Washington

More than 3,200 Western State Hospital patients are buried in Fort Steilacoom Park. The grass dips in spots where their bodies lie and, until recently, their names were lost to time, faded headstones with numbers buried beneath the dirt. On Saturday a passionate group of volunteers was set to install the final name markers , 22 years after the project began and 147 years after the first burial. There are men, women and children buried in the cemetery at 8714 87th Ave. SW., which is next to the d

Frost advisories expand across western Washington, including Tacoma, Olympia and southern King County.

Walmart customers in Seattle and Denver can now order small items through the app and watch them arrive by drone, part of the company's growing aerial delivery network.

Social Security has closed the Portland, Oregon, post office box that took repayments of overpaid benefits. Checks that reach it after Dec. 30 will be sent back to the sender, and the agency now wants repayments mailed to a box in Philadelphia. The change matters most to people whose overpayment notice still carries the old […]

A strong cold front moving through the area on Friday will bring gusty west winds with the potential for blowing dust across the Columbia Basin. Rapid drops in visibility are possible with blowing dust possible through evening. Weather remains active into the weekend with much cooler temperatures, gusty north to northeast winds, and chances for valley rain showers and light mountain snow. Expect drier weather next week, with moderating temperatures.

Lincoln Mahaffey Jr., a long-time Kennewick resident and entrepreneur who participated in some of the most significant events in the European theater during World War II, died Oct. 1. He was 103.

Flu season reached Washington early and health providers are scrambling to get ahead of it.

After receiving over 350 adoption applications for the 42 West Highland Terriers removed from a man who said he planned to sell them at the border, Everett Animal Shelter says it is trying to turn this spotlight moment into results for other dogs still needing homes.

Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. is seeking to dismiss one of the first lawsuits filed by the family members of employees killed in a chemical spill at the company’s paper mill in Longview, Washington, this spring. The company may be protected under the state’s century-old workers’ compensation act.

Western Washington University says its annual electricity costs increased more than 46% in two years, even as its electricity consumption declined. Now, Puget Sound Energy is asking state regulators to approve additional rate increases that university officials warn could put further pressure on academic programs and student services. The concerns...