Gun Control Initiative Is Back on the Ballot, Baby!
The state's biggest gun control initiative in years is back on the ballot after the Washington State Supreme Court reversed a lower court's ruling.by Lester BlackI-1639 would establish waiting periods...
View ArticleWashington Supreme Court puts gun-regulation measure I-1639 back on November...
The Washington state Supreme Court overturned a Thurston County court decision about Initiative I-1639. The measure, among other things, would raise the legal age to buy semi-automatic rifles to 21.
View ArticleWashington Supreme Court puts gun-regulations measure I-1639 back on November...
The Washington state Supreme Court has ruled that the proposed gun-regulations measure, Initiative 1639 will appear on November’s election ballot.
View ArticleNational Weather Service says Hurricane Lane has weakened to Category 1 storm...
HONOLULU (AP) — National Weather Service says Hurricane Lane has weakened to Category 1 storm but danger remains as it moves toward Oahu.
View ArticleFishing guide sentenced to federal prison for Social Security and disability...
Billy Jim Swann had tried to claim Social Security disability benefits in 2006, swearing under oath he was only a volunteer for a few weeks at a time at an Alaskan summer camp.
View ArticleThe Abuses of the Suppression of Fire Theory
by Charles Mudede RonBailey/gettyimages.com In the eighth lecture, "Exploring the Planet," of Patrick N. Allitt's Teaching Company course The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, the danger of...
View ArticleUnmanned boat spins out of control near Normandy Park; Coast Guard on-site
The U.S. Coast Guard received numerous calls from witnesses who said they saw a boat driving erratically and heard screams for help.
View ArticleSerial cat mutilations leave Olympia-area residents angry, scared and suspicious
The cat mutilations/killings attributed to the same person or persons in Thurston County now total 11, including one found Friday morning. The investigation has so far come up empty despite “hundreds...
View ArticleOregon Shakespeare Festival revenues down due to wildfires
Smoky conditions have cost the Oregon Shakespeare Festival $2 million in lost revenue, officials say.
View ArticleSeattle’s secret meetings are creating more suspicion than progress
Holding closed-door talks on contentious topics such as taxes and zoning may be easier than inviting in the disagreeable public. But now Seattle finds itself stalled in an atmosphere of distrust.
View ArticleOregon woman who survived Las Vegas shooting becomes officer
Lauren Card, 23, was at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival in Las Vegas last October when a gunman killed 58 people and wounded more than 500. On Monday, Card was sworn in as a Springfield...
View ArticleNational Weather Service says Hurricane Lane in waters off Hawaii has...
HONOLULU (AP) — National Weather Service says Hurricane Lane in waters off Hawaii has weakened to become Tropical Storm Lane.
View ArticleAs China retaliates in trade war, damage for Northwest cherry growers could...
Four members of Washington’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asking that cherry growers be included in a $12 billion aid package the Trump administration is...
View ArticleAs China retaliates in Trump trade war, damage for Northwest cherry growers...
Four members of Washington’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asking that cherry growers be included in a $12 billion aid package the Trump administration is...
View ArticlePolice locate ‘vulnerable’ 33-year-old man who was passenger in carjacked...
Agencies throughout Western Washington were put on alert after reports that a vehicle carjacked in Seattle contained a vulnerable man as a passenger.
View ArticleOnce-powerful Hawaii hurricane downgraded to tropical storm
HONOLULU (AP) — A powerful hurricane that threatened Hawaii for a week rapidly disintegrated to become a tropical storm south of Honolulu. But meteorologists warned heavy rains could still wallop the...
View ArticleFirefighters make progress with forest fire outside Berlin
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they’re making progress fighting a major forest fire some 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Berlin, but an area around two evacuated villages remains a source of...
View Article‘Don’t let your guard down,’ federal officials tell Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — Federal officials said Saturday that torrential rains are now the biggest threat to Hawaii after a once-powerful hurricane that threatened the island state was downgraded to a tropical...
View ArticleHawaii emerges from threat as storm veers away from islands
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii emerged Saturday from the threat of a potentially devastating hurricane after flooding forced evacuations on some islands but damage appeared less than feared despite historic...
View ArticleWarnings dropped as tropical storm turns away from Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — Weather officials dropped all warnings Saturday after tropical storm Lane weakened and turned away from Hawaii. The storm began moving to the west, breaking its northward march toward...
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