The term “climate change” has started to vanish from Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) website. Its former ...

Cowlitz County’s 2024 annual Point in Time count recorded slightly more homeless people than in 2023, but more of those ...

A Washington state lawmaker from Gig Harbor is backing a “contingency” bill in case bids for hybrid-electric ferries expected ...

A Tuesday order from President Donald Trump that froze federal funding to assess diversity programs and organizations that ...

Ferguson’s earliest roots trace back to Seattle. A fourth-generation Washingtonian, Ferguson grew up in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood and attended Bishop Blanchett High School. Later on, he ...

Southern California is expecting up to an inch of rain in some parts, aiding the fight against wildfires but also causing ...

When the disaster fund runs low, FEMA shifts to what's called "immediate needs funding." That means the agency stops paying out for previous disasters and conserves its money for life-saving missions ...

Political tensions and questions swirling around the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) promise to be a key test for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) as she takes over the department ...

Jay Inslee’s decision to press ahead with the massive Horse ... “I doubt it.” HB 1188 contains an emergency clause, which means that if it’s approved by the Legislature and signed into law by new Gov.

SEATTLE — It’s been five years since the country’s first COVID-19 outbreak was recorded in Washington state. Health officials announced the first documented case in the U.S. in Snohomish County on Jan ...

Governor Jay Inslee issued the proclamation that the United States Department of Health and Human Services declare a public health emergency for the virus beginning on January 27, 2020.