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The Pierce Transit Board voted Monday to send a measure to the November ballot that would increase the amount people pay in sales tax for transit funding.

Drastically fewer sockeye are returning to the Upper Columbia than expected. That's why Washington isn't allowing sockeye fishing this season there.

About 87% of all fresh U.S. pears come from the Northwest, according to the Pear Bureau Northwest. But many pear farmers in the Northwest say they're going into deep debt or are getting out of the business.

The Center for Biological Diversity is petitioning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to add two plants native to Palouse and Camas Prairies to the Endangered Species Act list.

Journalists at McClatchy-owned papers in Washington and Idaho are calling for higher wages.

For decades, Yakama Nation gatherers say it's been really hard to find huckleberries in a southwest Washington national forest. But tribal gatherers say things are changing.

A mother and son were detained by ICE in Wenatchee after a check-in with U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Across Washington, cities are grappling with how to create more housing. A policy called Home in Tacoma changed zoning allowances in the city to allow for more houses on one lot.

The city’s parks and recreation district is dealing with a combination of less revenue than expected and more expenses, making for a shortfall of $8 million.

The city's challenge is the latest in the battle over letting voters decide on a higher minimum wage and new workplace protections in Tacoma.