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Washington news covers government, elections, technology, aerospace, outdoor recreation and Pacific Northwest culture. Reporting reaches Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma and Vancouver.


Health

Live Poll

Should the government fund research to protect honeybees that pollinate our food?

Nutrition

Honeybee Feed Boosts Colony Size in Study

Washington State University researchers and H4Bees found a powdered supplement increased honeybee colony numbers compared with a control group.

Honeybee Feed Boosts Colony Size in Study

Automotive

Live Poll

Do you plan to carry snow chains when driving over mountain passes this winter?

Trucks

Patrol to Enforce Chain Rules on Snoqualmie Pass

Washington State Patrol troopers will conduct a two-day emphasis patrol on I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Patrol to Enforce Chain Rules on Snoqualmie Pass

Sports

Surfing

Razor Clam Digs Open on Copalis, Mocrocks Beaches

Washington wildlife officials set November 7 through 11 digs as toxin-closed Long Beach and Twin Harbors stay off limits.


Entertainment

Horror

Hammerstone Casts Cooper Tomlinson in Horror Film Seeker

Filmmaker Adam Rehmeier directs the thriller, which begins production in Washington State in January 2027.

Hammerstone Casts Cooper Tomlinson in Horror Film Seeker

Weather and Disaster

Live Poll

Have you taken steps to prepare for this weekend's strong winds and possible outages?

Forecasts

Gale Warning Issued for Puget Sound Weekend

National Weather Service Seattle has issued a gale warning and wind advisory for western Washington through early Sunday.

Gale Warning Issued for Puget Sound Weekend

Coverage on this page runs across the legislature and the governor's office, statewide elections, the courts and the technology and aerospace industries that make Washington one of the country's most economically concentrated states. Reporting extends through Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma and Vancouver and the agricultural communities of Eastern Washington and the coastal cities along Puget Sound. The concentration of major technology and aerospace employers in the Puget Sound region means that corporate decisions made by a small number of firms can shift the state's tax base, housing market and political landscape in ways that ripple across the entire state. The divide between the wet, urban western side of the Cascades and the drier, more agricultural east is both a geographic and political fault line that runs through most contested statewide debates.


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