This story was updated with the latest wildfire numbers on October 13, 2025, at around 3:30 p.m. As fall sets in, many of the state's wildfires are nearing containment, though a few continue to grow ...

One wildfire in Washington has destroyed at least 185 structures and left two dead, officials said. The Gray Fire, which began Friday 15 miles west of Spokane, Washington, is now over 10,000 acres and ...

Most of us use maps to help us know where we’re going. As a journalist, I’m just as intrigued by maps that tell us where we’ve been, who we are, what we’re made of and how we treat each other. So I ...

Names for communities in Washington are inspired by many things – nods to obvious nearby geographic features, nostalgia for faraway hometowns of settlers, memorials to Indigenous leaders, remembrances ...

Courtesy of Jessica Payne via Washington Department of Natural Resources Fire officials with the Washington Department of Natural Resources recently held their first public meeting about a project to ...

There are three communities in Washington that have one unusual thing in common. The communities are Nagrom in King County, Retsil in Kitsap County, and Lebam in Pacific County. The names of all three ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Democrats and Republicans have released competing maps for the state's 49 legislative districts as they move forward with the process of redrawing political boundaries. The Seattle ...

SEATTLE — Track vote totals in statewide Initiative 2124 by county on KING 5's exclusive interactive map during the November general election in Washington state. If passed, I-2124 would allow anyone ...

SEATTLE — Track vote totals in statewide Initiative 2066 by county on KING 5's exclusive interactive map during the November general election in Washington state. If passed, I-2066 would reinforce ...

Meteorologists are warning that the first atmospheric river of the fall and winter season will bring heavy rain to the western half of Washington and snow to higher elevation areas in the state this ...