87 endangered vultures poisoned by poachers in Mozambique
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Conservationists say at least 87 critically endangered vultures have died after consuming poison planted in the carcass of a poached elephant in Mozambique. The South Africa-based...
View ArticleHow ‘Hitler’s car’ ended up parked in Medina
A Medina resident recently spotted a very unusual sight in her neighborhood: one of the Mercedes-Benz parade cars used by Adolf Hitler.
View ArticlePuget Sound region’s Atlantic salmon fish farms could be headed for final...
Begun with a quest to grow salmon sized to the slot in a TV dinner, industrial-scale salmon farming in the U.S. got its start in Washington — which now is pushing to ban it.
View ArticleWhen and where are traffic control officers effective?
If a car crosses through an intersection after a light-signal change, but no police officer is around to see it, does it create traffic mayhem? A theory, posted on a thread in a Seattle forum on...
View ArticleWhen and where are traffic-control officers effective on busy Seattle streets?
If a car crosses through an intersection after a light-signal change, but no police officer is around to see it, does it create traffic mayhem? A theory, posted on a thread in a Seattle forum on...
View ArticleWSU shellfish researcher pays fine for ethics violation
Scientist says it was just a clerical mistake, but opponents of the use of pesticides on oyster beds now question his credibility.
View ArticleWeather service confirms 2 tornadoes struck Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The National Weather Service says two tornadoes struck northeast Arkansas during the weekend, including one that killed a man before moving into southeast Missouri. The weather...
View ArticleTacoma police arrest two for making school threats
Tacoma police have arrested a 12-year-old and a 15-year-old in separate incidents in which they allegedly threatened people at their schools.
View Article1 dead, 3 injured after logging truck rolls over, hits car
A woman is dead and three people are in the hospital Sunday night after a semi truck's trailer rolled over into oncoming traffic and hit a car on Black Diamond Road in Auburn, according to Mountain...
View ArticleAvalanche near Stampede Pass buries snowmobilers, killing Issaquah man
EASTON, Wash. (AP) — An avalanche has killed a man who was snowmobiling with four friends in the Central Cascades. The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office says Joseph Simenstad, 32, from Issaquah, died...
View Article2 boys arrested for making threats at 2 Tacoma schools
TACOMA (AP) — Tacoma Police say they have arrested two boys for threatening violence in separate incidents at two schools. Police spokeswoman Loretta Cool says police investigated Friday after social...
View ArticleDog killed, man injured in Judkins Park home-invasion robbery
Police are looking for help finding the suspects who forced their way into a Judkins Park home on Sunday evening where they killed a dog, shot a man and made off with a “large amount of cash.”...
View ArticleHelen Jackson, widow of Sen. Henry Jackson, dies at 84
She was born in New Mexico, went to college in New York and California, and worked and met her husband in Washington, D.C. But it was Sen. “Scoop” Jackson’s native Everett that became her home.
View ArticleGift to Oregon Senate GOP leader created ethical quandary
The issue confronting Ted Ferrioli, who represented a huge swath of eastern Oregon covering canyonlands, mountains and high desert with cowboys, loggers and Native Americans among his constituents, is...
View ArticleImmigrant targeted for deportation came to ICE’s attention after protests and...
Maru Mora-Villalpando, 47, supports immigrants detained at the privately run Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. U.N. human-rights experts have called on the U.S. to protect Mora-Villalpando from...
View ArticleWashington immigrant targeted for deportation came to ICE’s attention after...
Maru Mora-Villalpando, 47, supports immigrants detained at the privately run Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. U.N. human-rights experts have called on the U.S. to protect Mora-Villalpando from...
View ArticleHundreds urge Inslee to veto bill exempting Washington legislators from...
Gov. Jay Inslee must decide by Thursday whether to veto or let stand a bill exempting the state Legislature from Washington’s Public Records Act. Inslee has received hundreds of messages urging him to...
View ArticleCan Swiss apprenticeship model help Washington boost high-school-graduation...
High-school students in Switzerland take many different tracks to finish their diplomas, including apprenticeships at local businesses — a model that is being studied for Washington.
View ArticleEurope in throes of beautiful but deadly cold snap
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An extreme Siberian cold snap sweeping across Europe is claiming lives in Poland and Romania, but also dusted the ancient ruins of Pompeii with snow Tuesday and prompted Amsterdam...
View ArticleDemocrats vying to succeed Rep. Dave Reichert to debate Wednesday in Auburn
The event, which is free and open to the public, will include a candidate meet and greet followed by the debate. Organizers include the 47th District Democrats and the Washington State Labor Council.
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