Washington

Olympia School District and Yelm Community Schools both have measures on the Feb. 13 ballot.

Evergreen Public Schools officials cited aging facilities and a growing population among the chief concerns driving this year's school facilities funding measure.

Many state lawmakers say Washington needs more mental health facilities to unclog backups for psychiatric services.

Walla Walla Public Schools' Community Task Force has again launched an online survey to gather public opinion of the two school bond options.

Voters are being asked to approve construction bonds that would create a new high school in the Central Valley School District and provide more classrooms to keep up with growth north of Spokane in Mead.

Two bond issues return to Pullman ballots in a special election scheduled Feb. 13.

Fitch Ratings expects the Puget Sound region could see continued economic growth for two years.

As Pullman toasts to a new year, city officials still have one major item to cross off their to-do list: securing passage of a pair of major bonds totaling more than $12 million.

Forty hours of analysis, 18 committee members, 16 months of 14 meetings and 13 separate studies were boiled down into a 90-minute presentation on current Walla Walla school building needs Tuesday night.

The Clarkston School District won't ask voters to reconsider its recently failed construction bond in February.