(The Center Square) – The Washington State Board of Education is moving closer to officially updating and expanding a 2021 resolution that established an ethnic studies graduation requirement.
Board members discussed “incorporating Ethnic Studies into the legislative platform, and/or addressing Ethnic Studies through the FutureReady graduation requirements initiative,” according to the agenda for
Washington state employees plan to walk off the job at noon on Sept. 10 to protest the compensation offers from Gov. Jay Inslee in the current contract talks. According to KOMO News: “WFSE negotiators said they want to express their frustration with where the labor talks have gone. They...
A major bridge across the Columbia River that connects Grant and Okanogan Counties was closed for several hours on Thursday after a man climbed to the top of its trussing.
The Grand Coulee Star reports the incident began at around 1:15 p...
An East Wenatchee veteran who fired gunshots at a Veterans Affairs clinic in Olds Station last year has been sentenced to two years of supervised release.
The sentence was handed down to 54-year-old Troy McMaster on Wednesday by Chelan County Judge Robert Jourdan, who also ordered McMaster to undergo psychiatric and alcohol dependency treatment...
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A 43 year old woman was rescued Friday after a climbing accident on the Saber Route on Castlerock in the Tumwater Canyon outside of Leavenworth.
The accide...
The Washington State Department of Agriculture is considering establishing a quarantine of untreated out-of-state firewood. The Department is looking to prevent the introduction of plant pests and bee pests. The movement of firewood containing plant pests and bee pests poses a threat to Washington’s forests, agricultural, and environmental interests. Eggs, larvae, and ...
A new fire is burning on US.97 on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office has ordered Level 2 (Get Set) Evacuations: Deer Gulch in the Liberty area
Level 1 (Be Ready) Evacuations: Liberty area and Harkness Road
The now 100-acre Swauk Fire started late Sunday afternoon due to a motor vehicle accident on Highway 97 approximately 2 miles north of Lauderdale Juncti