How your Washington state legislator voted on the open-records bill
Here is who agreed to keep many legislative records secret and who voted against the proposal in Olympia.
View ArticleInterior secretary reconsiders plan for agency makeover
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is revamping a planned sweeping overhaul of his department with a new organizational map that more closely follows state lines instead of the natural boundaries he...
View ArticleBrushing off the cold season
Bundled against the winter chill, David McGranaghan works on a landscape painting Thursday at Green Lake.
View ArticleWashington House approves ban on bump stocks
The measure now heads for a final vote in the Washington Senate, which passed the underlying measure last month 29-20.
View Article‘I feel that tip is out there’: Drawing created from DNA breathes hope into...
DNA left at the crime scene was used to create composite drawings of the man who killed 16-year-old Sarah Yarborough at Federal Way High School in 1991. Police and her family hope her murder can be...
View ArticleTeen boy pleads guilty in kicking death of Marysville teen
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of another teen in an apparent fight over a girl in Marysville. The Daily Herald reports the boy admitted in...
View ArticleTeen pleads guilty in kicking death of Marysville teen
A 15-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of another teen in an apparent fight over a girl in Marysville. The Daily Herald reports the boy admitted in Snohomish County Juvenile...
View ArticleAutistic Arkansas teen kidnapped, brought to cabin near Eatonville, deputies say
A Renton man and Eatonville woman were arraigned Friday for extradition to Arkansas on warrants for kidnapping. The 18-year-old was rescued from a cabin north of Eatonville, shortly after deputies...
View ArticlePolice in Washington state sell seized assault weapons
A growing list of states require agencies to sell all forfeited guns. But a Yakima police captain says it’s “absolutely insane” to sell assault weapons. “It’s a bad idea to sell guns,” said Capt. Jeff...
View ArticleMan arrested after stabbing at Seattle’s Westlake Station
The victim was taken to Harborview Medical Center with critical but not life-threatening wounds, police said.
View ArticleBack to normal: Rain in the lowlands, feet of mountain snow
Temperatures in the Seattle area climbed back toward normal Saturday as another moisture-laden frontal system moved toward the area.
View ArticlePutting their own spin on things at Seattle yo-yo competition
More than 100 people competed in the annual Pacific Northwest Regional Yo-Yo Championship event in Seattle on Saturday.
View ArticleSt. Helens permit sales reopen Monday after website crash
Mount St. Helens Institute says it’s using a new vendor that can handle the demand when climbing-permit sales resume 9 a.m. Monday.
View ArticleSeattle University to overlook high-school suspensions for peaceful activism
In the wake of national student activism on gun laws, Seattle University joined a growing list of colleges and universities that pledged to overlook a high-school suspension if it results from peaceful...
View ArticleArguments over guns waste time and lives, when action is needed now
Among readers, the ideological arguments about guns continue, but more people see this as a time to reduce violence by controlling access to guns.
View ArticleBefore #MeToo and changes at Seattle City Hall, a City Light worker spoke out
When Beth Rocha decided to speak out about sexual harassment in her office at Seattle City Light, she didn’t know the #MeToo movement would go viral. A year later, Mayor Jenny Durkan has ordered a...
View ArticleDiscrimination settlements have cost Seattle millions, but sexual-harassment...
Seattle paid about $4.4 million in the last decade to settle city-employee allegations of discrimination. But the city hasn’t been tracking sexual-harassment settlements specifically, so it can’t...
View ArticleMoPOP’s Sound Off! helps young Northwest musicians get their start
For 17 years, the museum's 21-and-under battle of the bands has served as a springboard for young Northwest musicians at a pivotal juncture in their lives.
View ArticleBill would let educators give Narcan in OD cases
Should educators be able to give a lifesaving dose of Narcan to a student overdosing on opioids? Absolutely, say backers of a law tearing through the state legislature. But the teachers union says not...
View ArticleBill would let Washington educators give Narcan for drug overdoses
Should educators be able to give a lifesaving dose of Narcan to a student overdosing on opioids? Absolutely, say backers of a law tearing through the state legislature. But the teachers union says not...
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