Sen. Val Stevens announced today that she will not run again for the state Senate this fall. Stevens serves the 39th Legislative District, which includes part of rural King, Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom counties.

Today Sens. Val Stevens and Jerome Delvin were pleased by the signing of legislation they sponsored to combat human-trafficking in Washington.

The Washington State Auditor’s Office presented Snohomish County Thursday with a clean accountability audit for the fifth straight year.

Byrne JAG program provides support to Snohomish Regional Drug & Gang Task Force for drug seizures, arrests

Washington's wind energy industry is waiting for a favorable forecast from Congress.

Seventy-five homeless veterans in Snohomish County will receive permanent housing through a grant announced today by Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02.

The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office and other police agencies in Washington worked extra traffic safety patrols March 5 through March 18 during a Saint Patrick’s Day “Drive Hammered, Get Nailed” campaign that nabbed more than 1,000 impaired drivers.

Drivers in Washington state can keep studded tires on their vehicles until April 16 this year, the state Department of Transportation has decided.

In light of recent child gun accidents, awareness raised for need of Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Program

Adults can get free Tdap shots at Cascade Valley Hospital

DISCLOSE ACT of 2012 will help correct problem created by Citizens United decision

Sen. Mark Kirk, R-IL, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT and Rep. Dave Reichert, R-WA have added their voices to the tens of thousands of Americans signing online petitions and letters to Backpage.com, calling on the online classified site to end so-called “adult services advertisements.”

Today, a bill to phase-in statewide implementation of the Washington kindergarten inventory of developing skills (WaKIDS) was signed into law.

Tonight in Burlington, volunteers are being trained as Citizenship Coaches to help people navigate the process of becoming United States citizens. This is the first of several "Citizenship Academies" organized by the Washington-based immigrant advocacy group, OneAmerica, part of a national coalition planning to train more than 1,000 coaches this year.

SR 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct to close for two of next three weekends Expect traffic delays in downtown Seattle during closures

Free Saturday clinic at Sea Mar in Monroe, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

On Thursday, following the bipartisan Senate coalition’s presentation of a new budget proposal, Gov. Christine Gregoire abruptly canceled more than 50 scheduled bill-signing ceremonies and threatened to veto bills if legislators fail to negotiate a supplemental state operating budget on her terms.

Sixty percent of workers in the United States have less than $25,000 in retirement savings, not counting their home value and any pension plans, according to a new national survey from the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI).

Federal, state and local officials got a behind the scenes tour today, March 15, of recently completed King Street Station improvements as they kicked off the next phase of the station’s ongoing historic restoration.

Hazardous chemicals have been found in most of the inexpensive children's jewelry samples purchased at random from 14 retailers in six states.