Santorum plans aggressive strategy against Romney
A day after Mitt Romney regained some momentum in the Republican presidential contest, his rival Rick Santorum went on the attack, calling the front-runner "desperate" while promising to compete aggressively to win the state where Romney grew up.
Sen. Maria Cantwell says a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration includes a number of benefits for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Two national forests in Idaho and Washington state could receive more than $90 million over the next 10 years as part of a forest restoration plan intended to boost timber production and create jobs while making forests healthier and less prone to wildfire.
Whitney Houston's daughter has been released from a Los Angeles hospital after being rushed there the morning after her mother's death.
Volunteers from Pierce County Search and Rescue sifted through tons of paper at a recycling center Sunday, hoping to find items that Josh Powell may have dumped before killing himself and his two sons in a house fire last week.
A Tulalip Tribes family is feuding with their own tribal leaders over 56 acres of prime land near the tribe's popular casino and outlet mall.
A King County Sheriff's Office deputy, while working with the state Department of Corrections, was involved in a shooting Saturday evening at an Auburn home.
Yelm Police are investigating a shooting in the 10200 block of Third Street Southeast in Yelm, according to a Thurston County dispatcher.
A 28-year-old pilot is resting at home in Bellingham after crashing a small plane on Mount Baker.
Two Prince of Wales Island boys who went missing in June have been found in Washington state after stepping off the Alaska-Washington ferry.
A Brazilian airliner safely made a forced landing after a passenger had a "psychotic attack," entered the cockpit and assaulted a pilot, crew members and passengers who tried to subdue him, witnesses said.
A 22-year-old man sought for investigation in the deaths of a woman and her two sons remained on the loose Sunday, and police said they believed he was armed with several stolen weapons and a bullet-resistant vest.
Crystal chandeliers with a dangerous tendency to fall, single-cup coffee makers that may spray scalding liquid on users and lamps that may start fires are among the consumer products recalled this week.
State lawmakers moved ahead Saturday on a range of legislation, including measures on child pornography viewed by criminal defendants, electric car fees and adoptees' access to birth certificates.
The Olympia Kiwanis Club, Olympia Historical Society and Olympia Woodturners Association share something in common: They’re all putting to good use some of the big trees that came down or were fatally damaged in the January snow and ice storm.
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.
Seventy-seven sailboats took part in Saturday’s 41st running of the Toliva Shoal Race, which begins in Budd Inlet and heads northeast to Toliva Shoal, not far from Steilacoom in Pierce County. It was the largest field in five years.
Mitt Romney added to his lead in the race for delegates Saturday with a narrow victory in the Maine Republican presidential caucuses.
The Washington state Senate has passed a bill to rein in future tax breaks granted by the Legislature.
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A Bellingham man was sentenced Friday, Feb. 10, to one year in prison for trying to sell a map of surveillance cameras at the U.S.-Canada border.
FERNDALE - A 69-year-old man was in jail Friday on suspicion of giving illegal drugs to teenagers and forcing them to engage in sexual acts while he filmed or photographed them, according to the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office.
Five staff at Britain's largest selling tabloid The Sun were arrested Saturday along with three other people over alleged bribes paid to police and defense officials, detectives and the newspaper's parent company said.
The Washington state Senate passed a bill Friday to ban one potentially cancer-causing flame retardant from kids' products but not another that is more widely used.
Police in Bremerton, Wash., say two recent homicides and a non-fatal stabbing may be linked and they are working with the FBI and nearby police agencies to solve the crimes.
The Washington state Health Department says testing shows that norovirus caused more than 200 illnesses among people who attended a state cheerleading tournament last weekend in Everett.
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler says she knows why 10 percent of Americans approve of Congress, a rating that she jokingly says puts lawmakers on par with the popularity of the late Moammar Gadhafi.
The dispatcher who took a much-criticized 911 call from a social worker trying to alert authorities to danger at Josh Powell's house before he killed himself and his children says the case has been "a nightmare."
Drivers traveling through Federal Way this weekend should expect delays. The state Department of Transportation will close all lanes of southbound Interstate 5 at state Route 18 by 11 p.m. Saturday. They will reopen at 7 a.m. Sunday.
Drivers might using Schuster Parkway Saturday might face delays as crews remove a potentially hazardous tree.
A man who was sleeping in the back of his pickup truck when it was stolen from an Olympia parking lot is worried about his cat, which was also in the truck.
After 75 years of offering classical music in Tacoma, the Tacoma Philharmonic is merging into the Broadway Center for Performing Arts, the non-profit organization that manages Tacoma’s downtown theaters, which are owned by the City.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the EGT joint venture signed a five-year labor agreement Friday covering operations at the grain terminal at the Port of Longview.
Pierce County sheriff’s investigators found a comforter stained with blood inside a storage unit rented by Josh Powell but further tests are needed to know what kind of blood it is and who it belonged to.
Sales of existing homes in Washington rose in the final quarter to 2011, but prices continued to drop.
A judge has ordered a cease fire at a shooting range near Bremerton until it complies with all county land use requirements.
