Washington parents urged to update kids' vaccines amid last year's whooping cough surge

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is reminding parents to ensure their children are up to date on required immunizations before the new school year begins.  State data shows that while immunization rates for the 2024-25 school year …

Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown holds town hall in Pasco

PASCO, Wash. – Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown spent a hot summer afternoon in the Tri-Cities, engaging with the community at a town hall meeting at the HAPO Center. Brown emphasized the importance of understanding community concerns, stating, …

Washington Post study names 2 SC airports among the best in U.S., but left the largest out

A Washington Post study ranked two South Carolina airports among the best in the U.S., but it didn't include the state's largest airport. Columbia Metropolitan and Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport were ranked No. 16 and 26, respectively …

Fire breaks out at Washington Township home

Germany’s New War Footing: Pistorius Goes to Washington with Chequebook in Hand

56 It has taken a war on Europe’s doorstep to rouse Berlin from its post-Cold War slumber. Now, in a move unthinkable just a few years ago, Germany’s Defence Minister Boris Pistorius arrives in Washington this week with a clear message: Berlin is finally …

Commentary: First march on Washington sparked debate and unintended consequences

The American lexicon was once filled with hundreds of charmingly quaint phrases that have now gone the way of the dodo. A particular favorite was, “There was enough food to feed Coxey’s army.” While your grandparents and great-grandparents would have …

Washington Is Investing Money in Palantir

At 7:30 a.m. this morning, the bespectacled, 73-year-old Peter Lippman was in a crowd of activists with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP).  As he walked around the corner from Cascade Playground to Fairview Market, 400 Fairview Ave. N., Lippman explained he was …

Washington Post Leak on Trump–Zelensky Call Sparks Outrage

Washington Post Leak on Trump–Zelensky Call Sparks Outrage The Kremlin has voiced skepticism over reports that US President Donald Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch missile strikes on Moscow and St. Petersburg. Kremlin spokesman …

NATO’s Rutte to meet with Trump in Washington next week

NATO Chief Mark Rutte will visit Washington D.C. on Monday July 14 and Tuesday July 15 where he will meet with US President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, NATO said in a press release. The press release …

Today's Headlines: State-private land swap called off in Spokane; ballots ready for mailing in Washington

Disputed Spokane County land trade called off Washington’s Department of Natural Resources is cancelling a controversial land deal on Spokane’s West Plains. The agency and a development company, Blue Fern Management, had planned to swap 200 acres of state …