Washington state is a vote-by-mail state, so all registered voters receive a ballot by mail. There are three easy ways to ...

Washington’s Primary Election Day is just around the corner. It’s on August 4 – the first Tuesday of the month. KIRO 7 has ...

A Pierce County jury found Todd Carl Mitchell guilty Tuesday of vehicular homicide in a 2024 state Route 167 crash that killed his girlfriend, Melody Anderson, according to court records. Jurors began ...

Ballots are arriving in Washington, as voters head to the polls on Aug. 4 for the state's 2026 primary election.

What started as road rage in Yakima County turned into a high speed chase on Interstate 82 spanning dozens of miles into ...

This guide will help you make sense of what’s on the ballot — and why it matters before you vote in Washington's primary ...

The Capitol Building in Olympia peers over the Sunken Garden on May 7, 2026. Simone Carter scarter@mcclatchy.com As a new month begins, Washingtonians are welcoming a wave of new legislation. In ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state legislators passed 267 new state laws in the most recent legislative session. Several are set to take effect July 1, changing regulations around healthcare, estate ...

What’s in a state name? Place names can tell you a lot about a location, and that’s doubly true of state name origins. Every state name has a story, and as for how the states were named and why, those ...

A 49-year-old State Patrol trooper is accused of repeatedly surveilling and stalking a woman he dated even after she was granted a protection order in April barring him from coming within 1,000 feet ...

Keeping up with U.S. state data breach notification laws (Article) Sending notices to consumers when their personal data has been compromised in a cyber incident is probably the most familiar aspect ...

The Water Quality Combined Funding Program funds projects that improve and protect water quality throughout Washington. The program combines grants and loans from state and federal funding sources.