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Listings are up, interest rates may come down
Aug. 16—COLUMBIA BASIN — More homes are on the market this month than a year ago, according to data recently released by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, which tracks real estate trends in 26 of Washington's 39 counties. Active listings increased 37.7% in July 2024 compared to July 2023, according to the NMLS. The increase in Grant County was less of a swing; there were 346 active ...
TASTINESS: WE ARE GO FOR LAUNCH!
Aug. 16—MOSES LAKE — The line for Space Burgers at the Grant Count Fair reached pretty continuously around the back of the booth Wednesday. Space Burgers have been a popular tradition at the fair since the Moses Lake Lioness Club acquired the machine to make them following the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. ___ (c)2024 the Columbia Basin Herald, Wash. Visit the Columbia Basin Herald, Wash. at ...
Toddler remains in hospital after foot cut off at Washington daycare
QUINCY, Wash. — A toddler remains in the hospital after his foot was run over by a lawn mower at a Washington daycare earlier this summer, family members say. Since the end of June, 2-year-old Mateo Pacheco Elliott has been hospitalized in Seattle. His mother, Stacey Elliott, said her toddler had his foot cut off while at daycare in Quincy, Washington. It happened June 24.
Puget Sound area outdoor weekend events prepare for stormy weather | FOX 13 Seattle
With the possible chance of thunderstorms, hail and heavy winds in the Puget Sound forecast Saturday evening, the weather could spoil weekend plans. Out of an abundance of caution, the Washington State Fair is canceling its drive-in movie night Saturday, and other event planners are keeping an eye on the weather as well. At Arlington Skyfest, hundreds of campers from across the country were setting up camp on Friday for a weekend of fun.
After years of hardship, some WA farmers see improved cherry season
NACHES, Wash. — For many farmers, 2024 brought a much better cherry season than 2023, when a disaster was declared -- but that doesn't mean it was easy to turn a profit. KING 5 visited a cherry orchard in Naches to learn about the challenges to making money on the beloved Washington export.
Wa State Parents Take a Relaxed Approach to Monitoring Kids’ Online
If you are a parent in Washington state and you have kids apparently you're not a hard nosed parent who cracks down on your child's internet use. YOU ARE MORE LENIENT THEN MOST PARENTS AROUND THE NATION. A recent survey conducted by HostingAdvice.com involving 3,000 parents sheds light on the...
2620 Road Fire | WA | August 16, 2024
== LEVEL 2 (GET SET): 2500 block & above Duckabush Rd ==. == LEVEL 1 (GET READY): 1000 blocks up to 2500 blocks of Duckabush Road. ==. The 2620 ROAD FIRE is burning 10 miles southwest of Quilcene, west of Brinnon, and north of Duckabush Road on Mt. Jupiter in the Olympic National Forest, Washington State.
State of Washington to receive more than $36 million in grant funding for sustainable aviation
SEATTLE — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is providing the state of Washington with more than $36 million in grant funding for sustainable aviation projects as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The grant comes from the Fueling Aviation’s Sustainable Transition (FAST) program which seeks to increase the...
The Washington state ballot is big. Does it have to be?
Sydney Wissel has always been drawn to cemeteries. When she was a teenager in Seattle, she would hang out at Mt. Pleasant or Evergreen Washelli, and read poetry. “Very much a gothic stereotype,” Wissel said, laughing. A few years ago, Wissel bought a home in Spokane, a little ways from an old “pioneer cemetery” named Moran. It wasn’t exactly a peaceful place. There’s an elementary school next door with a playground, and the cemetery itself was unmowed, with bare patches of dirt, weeds, dead rose bushes, and little pinwheels and plastic flowers on the graves, Wissel said. Want to hear more local politics stories like this one? Subscribe to our weekly podcast Sound Politics.
Hot Saturday afternoon before strong thunderstorms in Washington -Matt
Saturday will be one of the hotter days we've had in a while with many places hitting 90 or hotter. Then on Saturday night thunderstorms will sweep through Western and Central Washington with gusty winds and lightning. Some of these storms could produce severe winds in the Cascades, and everyone should avoid travel and outdoor camping on Saturday night as these storms pass over Washington State.
Missing children, unmarked graves, unanswered questions: Washington's Native American boarding schools
A new report from the U.S. Department of the Interior documents the atrocities carried out over the course of close to 150 years at U.S. maintained and supported Native American boarding schools.
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