GEORGE - Some of country music's brightest stars will grace the stage for the three-day Watershed Music Festival this August.

OLYMPIA — Washington legislators are considering bills that would make school meals free for all K-12 students.

EAST WENATCHE - A six-figure lottery win in East Wenatchee gave one local man a reason to celebrate this week.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge eased further in December, and consumer spending fell — the latest evidence that the Fed's series of interest rate hikes are slowing the economy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is moving to further ease restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men and other groups that typically face higher risks of HIV.

SEATTLE (AP) — An effort to balance what is considered the nation's most regressive state tax code came before the Washington Supreme Court on Thursday, with justices hearing arguments about whether they should overturn a prohibition on income taxes that dates to the 1930s.

RITZVILLE - An article published by the Ritzville-Adams County Journal reports that a pedestrian walkway under I-90 along SR 261 in Ritzville is in the works.

EPHRATA - With a steady torrent of people relocating to Grant County each year, Grant PUD officials are once again deliberating on how to compensate for the population growth.

UPDATE — Shortly after learning about a local family’s nightmare, iFIBER ONE News quickly learned that the Lee family‘s story has a happy ending. 

Restaurants are beginning the new year with a recurring problem: labor shortages.

QUINCY - Panaderia El Padrino, which translates to "The Godfather Bakery," opened for business in Quincy on Monday, Jan. 22.