Detained immigrant parents worried who will pick their children up from school. Mothers who’ve been deported with infants while their older kids are left behind in the U.S. These are among the ...

During a Wednesday hearing of the Senate Energy Committee, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., aggressively questioned Energy Secretary Chris Wright about Republican efforts to eliminate the clean ...

More American children and teens die from firearms than any other cause, but there are more deaths — and wider racial disparities — in states with more permissive gun policies, according to a new ...

Washington state residents who have sold long-term capital assets, such as stocks and bonds, exceeding $1 million will have to pay an increased capital gains tax. That’s due to Senate Bill 5813, ...

The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office has released new images of what Travis Decker, the Wenatchee, Wash., man suspected of killing his three young daughters, might look like after having been on the run ...

Voters in the 18th district have a unique opportunity to elect someone who has the interest of the residents of this district foremost in his mind. Mike Briggs is a Navy veteran who is willing to … ...

Woodland Presbyterian Church sponsored a Fishing Derby and Sports Raffle to raise money for Woodland Mobile Meals Sept. 3. Overall, the event raised $1,000. The top derby winners included Rich … ...

Less than a handful are charged with determining the headlines and the rest of the mainstream media follow. So it was when President Obama declared his support for gay marriage. Once again, we find … ...

If it gets too bad, maybe we can all head to the coast. Even with triple-digit heat possible in some parts of Western Washington the rest of this week, it will be down in the 60s along coastal … ...

The federal shutdown in October generated one dubiously positive result: it helped to lift the state’s unemployment rate enough to reactivate nine weeks of long-term unemployment benefits that were ...

My confidential eyes on the lower Cowlitz and Columbia rivers indicate that fishing has been sporadic in the spring waters. The observant angler reported that spring chinook fishing has been … ...

As many of you know, or have read in this space before, I cut my teeth in the newspaper industry at The Columbian Newspaper, starting there as a 23-year-old sports reporter in 1987. Back then, I had … ...