Elected officials in Washington state are sounding the alarm about an increase in uncounted ballots, especially in rural areas. Their warnings come as President Donald Trump ramps up his fight against vote-by-mail states.

Washington and Oregon see some of the highest incidents of copper theft in the country. Copper's value is surging as we transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to one powered by electricity.

Seattle Public Schools will start on time – Wednesday morning, as long planned. The Seattle Education Association and the district came to a tentative agreement late Tuesday night, averting a strike.

A King County juvenile court judge said the teen, who is charged with first-degree assault in connection to the July 26 Seattle Center mass shooting, is a threat to community safety.

Going forward, Katie Wilson said she expects Seattle Police to update the media “within one hour of a significant incident,” and the public even sooner via social media or the city’s text alert service.

Seattle’s ORCA overdose recovery center downtown has started 800 people on medication for opioid use disorder in its first year. The Seattle Fire Department says the 24/7 center allows them to take fewer people to the hospital ER. Fatal overdoses have declined 25% in King County compared to the same period last year.

Amy Bowers Cordalis is a mother, fisherwoman, attorney, and a member of the Yurok Tribe called upon to continue a generational fight for salmon and tribal sovereignty. She wrote about the Yurok Tribe's ongoing advocacy in "The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family's Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life," which the KUOW Book Club is reading in September.

Reporter Alex Brown covers environmental issues for the nonprofit Stateline. He talked to KUOW’s Paige Browning about the group organizing prescribed burns outside Roslyn, Washington.