The Cougars begin their 2026 season with a two-game road swing, the second of which pits them up against Kansas State in Manhattan. Washington State has never m

“Under the Uniform Time Act, states may choose to exempt themselves from observing daylight saving time by state law,” the U.S. Department of Transportation said on its website. “States do not have the authority to choose to be on permanent daylight saving time.”

Washington state received troubling news from a recently published economic report. The 2026 Competitiveness Redbook, a study conducted by the Washington Alliance for a Competitive Economy, found that the state’s business climate is in alarmingly poor shape.

Washington is the Class 3A girls basketball state champion. The No. 1 Panthers beat Chatham Glenwood in the state title game Saturday. This is the first state title in program history for Washington,

The bill prohibits employers from requiring, requesting or coercing employees to have microchips implanted in their bodies as a condition of employment, and would bar the use of subcutaneous tracking or identification technology for workplace management or surveillance.

A controversial bill that could allow the state to remove an elected sheriff moved closer to becoming law after it passed the Washington House.

It’s getting harder and harder in Washington state to tell when one season ends and another begins. Temperature and precipitation changes take place later and later, blurring the lines between seasons.

While politics may leave voters with a chip on their shoulder, state legislators want to ensure employees are not forced to get one in their shoulder – or elsewhere.