With tax collections down and costs climbing, Washington’s outgoing governor tamps down expectations as he makes spending decisions in his final budget proposal.

Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) toured Island Hospital today to help celebrate the hospital's newly completed rooftop helipad, constructed above the hospital's Acute Health Care Unit, next to the Emergency Department.

There were several cases of vehicle prowling at Mount Erie this week.

Washington lacks qualified special education teachers and teachers’ aides, but the state doesn’t know how bad the problem really is.

Experts say it’s likely the Supreme Court would settle the resulting mess.

Maybe I’m just getting old. I used to love setting off fireworks on the Fourth, watching them blow up in explosions of noise and showers of sparks.