Brier Dudley

A Skagit Valley town is coming together to save its historic, local newspaper but it's a race against time as the paper is closing in December.

By The public's ability to know about its government is fading in Washington, despite the state's landmark Public Records Act.

The $500 million Press Forward philanthropic organization announced its first wave of grants for small, local news outlets, including four in Washington.

The co-founder of Press Forward said the group has raised much more than $500 million to help save local news but much more is needed.

A new report finds the local journalism crisis is worsening, with 55 million Americans now living in places with little to no local news coverage.

By It's hard to believe the guy who made his fortune building “the everything store” is stiffing prime customers and keeping merchandise off the floor on Black Friday.

A wave of newly elected officials are heading to Olympia but it's unclear how much news coverage and scrutiny they'll receive from Washington's depleted Capitol press corps.

By After America elected a president who called journalists enemies of the people, I lost hope that the federal government would help save the ailing local news industry anytime soon.

By The Associated Press plans to cut its workforce by 8% through layoffs and buyouts, further thinning an organization that's been a cornerstone of America's news infrastructure.

Here are several ways that Washington Governor-elect Bob Ferguson and Attorney General-elect Nick Brown can strengthen democracy, trust and civic literacy.