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City officials have declared a state of emergency due to severe winter weather. Here's what that means.

Trevor Contreras a geologist with the State Department of Natural Resources says the majority of the land continues to move to the South towards the nearby quarry.

During a media briefing Wednesday the office Director Jeff Emmons told reporters the office is fully prepared.

Ward says about 35 residents living at the base of the ridge have not heeded warnings to evacuate.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A pregnant woman has died after her 6-year-old son accidentally put their minivan in gear and backed over her in the parking lot at a beach southwest of Tacoma. The News Tribune reports 35-year-old Shannon MacLeod was behind the vehicle loading it up to leave Monday afternoon when it rolled back and pinned her...

OLYMPIA (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee has signed an emergency proclamation to free up state resources should flooding or other damage happen because of rain and early snow melt in Eastern Washington. The governor's office said in a news release Monday that the weather is creating the potential for rising waters, landslides and damage to infrastructure including the power grid and transportation system...

A huge house fire broke out at a home just east of Bonnie Doon & 38th Avenues in Yakima this morning. The Yakima Fire Department dispatched 3 fire engines and an ambulance to the area while the Yakima Police Department blocked off traffic half a block south and north of that intersection along 38th Ave...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — To a 2-year-old girl in South Carolina, struggling to get dressed is an emergency. The Greenville County Sheriff's Office says the child called 911, asking for help getting dressed. Her parents didn't know she had made the call. ...

Mass shootings at schools and shopping centers have become a reality for many communities, and officials in Yakima want to be prepared in case anything ever happens at the Valley Mall in Union Gap.

CenturyLink says a seven-hour outage in Washington state 911 service early Thursday was caused by a technical error by a third-party vendor.