Politics
Frank Chopp gives up gavel, makes room for new House Speaker
It will be months before a successor is named, but there is a short list of likely candidates.
John Stang
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More trouble for Hanford site after review of tunnel collapse
While most Americans are focused on COVID-19, people in Eastern Washington also worry about poor maintenance at the infamous nuclear site.
Environment
Will flood protections set back salmon restoration in the Chehalis River Basin?
A flood control dam proposal on the Chehalis complicates a multimillion-dollar effort by tribes and lawmakers to bring back declining salmon runs.
Environment
12 years and counting: Effort to lock Hanford’s radioactive waste in glass faces more delays
Feds aim to push back the opening of ‘glassification’ plants, while state officials say the Department of Energy has been underfunding the cleanup of America’s most poisoned site.
Politics
Washington and Oregon governors want to replace I-5 bridge connecting Vancouver and Portland
In a memorandum of understanding signed Monday, the two leaders committed $44 million to explore rebuilding the span between the two states.