Washington Governor Bob Ferguson announced today [on Monday] that he’s appointing a longtime civil rights attorney to the state’s supreme court.

KNKX reporter Mitch Borden has the story.

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson announced Colleen Melody will replace Justice Mary Yu on the state’s supreme court.

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A new bus route launched today [Monday] that connects rural communities to regional transit hubs in the Willamette Valley.

KLCC’S Rebecca Hansen-White reports.

State and local officials, along with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, met with a U.S. Coast Guard official Sunday in Newport to discuss the agency’s re-location of a rescue helicopter to North Bend.

Legal council says Sandpoint’s cap of 35 non-owner occupied short term rentals in its residential zones would almost certainly fail if the city got sued.

The small town of Mineral, Washington is tucked deep in the foothills of Mount Rainier.

There are not a lot of residents there - and not a lot of jobs.

The national park is one of the biggest employers in the county, and they’ve seen a lot of job cuts under the Trump administration.

Many people also missed paychecks during the recent government shutdown.

But, as KUOW's Casey Martin reports, this town of only a couple hundred knows how to take care of each other - and they have a good time doing it, too.

After tucking into Thanksgiving leftovers, your family might be on the hunt for a Christmas tree. But some people in the Northwest have been worried about Christmas since before May. Wendy Tanada [TAH-nah-duh] is a Christmas tree exporter out of Portland, Oregon. She sends evergreens to places like Japan, Korea and Dubai [DOO-bye].

Farmers cut down some trees starting in September to get them across the globe in time.

Her last shipment goes to the Maldives [MAAL-deevz]—

Business is brisk on Washington’s state health exchange.

HOST LEDE: Tall trees from the Northwest are about to bring some major joy to people across the globe. Farms ship to countries like Singapore, Japan and even Dubai [DOO-bye]. N-W-P-B’s Senior Correspondent Anna King reports. [0:11]

In a case against the City of Lava Hot Springs, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled that any prohibition of short term rentals is illegal.