Work being done to perfect the Pacific Northwest Trail
The Pacific Northwest Trail is meant to showcase pristine wilderness, but the portion that passes through Skagit County isn’t living up to the rugged nature of the majority of the trail’s 1,200 miles.
View ArticleTrump touts competition as a strategy to lower drug prices
The president said he would promote more competition among pharmaceutical companies, but didn’t call for Medicare to directly negotiate lower prices or consumers to be able to import low-cost drugs.
View ArticleHawaii officials encourage tourism despite volcano
VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii tourism officials are hoping Kilauea’s eruption won’t deter travelers from visiting the state’s largest island, even as geologists warn the volcano could soon shoot large...
View ArticleHawaii officials encourage tourist to visit, despite volcano
VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii tourism officials are hoping Kilauea’s eruption won’t deter travelers from visiting the state’s largest island, even as geologists warn the volcano could soon shoot large...
View ArticleFacebook photo with Richard Sherman leads cops to attempted robber
A Facebook photo featuring former Seahawk cornerback Richard Sherman and a fan helped detectives nab an attempted robber at a Kent smoke shop last month.
View ArticleOf Course You Can Buy and Watch the Great Feature Film The Young Karl Marx on...
by Charles MudedeThe Young Karl Marx Two hundred years ago, Karl Marx was born. In 1848, he co-authored the Communist Manifesto, a piece of youthful writing that bubbled with the inspiration and force...
View ArticleHawaii volcano spawns new fissure near geothermal plant
VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spawned a new lava fissure Saturday, emitting minor lava spatter less than a mile from a geothermal energy plant. The U.S. Geological Survey said 16...
View ArticleHawaii volcano raises concerns of eruptions along West Coast
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The eruption of a Hawaii volcano in the Pacific “Ring of Fire” has experts warily eyeing volcanic peaks on America’s West Coast that are also part of the geologically active...
View ArticleFlooding in Eastern Washington reaches emergency levels
Gov. Jay Inslee proclaimed a state of emergency, saying that flooding caused by recent rains and snow melt has fouled water and sewage- treatment facilities, threatened roadways and prompted some...
View ArticleNASA’s next Mars rover mission to carry tiny helicopter
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA is planning to send a tiny autonomous helicopter to Mars on its next rover mission to the red planet. The space agency announced Friday that the helicopter will be carried...
View ArticleWashington state rejected a coal-export terminal on the Columbia River. Now 6...
The project calls for moving coal mined in Western states through a terminal in Longview, on the Columbia River, for export to Asian markets. Washington’s Department of Ecology said no, citing problems...
View ArticleHead-tax supporters rally in Seattle ahead of expected City Council vote
Following a Seattle City Council committee's approval of a $75-million-per-year tax on large employers Friday, supporters of the controversial proposal gathered Saturday, marking the latest...
View ArticleFriends and family honor ‘Cinnamon Roll Lady’ at reopening of North Cascades...
For about 40 years, Tootsie Clark commemorated the reopening of Highway 20 by baking cinnamon rolls to give to drivers and WSDOT crews. She died in September at age 95.
View ArticleA warm, safe place — with cookies: Tradeswomen build tiny homes for homeless...
Melinda Nichols, a carpenter since 1972 and longtime board member at the nonprofit that is developing and will operate this tiny village, thought a village specifically for women should be built by women.
View ArticleKOMO, aviation contractor point fingers at each other during trial over...
Two men injured in the deadly 2014 crash of a KOMO-TV helicopter claim the news station and its aviation contractor are to blame for allowing a pilot who was not commercially certified to pilot a...
View ArticleSearchers comb rugged area of Kittitas County in Baum case
A massive search of a rugged area 20 miles east of Ellensburg was undertaken by law enforcement this weekend as they searched for clues into the 2009 disappearance of Lindsey Baum, whose remains were...
View ArticleTumwater man, 32, killed in motorcycle accident
Tumwater man dies in motorcycle crash in Capitol State Forest.
View ArticleMissing sailor found dead in Olympics
A Bremerton-based sailor who has been missing for more than a week has been found dead off a hiking trail in the Olympics.
View ArticleClass-action suit filed in Puyallup hospital hepatitis C case
A second lawsuit alleging negligence at Puyallup’s Good Samaritan Hospital in connection with hepatitis C exposure has been filed; this one is a class-action.
View ArticleWashington sheriff’s critic changes legal name to DumpOzzie Dot Com, says...
The leader of the Rattlesnakes Motorcycle Club has spent years accusing Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich of cover-ups and corruption. He has no law-enforcement experience but says he once turned...
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