Regional News

Commissioner Franz Enacts Statewide DNR Burn Ban


Jul 01, 2021
With fire danger increasing ahead of the Fourth of July weekend, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz has signed an order…




Public-private safe prescribing initiative results in significant reductions of Medicaid opioid prescriptions


Oct 17, 2018
OLYMPIA – A public-private safe prescribing initiative launched in late 2017, called Better Prescribing, Better Treatment, has…

Reclamation awards $4.5 million contract for stoplogs at Grand Coulee Dam


Oct 16, 2018
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,494,290 contract on September 18 to Brooklyn Iron Works, Inc., a small business from…

Census Bureau Announces Job Openings for 2020 Census


Oct 02, 2018
The U.S. Census Bureau is now hiring workers for temporary jobs available in Washington in advance of the 2020 Census for the…

Flu is back; experts recommend vaccinating your whole family now


Sep 27, 2018
Fall is here, which means school, football and… flu. Flu illness has begun circulating in Washington communities and flu vaccine…

Labor market continued to improve in August


Sep 19, 2018
Washington’s economy added 9,100 jobs in August and the state’s seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate for August was 4.5…