Trillium, salmonberry blossoms, and Pacific bleeding heart create splashes of color against the green backdrop. The park’s ...

The piles — the largest of which is in Richland — pose an environmental and public health hazard, the senator says.

Ecology funding is supporting efforts to reconnect Myers Creek in Okanogan County to its floodplain to restore wetlands. Communities across Washington are preparing to improve wastewater facilities, ...

Winter's brutal grip on the US East is not letting up, with the coming days bringing subfreezing temperatures that will ...

Golf architect David McLay Kidd is designing a new resort course, River Ranch Golf Club, in Pasco, Washington.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Bob Ferguson speaks to reporters during the annual legislative session preview in Olympia, Wash., on Jan. 9, 2026. (Photo by ...

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos may have seen the tax increases coming in Washington state when he moved to Miami two years ago. And he got out just in time as Democrats who run the Evergreen State—once ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Todd Bishop on Dec 30, 2025 at 6:37 ...

WASHINGTON, USA — A handful of laws will go into effect in the new year in Washington state. These laws increase protections for workers, modify the state's impaired driving deferred prosecution ...

When Washington Governor Bob Ferguson proposed the state’s first income tax in modern history, he said the word “affordability” five times. Ferguson on Tuesday asked the legislature to craft a 9.9% ...

Washington state hasn’t really had an income tax for nearly a century, but that might be about to change. Since Donald Trump’s reelection and tax cuts in the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill” this year, ...

OLYMPIA, Wash — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said Tuesday he would support a "Millionaires' Tax" on high earners, suggesting it could raise $3 billion a year but also would face a legal challenge. "I ...