Even with last week’s snow flurries, there’s no denying this winter has been unusually sunny. The lack of lowland rain has also translated into abysmal snowpack levels in the Olympic Mountains and ...

Political tensions and questions swirling around the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) promise to be a key test for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) as she takes over the department that ...

With dwindling federal funds and a looming state budget shortfall, Washington lawmakers are trying to figure out how to keep ...

Jay Inslee joined CBS News with his take on President ... t Know PlayStation Network outage reported worldwide Noem touts FEMA's recovery efforts in NC as Trump says he'd eliminate agency ...

Both FEMA and the wildfires that have burned about ... Trump disregarded wildfire aid requests from then-Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) in his first term. The Trump administration has also ...

Jay Inslee (D). In a largely low-key hearing ... a department that includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency. However, she was cagier on whether she would obey or refuse a directive ...

"FEMA rebuilds communities and saves lives ... due to personal animus toward Gov. Jay Inslee. As well, he sometimes appeared more critical of officials when harmful weather events occurred ...

Jay Inslee delivered his final State of the State ... Ferguson also mentioned possible support of emergency powers reform to Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia. “Sen. Braun, l hope to work with ...

Jay Inslee for the past 12 years ... Among those are a GOP-backed bill to create a new program to help emergency responders and law enforcement pay for housing, and Democrat-backed legislation ...

A Washington state lawmaker from Gig Harbor is backing a “contingency” bill in case bids for hybrid-electric ferries expected this April don’t pan out.