Varisha Khan is holding onto a narrow lead in her race for a seat on the Redmond City Council. Zahra Roach has clinched a seat on the Pasco City Council.
The letter, signed by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell and U.S. Representative Adam Smith, also calls for the completion of the investigation into last year's death of a Russian asylum seeker.
Immigration advocates are asking that the Tacoma City Council revoke the business license of GEO Group, the private company that runs the Northwest ICE Processing Center.
Yakima officials say they have to cooperate with ICE, fearing loss of federal funding for the city-run airport. Cities around Puget Sound don't seem to have those fears.
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued the Trump administration after it pulled $89 million slated for a new submarine pier and maintenance facility at Naval Base Kitsap.
A cooperative effort among Catholics, Episcopalians and Evangelical Lutherans, Seattle's Seafarers Mission is an attempt to make a hazardous, often lonely life a little more comfortable.
Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia took in an undocumented family on Thursday. It became the third religious institution in Washington state to protect individuals from deportation.
Farms in the state are part of the fourth largest guest worker program in the nation, but growers say they can't keep up with the costs and advocates say local workers are being left behind.
