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A Longshore union and a grain terminal operator reached a tentative settlement Monday to end a fiery labor dispute at the Port of Longview that included blocked trains and repeated arrests.
If Starbucks chief Howard Schultz wants voters to withhold campaign cash from federal politicians, he may need to start with trying to halt the flow of donations coming from the people who work for him.
Liquor privatization advocates are poised to expand their campaigns in the wake of this week's landslide victory in Washington state, turning their attention to other states that still maintain strong government controls.
In a mostly calm off-year election, Costco Wholesale Corp. has mounted what is now the most expensive initiative campaign in Washington state history.
Washington state Sen. Scott White, a transit advocate who quickly rose to a leadership position in the Legislature, was found dead Friday at a resort hotel. He was 41.
A prosecutor in Washington state says there isn't enough evidence to seek charges against the husband and stepson of a former state trooper who died in 1998, despite the recent findings of an inquest jury.
A county prosecutor said Thursday that he is still weighing whether to pursue criminal charges against two people whom an inquest jury has accused of killing a former Washington state trooper in 1998.
Inquest jurors drew gasps in a Washington state courtroom as they concluded a state trooper died as the result of a homicide — not a suicide as initially believed — and that the woman's husband and stepson were responsible for the killing.
A groundbreaking inquest into the 1998 shooting death of a Washington state trooper concluded Wednesday that she died as the result of a homicide — not a suicide as initially believed — and the jury determined that the woman's husband and stepson were responsible for the killing.
A group of U.S. governors is traveling to China this week to explore new economic relations, even as national political leaders escalate talks of sanctioning the country over trade policy.
Washington state officials on Monday released copies of signature petitions that forced a vote on a 2009 domestic partnership law, disclosing the names of signers after a judge rejected arguments that supporters could be harassed.
Former Washington Gov. Albert Rosellini, a son of Italian immigrants who became the oldest living former governor in America, died Monday. He was 101.
A federal judge fined a Longshore union $250,000 on Friday for its tactics in a Longview labor dispute, and he warned that individual protesters could face their own penalties for future violations of his orders.
Teachers in Washington state's third-largest school district approved a new contract, ending a 10-day strike that had kept Tacoma's 28,000 students at home for more than week. The news is a big relief to parents who have been scrambling to find daycare — and also to students.
Authorities in Washington have arrested two people in connection with the union takeover of a Longview grain terminal, including a worker caught on video in a vulgarity-laced tirade outside the union hall.
Hundreds of Longshore workers stormed the Port of Longview, overpowered security guards, damaged rail cars and dumped grain at the center of a labor dispute that also stopped work at four other ports on Thursday, officials said.
Hundreds of Longshore workers stormed the Port of Longview, overpowered security guards, damaged rail cars and dumped grain at the center of a labor dispute that has spread to Seattle and Tacoma ports, officials said Thursday.
When the next devastating earthquake strikes off the Northwest coast, it is expected to send a tsunami so fast that it could leave coastal communities with perhaps 20 minutes to escape the surge of water.
The father-in-law of a Utah mother missing for nearly two years said Friday authorities seized computers and journals during an extensive hours-long search of his Washington state home.
DNA testing has failed to link a new suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking to a necktie that he left behind on the plane in 1971, the FBI said Monday.
Seven staff members at a Monroe prison face possible disciplinary action after a review of a guard's January death found that workers stumbled through a series of lapses that left her vulnerable and prevented officers from discovering her sooner.
Like a business trying to sell a product, Washington state has for years attracted visitors by promoting stunning images of some of the nation's most majestic scenery — from the snowcapped peaks of the Cascades to the rainforests and thundering waterfalls of the Olympic Peninsula.
Washington state is shuttering the official tourism agency that unifies its marketing message and abandoning all public support for one of its largest industries.
Josh Sutinen isn't old enough to vote and only got his driver's license last month, but he's already among the leaders in a growing national backlash against cameras that issue traffic tickets.
U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee will launch a campaign for Washington governor early next week, wading back into state politics after more than a decade in Congress, a Democrat familiar with his plans said Thursday.
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