New results from a national exam find that America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math

It was unclear the extent to which the agency has collected new intelligence on COVID-19's origins and whether that new evidence was used to formulate the latest assessment.

Passenger levels at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport were at an all-time high in 2024, a sign that the Pacific Northwest's largest airport has fully recovered from the

Hospitals in Spokane continued to bleed tens of millions of dollars last year – even as the losses slowed from those of 2023.

The CIA believes the COVID-19 virus likely originated from a laboratory — but acknowledges the spy agency has 'low confidence' in its own conclusion.

The Seattle Pandemic Preparedness Cohort study is designed to give a real-time snapshot of which respiratory viruses are out there and how they are evolving and spreading.

Like everything else, Washington’s court system was upended by COVID-19. Court proceedings paused or moved online. Cases piled up. Justice was delayed.

The Central Intelligence Agency previously said that two explanations were plausible, a lab leak or a natural source for the virus. Yet under new agency director John Ratcliffe, the CIA has changed its view, which is now in line with that of the Department of Energy and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Arizona and the nation’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

There's some good news in math, mostly bad news in reading and lots of questions about why students are still struggling.

The latest National Report Card from the National Assessment of Educational Progress paints an abysmal picture of schooling across the U.S.

Among the states that saw reading scores fall in 2024 are Florida and Arizona, which were among the first to return to the classroom during the pandemic.