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A new law signed by Washington Go. Bob Ferguson requires all members of the clergy to report cases of child abuse or neglect regardless of the source of the details, including the confessional. The law goes into effect this July. The Archdiocese of Seattle has responded by threatening excommunication for any Catholic clergy who follow the new law...

The Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & People (MMIWP) Task Force is releasing a toolkit for families and friends to use in the event someone they know goes missing. The Task Force says the families and friends of missing people are often their best advocates for being found, and the MMIWP's Families Subcommittee spent over three years coordinating with the loved ones of missing or murde

The phone numbers of some Washington State residents will soon be known by a newer three-digit area code. Although it might come as a shock to some folks in The 509, the Evergreen State's original area code was actually 206, which not only covered Western Washington, but the entire state beginning in 1947...

Hope Chest is a free clothing store for local foster youth and families in the Wenatchee Valley. The organization collects donations of new or slightly used clothing in good condition and provides it to foster families and kinship providers at no charge...

Think you know Washington State's grilling rules? These Eight meats are illegal to barbecue

Although earthquakes happen all over the world there are definitely some places which have a greater frequency of considerable seismic activity than others, and Washington State is certainly one of them. Despite not being rocked nearly as much as its Pacific Coast sister in statehood, California, or other hotspots for big temblors around the globe like Japan, China or Iran, the Evergreen State has

Here are some true stories from some truly creepy places in Washington State.

Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner testified at a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security & Enforcement on Wednesday. During the proceedings, which were dubbed "Sanctuary Jurisdictions: Magnet for Migrants, Cover for Criminals," Wagner strongly criticized sanctuary policies, and underscored the roadblocks he claims they create for his and other la

Some fees are already in place, but the new inflation fees are effective May 2025.

Today is Equal Pay Day, a date designated to recognize how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. In Washington, this year's Equal Pay Day is notable because for the first time in 20 years, the gender wage gap widened nationally, but not in the Evergreen State...