The Trump administration cannot use its travel ban as the basis for denying refugees entry into the United States, according ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to detain far more people than before, tapping a legal authority to jail anyone who entered the country illegally. Todd Lyons, ICE’s ...

A transgender asylum seeker from Mexico has been released from a Washington state immigration detention center after being ...

Richmond is installing new harm reduction vending machines across the city, equipped with free Narcan, fentanyl testing ...

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Months after the incident that sent the 79-year-old man to the hospital, city officials refuse to release records, saying a probe is ongoing.

Even at the dear cost of 43 lives, the Oso disaster helped galvanize a response that is now making communities safer from landslides. If the tragic Texas Hill Country floods can result in long-needed ...

Illegal activities continued to thrive there, and trash buildup caused disturbances within the community, she said. That was ...

A missing paddleboarder was found dead after falling off her board, Washington deputies said. On June 28, the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office Dive Rescue and Recovery Team was called by the Hood ...

Jesus “Jay” Malave will join the jet maker next month as Boeing faces fresh scrutiny after at least 270 people died in a June ...

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray pledges to block the $1.3 billion in cuts to NOAA, which would eliminate funding for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund.

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen met with detained farmworker activist Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino on Friday at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, where the congressman also got a glimpse into the ...