Extreme drought has returned to Utah for the first time in nearly two years, but a weekend storm could help parts of the ...

In the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State, county workers never got the pay raise they demanded — but they've celebrated ever since. Lacking the funds to increase wages ...

Hamilton, president of Iowa's state senate in 1857. There are other counties in the United States with more popular names. There are 31 Washington counties, 26 Jefferson counties, 25 Franklin ...

In North Carolina and Georgia, Kamala Harris gained in some fast-growing suburban counties, but it was not enough to cancel out the drift to Donald Trump elsewhere in those states.— Arizona was ...

Washington has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature.

After meeting with key state and federal leaders on recovery efforts for Los Angeles firestorm survivors, Governor Gavin Newsom today will sign an executive order that directs his Administration ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

President Donald Trump announced a potential 25% tariff on most goods imported from Canada. Here’s how it would impact Washington state.

The widow of former Vancouver police Officer Donald Sahota has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit alleging Clark County failed to properly train the “trigger happy” sheriff’s deputy who ...

There have been a few light snow showers across southern Wisconsin early this morning, most of them have been hugging along the state line. Watch out of an isolated slippery spot or two.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey declared a state of emergency in both Cabell and Kanawha counties Thursday evening due to damage brought on by the overnight storm ...