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TACOMA, Wash. — The Peck Athletic Fields in Central Tacoma are being redone in an over $20 million renovation. The city ...

Initial reports imply her alleged offense involves doing chores for host families in exchange for a roof over her head.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A baby sea lion toting an artificial kelp strip was filmed performing intricate rhythmic gymnastics-esque circles through the waters of an aquarium in Washington state.

Activists want to raise the minimum wage, give workers more rights to fair scheduling and full-time hours, and improve ...

D.C. has established a timetable to clear about a dozen homeless encampments across the city. The city’s Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services maintains a website explaining the process and ...

The woman’s travel nightmare has raised questions about immigration enforcement and delays for people who need to go before ...

The UW's recent 'D' grade highlights growing worries over anti-Zionism and its impact on campus Jewish life and community.

DNR emphasized that this doesn’t mean the agency will harvest less or fail to meet the agency’s harvest targets. This is a ...

A 28-year-old British woman who had been backpacking in the United States this winter is now locked up at the Northwest ICE ...

Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and legal permanent resident, remains detained inside the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Jena. Federal immigration authorities apprehended Khalil at ...

Becky Burke, a Welsh cartoonist, was on her way out of the U.S. when she was detained in Tacoma, Washington in late February. Her father, Paul Burke, said she is being held indefinitely in “horrendous ...