The Okanogan County prosecutor has charged a faith-healing couple with second-degree murder in the death of their 17-year-old son who had burst appendix.
For the third day in a row, lawmakers expect to negotiate in Gov. Chris Gregoire’s office today in hopes of reaching a deal on teacher evaluations.
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department has released a surveillance photo of Josh Powell taken the day before he set fire to his Graham-area rental home, killing himself and his two young sons.
President Barack Obama will announce a plan to accommodate religious employers outraged by a rule that would require them to cover birth control for women free of charge, according to a person familiar with the decision.
A Mason County sheriff's deputy shot and wounded a man who was driving his truck toward the officer.
A 78-year-old Sequim man who was injured when his boat exploded Jan. 31 at the John Wayne Marina has died.
A memorial service will be held at the University of Washington for a 23-year-old Marine who was killed Jan. 31 in Afghanistan.
A Washington state Health Department spokesman says there have been at least 192 reports of illness among people who attended a state cheerleading tournament last weekend in Everett.
The state House has approved a bill that requires ballot initiative campaigns to identify their top five donors in their advertisements.
To understand the “no” vote cast on same-sex marriage by Rep. Steve Kirby, a Tacoman who usually sides with his fellow Democrats, look at how the people in his district voted in 2009 on the successful referendum giving gay couples “everything but marriage.”
Drivers traveling through Federal Way this weekend should expect delays.The state Department of Transportation will be closing all lanes of southbound Interstate 5 at state Route 18 by 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights. They will reopen at 7 a.m. each morning.
A dogwood tree will be planted Saturday at Carson Elementary School in remembrance of Charlie and Braden Powell.
Washington's share of a $25 billion settlement with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses will be about $648 million, the state attorney general said Thursday.
A Washington state Health Department spokesman says there have been 192 reports of illness among people who attended a state cheerleading tournament last weekend in Everett.
Pierce County sheriff’s investigators have roped off part of a Graham recycling center after receiving a tip that Josh Powell threw some paper away there before he ignited a deadly house fire Sunday.
An initiative seeking to legalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana will be decided by voters, Washington state lawmakers said Thursday.
Voters may be presented with two ballot measures seeking to overturn a recently passed measure that would legalize same-sex marriage in Washington state.
Associated Ministries will hold a Moment of Blessing ceremony next week at the what’s left of the home where the two Powell brothers were killed.
Single? Love might be waiting for you on a chairlift in Oregon.
The owner of a court reporting business announced this week that he will run for a 30th District House seat as a Democrat.
State Sen. Pam Roach, a frequent critic of the Department of Social and Health Services, asked DSHS today what Utah police told the agency about the Powell children’s welfare before their deaths.
Former Tacoma resident Ashley Wagner finished second in voting for the U.S. Olympic Committee’s female athlete of the month award, the USOC announced this morning.
Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho yesterday cast her investigation into a forensic psychiatry team at Madigan Army Medical Center as a push to ensure that the Army delivers a consistent diagnosis for post-traumatic stress disorder across the service.
A landmark $25 billion settlement with the nation's top mortgage lenders was hailed by government officials Thursday as long-overdue relief for victims of foreclosure abuses. But consumer advocates countered that far too few people will benefit.
To understand the ‘no’ vote cast on gay marriage Wednesday by Rep. Steve Kirby, a Tacoman who usually sides with his fellow Democrats, it helps to look at how the people in his district voted in 2009 on the “everything but marriage” referendum.
The Quinault Indian has closed all beaches to public access along its reservation on the Washington coast.
Alpental ski area on Snoqualmie Pass will unveil its new two-story David Pettigrew Mountain Safety and Education Center on Saturday afternoon. The 30-minute ceremony will start at 2 p.m. with a tour to follow.
Olympic National Park superintendent Karen Gustin plans to retire March 2. Gustin has been the superintendent at Olympic since 2008.
A Seattle-area club promoter who repeatedly stabbed a 28-year-old woman as she begged for her life has been convicted of first-degree murder.
NorthWest Music Scene has launched a Facebook effort to keep a notoriously anti-gay church from picketing the funeral service for two young brothers killed Sunday in a violent house fire.
The Kitsap County sheriff's office says no one was injured when a deputy responding to a shooting in Poulsbo collided with a car in Hansville.
Residents testified Wednesday night that increasing the cost to cross the Tacoma Narrows Bridge would take a toll on families living on the peninsula and its economy.
A Kitsap County sheriff's spokesman says law enforcement officers fatally shot a man outside a tire store in Poulsbo (PAULS-bow), Wash.
A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said Wednesday. There will be no cost to eligible passengers, who would no longer have to remove their shoes and belts before they board flights.
Highlights of the 911 log detailing the police and fire response to Josh Powell's home on Sunday:
The City of Tacoma wants to hear from people who live in areas battling blight and vandalism, and who have a wall ready for a mural.
A citizen advisory committee will hold a meeting and public hearing starting at 6:30 this evening as it considers raising toll rates on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
State health officials say whooping cough is a growing problem in Washington state.
