The state Supreme Court, prodded into action by a 2009 case involving a reprimanded Federal Way judge, is weighing a rule to underscore that court administrative records are public.
There were sharp tools, cedar shavings and steaming pans of water. And there were plenty of stories – including ones about beloved grandmas and favorite pets, and life before such luxuries as indoor plumbing and the Internet. After all, memories and artwork always become one in Andrea Wilbur-Sigo’s home studio near Shelton.
Climate activists plan a two-hour evening forum about how the environment in Thurston County and the Northwest would be affected if as many as 10 full trains of coal a day – equal to 1,250 loaded railcars – get shipped through South Sound to an export facility proposed near Bellingham.
Investigators believe a double shooting Sunday morning at a home in Yelm was accidental.
Some disposal sites for storm debris will close earlier than planned because of decreased demand, a Thurston County commission news release stated.
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The Port of Olympia’s executive director will recommend to the port commission that the port become a full member of the Thurston Regional Planning Council, a decision that has been on hold for about six years. The delay primarily was because of port concerns about membership costs.
In an unusual move, Mayor Stephen Buxbaum distributed a letter at Tuesday’s Olympia City Council meeting responding to west side residents in attendance, one of whom has sued the city over its approval of a 7-Eleven store at Harrison Avenue and Division Street.
Traci Lazar describes the Olympia Regional Learning Academy’s Homeschool Connect program as “the best of both worlds.” She’s still the primary teacher, but her four children also have the opportunity to take enrichment classes.
A margin as thin as an ax blade separates frontrunners Allen Moore and Hugh Neff as they play leapfrog in the too-close-to-call Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race -- the outcome of which could, in fact, be decided by an ax blade.
In 2010, Shannon Kuhn started the Anchorage Food Mosaic, which offers a running commentary on cultural food traditions in Anchorage and beyond. In posts, Kuhn and a half-dozen contributors muse on everything from Pilot Bread to mung beans and offer recipes from all corners of the city's patchwork of ethnic communities.
Sometimes crime victims or their families have to wait months or even years for justice because of delays in the trial process. An Alaska senator has introduced a bill to try to speed the process.
Anchorage fire crews spent Sunday evening fighting a blaze at a Midtown apartment complex that damaged at least some of the top floor.
Check out the best February 2012 photos in the Anchorage Daily News.
The UAA Seawolves lost a home gymnastics meet 190.875 to 189.300 against the visiting Air Force Falcons at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.
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