McDermott endorses Obama
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jim McDermott is endorsing Democrat Barack Obama for president, adding to the senator's delegate count. [More]
By Matthew Daly
Associated Press | May 16
Bremerton bars peace group from Armed Forces Day
BREMERTON -- A veterans' peace group has been excluded from Saturday's Armed Forces Day parade here, but vows to march anyway. [More]
By Ed Friedrich
Scripps Howard News Service | May 16
Energy conservation sets Northwest record
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Last year was a record year for energy conservation in the Pacific Northwest. The Northwest Power and Conservation Council says the energy saved was equivalent to the electricity used by 146,000 homes. [More]
Associated Press | May 16
Lake's cleanup led to reverse evolution
SEATTLE -- Researchers say cleanup of Lake Washington in the late 1960s forced a little fish into reverse evolution. A study led by Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center compared samples of the threespine stickleback from the 1950s with... [More]
Associated Press | May 16
Soldiers, families offered option for free mental health support
TACOMA -- A group of mental health care providers in Washington is offering free help to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families who either can't or don't want to go through traditional channels for care. [More]
By Michael Gilbert
Tacoma News Tribune | May 16
New plan for water from the Columbia
SPOKANE -- Washington's Department of Ecology has released a new environmental study of an ambitious plan to make more Grand Coulee Dam water available for farms, towns and fish in Eastern Washington. [More]
By John K. Wiley
Associated Press | May 16
Ship may finally be removed from Oregon beach
COOS BAY, Ore. -- Winter storms may have made removal of the last of the wreckage of the New Carissa from the beach where it ran aground nearly a decade ago a little easier. [More]
Associated Press | May 16
State inspectors keep gas pumps accurate
OLYMPIA -- Six more inspectors have been added to the agency that checks Washington's 49,000 gas pumps to make sure people are getting all the gas for which they pay close to $4 a gallon. [More]
Associated Press | May 16
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