Picture a classic February beach scene on Penn Cove: gray clouds above a gray beach along flat gray waters – not even wavelets on the beach, just gentle lapping.

Deepfake technology is widely available, and a pivotal election year lies ahead. The FCC banned AI robocalls, but AI-enhanced disinformation campaigns remain a threat.

Three City Council members have announced an unusual proposal for a new event center to replace the Port's Transit Shed, one that would be City-funded, but Port-owned.

An Anacortes man walked into the Anacortes Police Department lobby with what he believed was a homemade explosive device.

The Washington Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill banning police from hog-tying people, nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died in custody while hog-tied facedown on a Tacoma sidewalk, pleading for breath. 

Washington Democrats want to give 7,500 low-income state residents recurring cash payments for two years, no strings attached.