Soundside

Professional baseball has long been a proving ground for new ways to fool crowds and umpires, From sign stealing to illegal hacking operations to a little extra spit on the ball to get the perfect curve in a pitch.

But there's a fine line between innovation and cheating.

Over one million people in Washington have a mental health condition.

In February 2021, almost half of adults in Washington reported symptoms of anxiety or depression. 30% were unable to get needed counseling or therapy.

A new coalition announced today by King County Executive Dow Constantine is looking to make a difference in the crisis.

Seattle voters will decide in November whether to adopt ranked choice voting, approval voting, or to keep the electoral system as is. These new voting methods would only apply to mayoral city council and city attorney elections.

If you spend any time driving along the coast of Washington, you’ll see Tsunami Escape Route signs leading the way to higher ground.

Tokeland, WA is one of the communities in a tsunami risk zone, it's about 30 miles southwest of Aberdeen on the Washington Coast.

It's ALSO home to a brand-new tsunami tower.

This year, your student may walk into their classroom and see something new: their teacher leading a silent prayer.

Right now, that's legal. That's due to a decision from the Supreme Court earlier this summer.

Today, President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act.

It authorizes $250 billion dollars to subsidize domestic production of semiconductors, and fund research into new semiconductor technology.

Supporters of the Act say it will help deal with those supply chain issues, and make the US more competitive against foreign manufacturers. But not everyone's so sure.

According to Dr. Chantel Prat, "The point of the brain is to take in as much information in the world around the being that it's driving, and use this information to guide that being through life in a way that maximizes its success."

But how individual brains work comes down to a fascinating combination of factors, with each person's experiences changing how they engage with the world.

Election workers are still processing and counting ballots from last week's primary election, and some of the early results we saw on election night have shifted.

Right now one of the Washington Republicans who voted to impeach President Trump is staring down defeat.

Summer is a great time to curl up in the park with a good book. It's also a time when we start to thaw a bit from our Seattle freeze and head out to explore everything Washington has to offer. From the Palouse to the Peninsula, we have a lot of landscapes to explore. Those landscapes -- and their histories -- have inspired many of our local authors. Today Soundside speaks with some of your favorite authors about what makes Washington a literary wonderland.

A new summer flick has entered the canon of great Pacific Northwest love stories, and this one has orcas.