The Temple of Justice in Olympia is the meeting place of the State Supreme Court of Washington. File photo from Jan. 3, 2013. (TONY OVERMAN/Staff Photographer) A statewide outage that affected ...

Washington state courts’ computer systems have been down for nearly two weeks, disrupting the operation of local courts and preventing the completion of thousands of firearm sales. The Administrative ...

Washington state courts’ online systems were down Monday after officials said they detected “unauthorized activity” on the electronic network. The state courts’ administrative office is working to ...

Most of Washington state courts’ computer systems are up and running again following a two-week shutdown that disrupted operations in local courts and halted processing of thousands of firearm ...

Governor Bob Ferguson appointed Tyson R. Hill to the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division III, marking the governor's inaugural appellate judgeship appointment since taking office in January.

Washington state courts’ online systems began returning online Monday after being shut down for about two weeks. The Administrative Office of the Courts took down the network Nov. 4 after identifying ...

A judge last month once again upheld Washington’s 2023 law banning the sale of certain semiautomatic firearms classified as assault weapons.

The Washington State Supreme Court is considering a rule change as a way to circumvent the state legislature. It would grant new authority to judges to dismiss charges against defendants, even over ...

In 2018, Washington passed a law to limit the number of children charged as adults. Supporters of the law argued the ...

The Washington Supreme Court ruled last week that the CARES Act’s 30‑day eviction notice requirement for subsidized housing applies exclusively to cases of nonpayment of rent, allowing landlords to ...

A former Yakima Valley College women’s basketball player can sue the school and her former coach for child sexual abuse, the ...

In this Oct. 20, 2017 photo, a case is filled with pistols before an auction of the guns at Johnny’s Auction House, where the company handles gun sales for several police departments and the Lewis ...