public safety

Nathan Simington, a Commissioner for the Federal Communications Commission, spoke out on the continued importance of AM radio to public safety.

They're hoping people who post information in the future will use the correct information that there's no current threat to public safety.

**Federal agencies that regulate biotechnology may NOT have the staffing and expertise to handle the plethora of new products expected over the next five to 10 years. According to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the EPA, FDA, USDA will need to be prepared for this potential increase, including finding effective means of evaluation that maintains pub

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle city officials on Tuesday were clearing a homeless encampment south of downtown, calling the site a public safety and health hazard. A city spokeswoman says there were about 28 people living at the camp known as "the Field" as of Monday...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A nonprofit in northern Idaho is urging city officials to consider building a village of tiny houses to help keep some people warm through winter. The Spokesman-Review reports that similar projects have been erected in Seattle and other major cities...

A car chase through downtown Yakima and onto Interstate 82 led to the arrest of a bank robbery suspect near Zillah.

Authorities have increased the number of injured people in an icy interstate pileup in eastern Oregon to 12. State police say black ice is believed to be the cause of the crashes early Saturday morning involving more than a dozen tractor-trailers...

Police believe weather is to blame for a crash involving dozens of vehicles that forced the closure of a long stretch of Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon. Oregon State Police Sgt. Kyle Hove says four people were hurt in the Saturday morning crash east of Baker City...

Hoping to avoid a repeat of the 2013 Skagit River Bridge collapse, state transportation officials have created a new online tool to help truckers plan their routes and avoid collisions. A section of that bridge on Interstate 5 fell into the Skagit River after a truck carrying a tall load hit the bridge in Mount Vernon...

The Washington state Department of Health says an outbreak of listeria that has killed one person originated from a Yakima cheese maker.