Meet the Youth Liberation Front behind a militant marathon of Portland protests VIEW
The conduct they champion has ignited a bitter debate in Portland about the direction that protests have taken in an ongoing drama that plays out...
Washington state coronavirus hospitalizations on the rise, but still far below peak
Washington health officials are keeping a close eye on hospitalization levels amid a surge in the number of state residents testing positive.
In an ICU at a Yakima hospital, a nurse’s grim final duty with COVID-19 victims
Once nurse Jennylyn Pace dons all her protective gear, she may be in a patient’s room for three sweat-filled hours, maneuvering around intravenous lines, to...
BPA will give price break to Northwest utilities struggling amid the pandemic
Seattle City Light and other Northwest utilities slammed by the economic slowdown from the coronavirus will collectively get a $3 million-per-month price break from Bonneville...
Seattle Times, other media fight Seattle Police Department subpoena for raw footage, photos of protest
The department is demanding the production of unedited photos and video taken over a 90-minute afternoon period by The Seattle Times, KIRO TV, KING TV,...
Why researchers say protests don’t appear to be driving the recent coronavirus surge
Protests that erupted after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have also unfolded as a kind of mass experiment about the risks of...
COVID-19 spread at Yakima jail while some guards went without masks
Amid a runway a pandemic, some Yakima county residents remain deeply resistant to wearing masks, even as Gov. Inslee orders masks for Yakima County residents...
In Yakima County, as cases soar, community spread increasingly drives the pandemic
Hospitals already are struggling to keep up, and officials believe the worst is yet to come. Gov. Jay Inslee called the situation "desperate."
Northwest’s small pig farmers face promise and perils amid the coronavirus pandemic
There is soaring interest in locally produced meats from animals such as the woolly Mangalistas. But processing capacity for retail sales is hard to find...
Inslee to order masks to be worn in Yakima County, where coronavirus is on runaway trajectory
Gov. Jay Inslee said Saturday he would order Yakima County residents to wear masks while shopping or in other public places, a move that reflects what...