Washington has joined 24 other states in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture to require the agency to use contingency funding to pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, ...

A federal trial over whether President Donald Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland is set to begin Wednesday, with local police officials expected to testify that federal agents ...

U.S. stocks are rising toward more records on Wednesday as Wall Street waits to hear from the Federal Reserve in the afternoon about what it will do with interest rates.

People who have been homeless often cling to their possessions for a sense of security. Once they land housing, however, it can often cost them stability.

Heading into the final week of the regular season — which includes a bevy of key games on Halloween Night — just five teams have clinched Week 10 playoff berths — Kelso (7-1), Evergreen (5-3), ...

If you’ve ever wandered into the cheese section with the innocent intent of “just picking up some mozzarella,” you know it’s not that simple.

Washington’s Office of Independent Investigations was established by the Legislature in 2021, born out of a public desire for improved transparency regarding the use of deadly force by police.

Adam Smith has been in Congress for nearly 30 years. What it means to be in Congress, though, has dramatically — alarmingly — changed.

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Throughout President Donald Trump’s second term so far, his domestic and foreign policy has violated or been on the verge of violating the civil rights of marginalized communities that exist all acros ...

The story “Vancouver residents’ request for removal of homeless encampment unlikely to be granted” makes it crystal clear that Vancouver leaders are incapable of confronting the homeless crisis facing ...

With the postseason rapidly approaching, Camas and Prairie volleyball took a break from league play Tuesday to test each other.