Washington

State officials and environmentalists point to a new report on Washington’s greenhouse gas emissions as an indicator that the state’s climate policies are working.

The Sound Transit Board could finalize a cost-cutting plan in late May that addresses a $34 billion funding gap in a voter-approved measure expanding the regional transit system, according to two board members. Sound Transit 3 (ST3), the package passed in 2016, includes a megaproject to extend light rail to Tacoma, known as the Tacoma Dome Link Extension. Although the board contemplated a ...

A Spokane Valley driver’s bad Saturday morning caused an hourslong delay for other motorists while emergency crews extricated the utility pole the driver had struck earlier.

Nearly half of the elected sheriffs in Washington state face allegations of misconduct lodged by the public with the state’s Criminal Justice Training Commission, which has the authority to suspend or revoke a cop’s certification as a law enforcement officer. Under a new law set to take effect at the end of April, an elected sheriff’s office will be declared vacant if the licensing body strips ...