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Lawyers ask judge to overturn verdict in 2013 fatal shooting

Lawyers for Lakewood police are asking a federal judge to overturn a $15.1 million civil-rights verdict in a lawsuit over the… Continue reading

Disassembly of Seattle tunnel machine Bertha completed

The last piece of the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine has been lifted from its disassembly pit beneath Seattle. State Department of… Continue reading

Whole Foods shareholders say yes to Amazon deal

Whole Foods shareholders say yes to Amazon deal

Whole Foods shareholders and federal regulators approved Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of the organic grocer, a deal that could bring… Continue reading

Whole Foods shareholders say yes to Amazon deal
Court rejects appeal from praying Bremerton football coach

Court rejects appeal from praying Bremerton football coach

A Washington state high school football coach took advantage of his position when he prayed on the… Continue reading

Court rejects appeal from praying Bremerton football coach
Judge: Bears near US-Canada border merit endangered status

Judge: Bears near US-Canada border merit endangered status

A judge has ruled a small population of grizzly bears in Montana and Idaho near the… Continue reading

Judge: Bears near US-Canada border merit endangered status

Did the eclipse really cause that big release of fish?

By Derrick Nunnally / The News Tribune The coincidence was, seemingly, too good to toss out of the boat. Cooke Aquaculture, which controversially farms Atlantic… Continue reading

Dementia patient in Oregon denied last wish, says spouse

Bill Harris is blunt: For more than a year, he has been trying to help… Continue reading

Lakewood police want verdict tossed in killing of black man

By Mike Carter / The Seattle Times Attorneys for Lakewood police are asking a federal judge to throw out a $15.1 million civil-rights verdict imposed… Continue reading

Swastikas, bomb threat trigger evacuation at WSU dorm

By Chad Sokol / The Spokesman-Review Dozens of students were evacuated from Stimson Hall at Washington State University Monday night after students reported vandals had… Continue reading

Brush fire threatens 100 homes in Grand Mound near I-5

Authorities say a fast-moving brush fire south of Olympia in the Grand Mound area is threatening an estimated 100 homes… Continue reading

Jury refuses to convict four in 2014 Nevada ranch standoff

A federal jury in Las Vegas refused Tuesday to convict four accused gunman in a 2014… Continue reading

Man shot to death at Seattle homeless encampment

Detectives are investigating after a 31-year-old man was shot and killed at a Seattle homeless encampment. Police say they received calls… Continue reading

Oregon officials say no mayhem or big eclipse problems

No raging forest fires trapped people. The telecommunications system didn’t crash. There were only a few traffic jams. Tourists spent… Continue reading

Feds review annual whaling quotas for Alaska Native hunters

Federal officials are reviewing annual quotas for 11 Alaska Native villages whose subsistence hunters are authorized to harvest bowhead whales.… Continue reading

2 Seattle officers sue councilwoman over shooting comments

Two Seattle police officers who were cleared of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a man last year have sued City… Continue reading

Eclipse breaks net holding 305,000 salmon near Bellingham

By Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times It’s open season on Atlantic salmon as the public is urged to help mop up a salmon… Continue reading

1 climber dead, 1 hurt in fall on Mount Baker

By Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald A climber was killed and his companion was seriously hurt Saturday afternoon when they fell into a glacial… Continue reading

Police: Elderly Seattle brothers’ house full of child porn

The house in Seattle’s Meridian neighborhood where three elderly brothers have lived for more than… Continue reading

Millions experience historic coast-to-coast solar eclipse

Millions experience historic coast-to-coast solar eclipse

Related: We had 90% of an eclipse here, and it was every bit as fun By Marcia Dunn / Associated Press Millions of Americans gazed… Continue reading

Millions experience historic coast-to-coast solar eclipse

Charges dropped against woman accused of starting fatal fire

Prosecutors have decided not to file charges against a woman suspected of starting a Washington house fire that killed two… Continue reading