Fans of the giant Palouse earthworm are once again seeking federal protection for the rare, sweet-smelling species that spits at predators.
The company that publishes The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver, Wash., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an effort to resolve credit issues involving a building project.
Alaska Airlines and the union for its 1,500 pilots say they have a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract.
Officially, it's the South Lake Union Streetcar. But in the neighborhood where the new line runs, it's called the South Lake Union Trolley — or, the SLUT. At Kapow! Coffee, a shop in the old Cascade neighborhood, 100 T-shirts bearing the words "Ride the SLUT" sold out in days, and another 100 are on order.
Southbound I-5 traffic ground to a near-halt late Sunday afternoon and early evening, after a man climbed onto the railing and was perched above the Columbia River, threatening to jump.
A 26-year-old Indigenous Australian man died in the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) on Friday afternoon after being diagnosed with the virus on Thursday. He was suffering from several serious conditions.
Four hundred kilometres in security van, outside temperature reached 42 degrees C, inside the surface of this metal cell steadily increased to over 56C. By mid-afternoon, the Aboriginal man in custody Mr Ward was dead.
WA winemakers are turning to emerging markets in Taiwan, Nepal and South Korea to help the industry through the global economic crisis, as traditional markets in Britain and the US dry up.
EVERETT -- Profits from his first crop reportedly financed more high-tech equipment for the marijuana growing operation stashed under his basement floor. Bugs are said to have devoured his second and third crops. The cops found his fourth.
The ugly low flow of the Spokane River in downtown Spokane, Washington will be a thing of the past thanks to the tenacious advocacy of Rachael Pascal Osborne and the UW Law School's Berman Enviornmental Law program with Avista in its bid for renewal of their license to generate e …
LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Lakewood, Wash., could become the first city in the state to require its contractors to confirm the legal status of their new hires.
BREMERTON, Wash. - Police are investigating after two children reported witnessing an armed kidnapping Saturday night at a Bremerton apartment complex.
VANCOUVER, Wash. - A former Portland firefighter has been convicted of beating and strangling his 90-year-old mother to death. David Gaul, 55, was found guilty of murdering his mother, Junette Gaul, 90, of Hazel Dell, Wash.
EVERETT --- It took a jug of laundry detergent to stop an Everett purse snatcher. After grabbing a handicapped woman's handbag in a Safeway parking lot last month, a bystander smacked the would-be robber over the head with a plastic bottle of liquid laundry soap.
After the past couple of weeks, being pro-second amendment is a hard sell.
LYNNWOOD, Wash. --- A baby was found dead inside his mother's car on Monday afternoon, according to Lynnwood police. Police said a 1-year-old boy was in a car parked in the 18500 block of 60th Avenue West.
---Video Report to the right on link page.--- Ellensburg, Wash. --- Sheriff's deputies have identified a Washington man suspected of robbing a convenience store at gunpoint, with his nine-year-old daughter by his side. The robbery was caught on surveillance tape.
LAKEWOOD, Wash. -- A 64-year-old man was killed late Tuesday when he was run over and dragged by his own van. Investigators said the man was in front of the van at a Chevron gas station when the vehicle started to move forward just before midnight.
FERNDALE, Wash. -- An employee of a Ferndale Dairy Queen says she "accidentally" poured Ajax into the malt dispenser, sickening two customers, according to court documents.
---Link for photo of dummy is in My comments section on this page.--- Excerpt: Frustrated by the heavy traffic he encountered on his daily commute from Camano Island to Bellevue and back, a 33-year-old man created a "passenger" out of PVC pipe and plastic foam so he could zip al …
Excerpt: Police arrest a 39-year-old Tacoma man in the July 2007 disappearance of his girlfriend. Glenn D. Riccio reportedly said he killed Jessica Armstrong and buried her at his Hilltop home. ...
Washington state would offer same-sex couples all the rights and benefits given to heterosexual married couples under a measure that was introduced Tuesday in the Legislature.
I've spent the better part of the last two weeks doing a lot of soul searching. I've consulted family, friends, coworkers, along with the teachings of Christ and Buddha to find the answer.
Professor Imberger suggests Australia should take the nuclear waste from the world and charge the world for it. Australia would be fulfilling its "global responsibility" the article suggests. He too promotes the myth that nuclear power could solve the carbon problem.
TACOMA, Wash. -- A 15-year-old boy was arrested in north Tacoma Wednesday for allegedly pointing toy guns at passersby while perched in a tree, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News. The boy allegedly had both a toy pistol and a toy rifle.
The father of a 6-year-old Marysville girl who died after being shot in the head Sunday had been drinking double shots of vodka while he cleaned his guns, according to probable-cause documents.
Something odd is happening in Washington State.
The Washington state congressman behind the New Apollo Energy Act wants to do for clean energy what Kennedy did for space.
Today was a monumental day for me-- I voted for the first time in my life. I was endowed the freedom to vote, and I participated in that freedom. Question to Washington State voters: how packed was your caucus?