Evergreen State Gazette - Covering Washington State

(MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — The suburban Minneapolis city of Brooklyn Center has tentatively agreed to pay $3.25 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Daunte Wright, the unarmed Black man who was fatally…

The St. George's Put-in on the Little Spokane River is closed following flooding. "Once the water recedes we will reopen the area," said Lara Gricar, a spokeswoman for Washington State Parks and Recreation. Kayakers and…

A bipartisan U.S. Senate agreement negotiated after high-profile mass shootings in Texas, New York, and Oklahoma lacks gun access restrictions that advocates say are needed to prevent such attacks. But the deal’s focus on mental…

Illustration: Aïda Amer/AxiosSeattle's JumpStart payroll tax has cleared its latest legal hurdle. Why it matters: The payroll tax, which the city council approved in 2020, raised nearly $250 million in its first year, with much of the money…

(LONDON) — Prince William, the second in line to Britain's throne, is celebrating his 40th birthday. William's 40th birthday comes just over five months after his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, marked her 40th birthday in…

First came the “edible billboard,” which appeared last year during the holidays in New York’s East Village loaded with cake treats. Then, in late January, came the national marketing campaign, with TV and digital media promoting…

Duane Milo Reisch, 91 of Whitefish, passed away June 15, 2022, at Logan Health in Whitefish. Duane was born in Van Hook, North Dakota, Aug. 6, 1930, to Harel Fremont Reisch and Lillian Evelyn Pederson.…

A dangerous season on Spokane-area lakes continued when a boat carrying two people overturned on Liberty Lake. This time, however, the story had a happy ending, thanks to quick work from Mr. and Mrs. CE Stilwell. Mrs. WW…

The following Gonzaga University students participated in graduation exercises during our Commencement Ceremony that was held on Sunday, May 8, 2022. DuPont Amanda Anderson, BBA in Business Administration, summa cum laudeFirerest…