College Republicans threaten to sue UW over $17,000 security fee for Saturday...
The University of Washington wants the school’s College Republicans club to pay $17,000 for security for a Patriot Prayer rally this weekend on campus. The club says that the fee is unconstitutional...
View ArticleOregon Military Department upgrades Camp Umatilla
The Oregon Military Department has spent $2 million on infrastructure upgrades since the U.S. Army signed over 7,500 acres of the former chemical depot for an Oregon National Guard Training Center...
View Article911 dispatchers train to spot sex trafficking
The training was possible because of a $50,000 state grant awarded in June to the Human Trafficking Task Force of Clark County, a coalition of more than a dozen local agencies.
View ArticleLawmakers back ‘Breakfast After the Bell’ to feed more hungry students
House Bill 1508, dubbed “Breakfast after the Bell,” is premised on the idea that students learn more effectively on a full stomach and is intended to spur more Washington schools to offer breakfast...
View ArticleNation’s community health centers caught in ‘Washington’s political dysfunction’
The Community Health Center program serves 27 million people at almost 10,000 nonprofit clinics nationwide, almost all of which are in low-income rural and urban areas. Federal money for the centers...
View ArticleConnelly: Trump channels Stalin: Don't stop applauding
Is it treasonous not to applaud the leader? Joseph Stalin thought so. Donald Trump does as well.
View ArticleJohn Mahoney, who played cranky dad on ‘Frasier,’ dies at 77
John Mahoney, a British native who made Chicago his hometown, was a two-time Emmy nominee for “Frasier” and won a 1986 Tony Award for “The House of Blue Leaves.”
View ArticleSecond group of West Seattle homeowners accused of cutting public trees...
The settlement, combined with a $440,000 deal last April, means the city will collect $800,000 overall after the destruction of more than 150 trees in a greenbelt.
View ArticleEagle Scout turned child pornographer: I’m sorry I took photos
A Seattle-area "child predator" who worked with a California man to sexually abuse a teen girl they met online has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison.
View ArticleWith no progress on contract negotiations, Seattle school-bus driver strike...
The continued strike means the majority of the 12,000 Seattle students who normally ride a yellow bus will still have to find an alternative way to get to school.
View ArticleCity in $360K settlement for West Seattle trees illegally cut
The city of Seattle has now agreed to $800,000 in settlements with West Seattle homeowners responsible for destruction of 153 trees in a city greenbelt, cut down so as to improve the residents' views.
View ArticleLakewood City Council approves allocation of $6.5M in punitive damages in...
The money will be used to pay for the punitive portion of a $15.1 million verdict levied by a federal civil-rights jury against the city, its police chief and two officers for the 2013 shooting death...
View ArticleReport: College Republicans threaten lawsuit against UW over fee
The University of Washington said the UW College Republicans must pay $17,000 for security costs in advance of a Saturday rally on Red Square. In response, the club said it will be filing a lawsuit on...
View ArticleIt’s worse than you think: Everett leads the nation in traffic congestion,...
Everett’s mix of highway trestles, limited corridors and job growth mean drivers lose more time every year to traffic jams.
View ArticleFacebook not complying with Seattle’s political-ad disclosure law, watchdog says
Facebook has provided inadequate information to the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission about ads bought by candidates last year, while Google has so far provided none, the commission’s executive...
View ArticleGlitch in Washington’s motor-voter program prevented thousands from being...
The Washington Department of Licensing Tuesday announced that a glitch in its motor-voter registration program prevented thousands of registrations from being transmitted to the Secretary of State’s...
View ArticleCharge: Alleged Rolex bandit posts photo of loot on Snapchat
Prosecutors continue to stack up defendants in a series of Ben Bridge smash-and-grab robberies and believe they've charged three of the four suspects in the heists.
View ArticleNew charge filed in Pierce County deputy's slaying
One of the three people charged in connection with the January death of a Pierce County sheriff's deputy was arraigned on a more severe charge Tuesday.
View ArticleKing County property taxes rising between 9 and 31 percent — depending on...
Countywide, the 2018 property tax bills being sent out soon will be 17 percent higher on average than last year's. A spokesman for the assessor says it's "the largest property-tax increase in King...
View ArticleMan faces maximum murder charge in Pierce County deputy’s death
Deputy Daniel McCartney was shot to death Jan. 7 after responding to an armed home-invasion robbery in Frederickson. Police say another suspect, Henry Carden, was found with a fatal self-inflicted...
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