Washington ski season delayed by flooding, lack of snow. Which resorts are open?

In the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, the Mount Baker Ski Area is sitting on the “deepest snow base in Washington and Oregon,” according to the ski area’s latest condition report. The resort ...

Protection sought for pink flower found only on windy cliffs north of Tri-Cities

Gray cat’s eye, or Oreocarya leucophaea, plants are rare and grow in sand dune areas of the Columbia River in Benton and Grant counties upstream from the Tri-Cities, Wash. Mark Darrach Mark Darrach ...

Ex-Benton County corrections officer admits to sexual misconduct in jail

Kevin L. Bell, 43, pleaded guilty on Monday in Benton County Superior Court to second-degree custodial sexual misconduct, a felony, according to court documents. Bell, who worked at the Kennewick jail ...

Oil spill at Eastern WA dam prompts cleanup, scrutiny of past spills

Environmental clean-up crews from GrayMar Environmental were contracted by the Washington State Department of Ecology to clean up the oil leak downstream from Priest Rapids Dam just south of the ...

Ex-officer sues for $12M, claiming W. Richland chief ‘humiliated’ and ‘bullied’ her

Multiple “no confidence” votes in the chief claimed he showed a pattern of “mental and emotional instability” and routinely targeted employees critical of him.