For 17 days, people willing to share their yards can earn extra cash during the fair, which draws about 1 million people each year.

Several high-tech companies, including Microsoft, say there's a brain drain in America. They're worried about a shortage of qualified high-tech workers, and now they're asking Congress for help.

United Natural Foods Incorporated in Auburn is one of Washington's largest natural and organic foods distributors. But 168 drivers and warehouse workers could go on strike at any moment.

From one end of Seattle to the other, children are being forced to dodge traffic while crossing busy intersections, and it's all because the school district hasn't hired enough crossing guards.

When his own officers slapped on the handcuffs, Pacific Mayor Cy Sun swore he had done nothing but fight corruption. Now one of those arresting officers has quit, and a hiring freeze ordered by the mayor has the police department hamstrung.

A shortage of volunteer firefighters could have disastrous consequences in communities throughout Washington, but one local fire department is working hard to make sure the engines are ready when they're needed.

From a severely dehydrated seal pup to a nest full of wide mouthed baby birds, shelters in our area are brimming with orphaned wild animals.

With multiple chemotherapy drug shortages in the United States today, pharmacists at local cancer treatment centers are working harder than ever before to keep patients from being denied life-saving treatment.

Washington's apple industry is turning to prison inmates for help as a shortage of farm workers reaches critical proportions.

Firefighters hampered by a shortage of water battled a two-alarm blaze that ripped through a West Seattle home on Saturday afternoon.

Justice is being delayed in hundreds of cases due to a staffing shortages at Western State Hospital. The problem is with criminal defendants who need - but can't get - mental evaluations to see if they're competent to stand trial.

The Emerald City may be short on money, short on parking spaces and short on consecutive sunny days. But there's one thing that Seattle has plenty of - aggressive, speeding drivers, according to police.

Some time in the next year, there may be about 20 or so job openings with the Tacoma Fire Department. And there has been no shortage of applicants for those positions.

The head of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said Monday it has a simple mantra as it works to address world hunger and a looming water shortage: More crop per drop.