How customer data management accelerates AI-driven transformation

For Australian brands, there's intense pressure to keep pace with both local and international competition while meeting rising consumer expectations. Customers now expect personalised interactions, experiences and offers as standard. Many brands...

Washington State University to receive state grant for bee program

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Washington state over $4 million to boost specialty crops in 2025. This funding, through the Specialty Crop Block Grant program, aims to support plants used for food, medicinal...

Seattle Mariners linked to 3X all-star third baseman

The Seattle Mariners made many notable and impactful trades at the 2025 deadline. One of those included trading for third baseman Eugenio Suarez. Suarez has taken a slight dip in production since joining the Mariners, and that has drawn some...

Washington state’s minimum wage to top $17 in 2026

By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard Washington state’s minimum wage will surpass $17 per hour in 2026. It will rise 2.8% to $17.13 per hour, starting Jan. 1, the state Department of Labor and Industries announced Tuesday. The...

Seattle Distillery Targeted in Bold Heist, $1 Million in Rare Whiskey Stolen

A bold heist has hit a Seattle-area craft distillery, with thieves making off with $1 million worth of rare whiskey, including the limited-edition Garryana 10-year-old. The audacious theft involved false documentation and a large truck filled with...

Construction Outlook Dims Amid Tariff Uncertainty and Immigration Policies, Economist Warns

A national economist painted a grim picture for the future of construction at a meeting of contractors in Spokane last week’s Thursday, citing the impact of rising tariffs and stringent immigration policies. Ken Simonson, chief economist for the...

Seattle’s Offensive and Defensive Tendencies, Emeka Egbuka Wins Offensive Rookie of the Month | Bucs Blitz 

Pass Game Coordinator George Edwards on Klint Kubiak's System The Seahawks utilize a variety of different personnel groupings that force defenses to combat with nickel, base and jumbo packages. Seattle has had two or more tight ends on the field...

Candidates to lead King County talk taxes, audits, homelessness, and mental health

The King County executive oversees the sheriff’s department, manages public health, transportation, public housing, and jails. According to the King County website, the executive leads one of the largest regional governments in the United States....

Federal workers in Washington state brace for financial strain amid shutdown

Federal workers in Washington state face financial uncertainty as the government shutdown begins, with essential employees working without pay. BREMERTON, Wash. — Federal workers across Washington state grappled with financial uncertainty as the...

How will the government shutdown hit Washington state? It depends

As Washington state braces for the first shutdown since 2019 — the longest in history at 35 days — a number of state and federal governments announced their operations would be unaffected. But at some agencies, impacts are still a question-mark —...

Seattle preps for sports-packed weekend as transit braces for fan surge

Seattle gears up for a bustling sports weekend as Metro, Sound Transit, and SDOT coordinate transit solutions for large crowds downtown. SEATTLE — Seattle is preparing for a sports weekend that the city has not experienced in years. Mariners,...

Here’s how much minimum wage will increase in Washington state, Seattle

Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS) The minimum wage for workers in Seattle and Washington state is going up. The state minimum wage will rise 2.8%, from $16.66 per hour to $17.13, on Jan. 1, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries...

Washington state, Seattle claim commercial film production up amid industry tariff talk

SEATTLE — If, for whatever reason, the dynamics in the film industry change, Seattle and Washington state leaders suggest they are ready for their close-up. On Monday, President Donald Trump suggested in a social media post that he would impose a...

Shutdown threatens nutrition aid for Arizona mothers and children as WIC funds poised to run dry in 3 weeks

Volunteers load carts with frozen goods, fruits and vegetables, baked goods, beverages and snacks. Carts are quickly loaded into vehicles, while separate carts are prepared for walk-up visitors. Photo taken Sept. 26, 2022. (File photo by Justin...

Victor Robles flies free in Seattle

In 2017, Victor Robles was half of a one-two punch that allowed the Washington Nationals to lay claim to the best farm system in the game, paired with another young titan in Juan Soto. Many outlets had Robles above Soto due to his elite...

Lawmakers revisit Washington state’s plastic bag restrictions

By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any thicker for at least another two years as lawmakers fine-tune the...

Commentary: Washington state’s digital ad tax is unwise, discriminatory and illegal

By Amber Gunn / Mountain States Policy Center Idaho’s top real estate agents are not cashing commissions in Boise – they’re writing tax laws in Olympia. Washington state legislators keep raising the cost of doing business so fast that they may as...

ICE Arrests 91 Illegal Migrant Semi-Truck Drivers in Licensing Crackdown

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the arrests of 91 illegal aliens driving semi-trucks on fraudulent licenses in Oklahoma as the feds continue a crackdown on migrants driving commercial trucks. Immigration and Customs...

WA fuel prices hold steady as second most expensive in nation

MOSES LAKE — For the third week in a row, Washington has the second-highest average fuel prices in the nation at $4.52, a four-cent decrease from last week. California, the only state in the nation with higher prices, is sitting at $4.66,...

Seattle Mariners Spanish broadcaster returns with Spanish-language Vandal football: ‘It’s electrifying’

It had been over a decade since Steve Guasch last delivered Spanish play-by-play for a football team – the 2014 Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. This year he’s been calling Seattle Mariner’s games in Spanish during a playoff season that has...