Washington

The National Weather Service is down 560 employees since the Trump administration and DOGE fired workers and offered buyouts and early retirements to others. Now, a bipartisan group of legislators is introducing a bill to reclassify forecasters as “critical to public safety,” making it faster to rehire for the vacancies. Meteorologist Chase Cain has the exclusive report.

The mother of three girls who officials say were killed by their father is calling for reforms to Washington state’s Amber Alert system.

Three Washington girls believed to have been killed by their father were found zip-tied and with plastic bags over their heads, court records show.

A Washington man is wanted in connection with the deaths of his three young daughters, who went missing after his scheduled custody visit.

A man in central Washington state is wanted on suspicion of murder after his three young daughters were reported missing and then found dead.

A semi-truck overturned Friday near the Washington-Canada border, releasing millions of bees that had been on their way to pollinate other hives.

Fans are still waiting to hear why the Shakira concert at Boston’s Fenway Park was canceled Thursday — and another show Friday, in D.C., has now been called off.

One mountain climber’s survival is being called “miraculous” after a 200-foot fall onto jagged rock in Washington state Sunday that killed the three other men in his group.

Icy highway conditions caused two-car accident in Washington State earlier this week, according to state police.

A group of skiers is safe thanks to an Apple Watch SOS alert that notified rescue crews they were injured in the backcountry of Washington State.

Two men smashed trough a storefront of a Walgreens in Washington state and failed to get the machine.

The suspects were arrested in Washington State after a bizarre escape.

Boeing has laid off hundreds of additional employees in Washington state and California as part of planned cuts that will eventually reduce the company’s workforce by about 17,000.

A 79-year-old grandmother who broke her leg during a hike was rescued by an “angel” who carried her for hours on his back to safety.

The Seattle Police Department arrested a suspect tied to five random stabbings on Friday.

A Washington state man who authorities said killed at least 118 eagles as part of a wildlife trafficking ring that operated on a Native American reservation in Montana was sentenced Thursday to three years and 10 months in prison, and must pay more than $777,000 in restitution.

Ballot drop boxes in Portland, Oregon, and neighboring Vancouver, Washington, were set on fire early Monday morning, authorities said.

The incident occurred in Fall City, about 25 miles east of Seattle, and a suspect was in custody, the King County Sheriff’s Office said.

Competitors in the T-Rex World Championship Races in Auburn, Washington, dashed 100 yards while wearing an inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex costume.

A Seattle barista shattered a client’s windshield with a hammer after a heated confrontation on June 11.