The Latest Monday Evening Headlines King County is looking into a box of abandoned ballots found in Renton, Washington's grey wolf population went up in 2025, and we're in peak migration season for birds. Paige Browning Government Law enforcement investigating nearly 400 unopened ballots found in Renton The 380 ballots, mostly from King County, were not filled out and were never delivered to voters. They were addressed to voters who mostly used storefront mailboxes, like parcel lockers from Amazon or UPS, and spanned elections from 2022 to 2025. Sarah Mizes-Tan Front Page: Data centers, Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, 'Aviatrix' Every week we talk about the most fascinating stories in the news and what they say about the Pacific Northwest. We call it Front Page. Maleeha Syed Law & Courts Washington police lag on required deescalation, mental health training Washington law enforcement officers are way behind completing deescalation and mental health training required under the state’s marquee police accountability law. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard World Canada's PM Carney indicates a move away from economic reliance on the U.S. Canada's close economic ties with the U.S. are now a "weakness," not a strength, Prime Minister Mark Carney says. In a video address to the nation, he outlines plans to expand trade beyond America. Jackie Northam Politics After 21 years in WA Legislature, a moderate Democrat calls it quits Democratic state Rep. Larry Springer of Kirkland, who provided a moderating voice in his caucus for two decades, announced Sunday he will not seek re-election. Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard As world pushes for a ceasefire in Iran and Lebanon, many Israelis support fighting While President Trump presses for an end to wars in Iran and Lebanon, many Israelis believe they should keep fighting. Eleanor Beardsley Environment U.S.'s 2nd-biggest water reservoir to get a short-term fix amid Colorado River drought The Trump administration announced emergency measures to send water from reservoirs high in the river basin to those downstream in the wake of a historically dry Rocky Mountain winter. Alex Hager Arts & Life Unwanted guns become tools and jewelry A group in North Carolina helps people turn unwanted guns into tools and jewelry. For some, it's a healing process. Rebecca Williams National The Onion has agreed to a new deal to take over Infowars The Onion says it has a new deal to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's Infowars media company. If approved, the satirical news website could turn Infowars into a parody of itself. Tovia Smith Prev 33 of 1649 Next Sponsored
Monday Evening Headlines King County is looking into a box of abandoned ballots found in Renton, Washington's grey wolf population went up in 2025, and we're in peak migration season for birds. Paige Browning
Government Law enforcement investigating nearly 400 unopened ballots found in Renton The 380 ballots, mostly from King County, were not filled out and were never delivered to voters. They were addressed to voters who mostly used storefront mailboxes, like parcel lockers from Amazon or UPS, and spanned elections from 2022 to 2025. Sarah Mizes-Tan
Front Page: Data centers, Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, 'Aviatrix' Every week we talk about the most fascinating stories in the news and what they say about the Pacific Northwest. We call it Front Page. Maleeha Syed
Law & Courts Washington police lag on required deescalation, mental health training Washington law enforcement officers are way behind completing deescalation and mental health training required under the state’s marquee police accountability law. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
World Canada's PM Carney indicates a move away from economic reliance on the U.S. Canada's close economic ties with the U.S. are now a "weakness," not a strength, Prime Minister Mark Carney says. In a video address to the nation, he outlines plans to expand trade beyond America. Jackie Northam
Politics After 21 years in WA Legislature, a moderate Democrat calls it quits Democratic state Rep. Larry Springer of Kirkland, who provided a moderating voice in his caucus for two decades, announced Sunday he will not seek re-election. Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard
As world pushes for a ceasefire in Iran and Lebanon, many Israelis support fighting While President Trump presses for an end to wars in Iran and Lebanon, many Israelis believe they should keep fighting. Eleanor Beardsley
Environment U.S.'s 2nd-biggest water reservoir to get a short-term fix amid Colorado River drought The Trump administration announced emergency measures to send water from reservoirs high in the river basin to those downstream in the wake of a historically dry Rocky Mountain winter. Alex Hager
Arts & Life Unwanted guns become tools and jewelry A group in North Carolina helps people turn unwanted guns into tools and jewelry. For some, it's a healing process. Rebecca Williams
National The Onion has agreed to a new deal to take over Infowars The Onion says it has a new deal to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's Infowars media company. If approved, the satirical news website could turn Infowars into a parody of itself. Tovia Smith