The Seattle Times

A judge has rejected an effort by GOP lawmakers to use the term “unborn human being” to refer to a fetus in a pamphlet for Arizona voters.

A federal judge has ruled a provision in North Carolina’s abortion laws requiring doctors to document the location of a pregnancy before prescribing abortion pills should be blocked permanently.

In Indianola on the Kitsap Peninsula, a 900-foot wooden ferry dock snakes from shore to sea. Originally built in 1916, it was made to accommodate steam ferry boats of the “Mosquito Fleet” shuttling people from Kitsap County to Seattle, among other destinations. The dock’s length made it accessible even at low tides. In 1938, the […]

Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families failed to protect the sisters from years of sexual abuse, the sisters' lawsuit alleged.

William Howard was trying to help a friend protect his property from a wildfire in north-central Idaho when the area became engulfed by flame.

The federal government is giving more than a half-billion dollars to coastal communities to help them use nature-based preventative measures to address climate-related flooding and other disasters.

Two of Seattle’s biggest sports stars joined Thursday's massive “White Women: Answer the Call" fundraiser for Kamala Harris' presidential bid.

When Julia Sharkey resigned from Kuna High School, she made sure to keep mementos — messages from students, telling her that she helped save their lives. In an interview with the Idaho Statesman, the former teacher pulled out a stack of cards and papers from a packed yellow envelope. As the former adviser of the Gay Straight Alliance at Kuna High, she received scores of them: “Thanks for ...