area health officials recently admitted they are struggling to find space to store dead bodies in the morgue due to an increase in fentanyl overdose deaths.

A man was arrested Tuesday after three people were shot and killed at a Yakima, Washington, Circle K convenience store. 

A man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to abduct a female barista at a drive-thru window in Washington State early Monday morning, according to police.

A firefighter in Clallam County, Washington, was discovered dead in his bed Thursday morning only hours after returning from a call.

Special Forces veteran Joe Kent announced Wednesday he is running in 2024 for Washington’s 3rd congressional district.

The Washington Attorney General’s office created a complaint form that can be used to report pro-life activists and crisis pregnancy centers.

A 21-year-old man died after his snowmobile triggered an avalanche on Saturday in Cook City, Montana.

Thousands of residents were left without power after four power substations were attacked in Tacoma, Washington, on Christmas Day. The vandalism comes weeks after the FBI issued a warning to law enforcement in the state to be on alert for power grid attacks.

A five-year-old boy who was allegedly kidnapped by his foster mother and taken to Vietnam was recently reunited with his birth mother on U.S. soil.

Emergency crews in Washington saved a man who became trapped during an avalanche recently, and the rescue was caught on camera.

Both the president and the first lady arrived at the event wearing their masks as they were escorted by two children who were also wearing masks.

A man was shot dead Thursday night around 11:20 after allegedly entering a second story window of a Vancouver, Washington, home. 

At least five attacks on power stations in Washington and Oregon in November have been reported to federal authorities, according to multiple reports. 

Maritime archeologists discovered a famous Gold Rush-era shipwreck that was a part of one of the deadliest Maritime disasters in the Northwest region 147 years ago.

A barbershop owner in Puyallup, Washington, was shot dead Wednesday shortly after 5:00 p.m. while cutting an eight-year-old’s hair. 

The Associated Press called the U.S. House race for Washington’s 3rd congressional district for Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), a 30-year incumbent, has won reelection against Republican opponent Tiffany Smiley.

Washington state Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley has taken the lead over 30-year incumbent Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), according to polling.

President Joe Biden plans to deliver another fervent warning on Wednesday about Republicans and the threat they pose to the future of democracy in the United States.

An anti-police activist has been appointed to a vacant school board seat in Olympia, Washington, and the public voiced mixed opinions on the move.