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Not the most bears PAWS has cared for at once, the number is a significant increase over recent years The post Wildlife rescue needs help feeding 13 orphan bear cubs appeared first on Columbia Insight .

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, who did not offer raises to thousands of state workers in recent contract talks, will not get one himself for the next two years, under a recommendation adopted by a citizen salary-setting panel on Thursday.  Salaries for the attorney general and lieutenant governor will be frozen too with the proposed schedule […]

Flu season in Western Washington has arrived unusually early, surging on the West Coast before moving east and driving hospitalizations to levels typically seen in December. Early fatalities have already been recorded across Snohomish, King, and Thurston counties, alongside rising COVID-19 cases and elevated emergency room visits. Health officials strongly...

A Tacoma woman says her former landlord slapped her with a $10,000 charge, claiming she damaged the rental unit, but Jennifer Litsiba says the charge is simply retaliation after she claimed the landlord violated Tacoma’s Landlord Fairness Code, more commonly called the Tenants’ Bill of Rights law.

A man on the federal "Most Wanted Fraudster" list, Manjit Singh Bendi, was arrested in India and returned to Washington state. Federal prosecutors allege that the 64-year-old ran the Asian Grocery Store in Tacoma and defrauded the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) of at least $600,000. Bendi is accused of arranging with SNAP recipients to run their cards for a certain amount, then giving them half of the cash while keeping the rest for himself.

Seattle's unemployment rate continues to match the state's in a sign that the city is losing its jobs cachet . Why it matters: Seattle's historically strong job market has typically buoyed Washington's economy. By the numbers: The state's job count fell by a seasonally adjusted 15,400 in September, per figures released Wednesday. The losses were primarily driven by a drop in government employment, private education and health services jobs. Meanwhile, unemployment in both Washington and the Seat

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has confirmed the state’s first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, in dairy cattle. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory verified positive test results from two dairy cows in Yakima County. State officials say Washington has conducted more than 7,000 surveillance tests for avian influenza over the last two years, and this is the first known detection of the virus in cattle in the state.

BREMERTON, Wash. — Washington’s Department of Ecology fined the owner of a 38-foot vessel $279,000 after determining the owner pumped 123 gallons of red-dye diesel into Bremerton Marina and failed to report the spill. The spill happened overnight Nov. 27, 2024, after the Nautilus began taking on water....

Church members go to pastors for spiritual guidance, prayers, and hope. They generally do not expect a Sunday sermon to turn into a sales pitch for a multimillion-dollar business. Unfortunately, authorities allege that one Washington pastor took fundraising to a whole new level. Cristian Popescu, a 46-year-old pastor from Bothell, Washington, has been indicted over allegations that he defrauded members of his church of $13 million. He led a Christian congregation in Kirkland called Passion for C

SHORELINE, Wash — A woman accused of repeatedly stabbing her landlord at a Shoreline home in 2024 is facing an attempted murder charge again after her original case was dismissed because of concerns about her competency to stand trial, according to King County court documents. Funmilayo Celestina Ekundayo, 38,...