Labor Day weekend

Campfire bans remain in effect as dry conditions and elevated temperatures have created a prime environment for wildfires.

The Washington Traffic Safety Commission and Washington State Patrol are sounding the alarm about the large number of traffic deaths.

The NCAA football oversight committee has finalized a plan for an extended preseason that would include an additional two weeks for teams to hold walk-throughs.

College football is scheduled to kick off in less than three months. There are plenty of reasons to be hopeful that games will be played Labor Day weekend.

There are 130 major college football teams spread across 41 states. The goal is to have all those teams start at the same time around Labor Day weekend or later if needed.

Postponing the Kentucky Derby was a jarring move for Louisville, who hosts horse racing’s marquee event in May. Now the Triple Crown’s first leg to Labor Day weekend.

The Kentucky Derby will now be run Sept. 5 to kick off Labor Day weekend and that means the first Saturday in May has yielded to the legs of a bunch of turtles.