The state is pulling the plug on a hatchery steelhead program at Snider Creek next year to establish a wild steelhead management zone in the Sol Duc River.
People learned better when a key part of their brains got mild zaps of electricity, a finding that may someday help Alzheimer's patients keep more of their memories.
The Redistricting Commission honored John Milem for his volunteer work helping redraw the state’s political lines, but while Milem had influence on the details, he wasn’t satisfied the plan was fair in the big picture.
FYI: Backers of Washington’s gay-marriage legislation, Senate Bill 6239, expect the House to pass it and send it to Gov. Chris Gregoire on Wednesday — and challengers already are making plans for a ballot challenge.
Washington students are taking and passing more Advanced Placement exams.
The time and place of the funeral service for the two Powell boys killed Sunday in a house fire have been changed because of an overwhelming response from the community.
Puyallup City Hall is home to an art gallery, a Subway restaurant, a yogurt shop and roughly 60 city workers.
Longshore union workers handled the first grain ship to dock at the $200 million EGT terminal in Longview.
Key Peninsula fire crews responded to a rolled over log truck this morning on state Route 302.
A couple saying they are an aunt and uncle of Josh Powell released a statement Tuesday night, several media outlets reported.
Flags at all state agency buildings will be flying at half-staff today in honor of a Marine sergeant from Seattle who was killed recently in Afghanistan.
The Legislature is set to approve a measure that would legalize gay marriage in Washington state.
The Washington State Patrol says an irate driver apparently whacked a man in the shoulder with a small sledge hammer in a road rage dispute.
A Snohomish County sheriff's officer says an apparent intruder has been fatally shot by an Edmonds, Wash., homeowner.
Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum made a calculated decision a few weeks ago.
In a lecture to colleagues, a Madigan Army Medical Center psychiatrist said a soldier who retires with a post-traumatic-stress-disorder diagnosis could eventually receive $1.5 million in government payments, according to a memo by a Western Regional Medical Command ombudsman who attended the September presentation.
Medicaid soon won’t cover emergency-room treatment that state officials decide afterward was “not medically necessary.”
Four Lakewood city employees will be handed pink slips today as officials work to close a budget shortfall of slightly more than $1 million.
A memorial fund has been set up in memory of Charlie, 7, and Braden, 5, who were killed by their father Sunday afternoon. The money will assist with funeral costs.
Madonna's not finished with stadiums.
Senate Democrats on Tuesday promoted a package of bills aimed at bringing more skilled jobs to the state.
A pair of proposals to change the way Washington state evaluates teachers appears to be back in play in Olympia after being blocked last week by the statehouse education committee chairs.
A man fatally shot in Seattle early Sunday was a Texas man serving in the Navy and assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, which is being overhauled in Bremerton.
The Army is investigating whether the cost of care and benefits is influencing the diagnosis of soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder at Madigan Army Medical Center, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
Community members around Carson Elementary School have started to hang purple ribbons in honor of the two Powell brothers who were killed Sunday in a violent house fire.
The company whose name is synonymous with on-line commerce, Seattle’s Amazon.com, may soon open a physical store to test its prowess at on-the-ground retailing.
The Washington state Senate has passed a resolution honoring Margaret Anderson, the Mount Rainier National Park ranger who was fatally shot on New Year's Day.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for a likely appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Sea-Tac’s Alaska Airlines is adding two cities and subtracting one from its repertoire of East Coast cities it serves from the Puget Sound area.
Boeing acknowledged this week it has found one more glitch in some of its new 787 Dreamliners.
Hoping to stem what they say is a rising tide of prescription drug abuse and accidental poisonings, Washington legislators want to require drug makers to set up and pay for a statewide program to collect unused prescription drugs and other medicine.
A vice president at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure resigned Tuesday, saying the breast cancer charity should have stood by its politically explosive decision to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood.
The Stage 1 burn ban for Pierce County was lifted Monday.
A spokesman for Amanda Knox says her Italian lawyer has filed an appeal of her slander conviction in Italy.
Vandals wearing masks, hooded sweat shirts and dark clothing smashed windows at three banks Monday evening in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Hundreds of Washington state employees are paid to stay home every year during investigations for possible misbehavior or crimes such as theft or harassing co-workers.
The U.S. House approved a bill Monday that will allow the Quileute tribe to move its school and other buildings out of a tsunami zone on the Washington coast to higher ground in Olympic National Park.
The Colorado Rockies acquired veteran right-hander Jeremy Guthrie from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for right-handed pitchers Matt Lindstrom and Jason Hammel on Monday.
Two new hotels will be constructed along the Pacific Highway corridor in Lakewood, City Manager Andrew Neiditz announced Monday night.
Restoration work on the Murray Morgan Bridge will require overnight closures of Interstate 705 this week.
McDonald's has apologized and pulled an ad that came back to bite it.
Washington state lawmakers pressed ahead Monday with a series of mostly driving-related fee increases to raise money for road repairs and other transportation needs.
City Manager Andrew Neiditz will share details on how he intends to close the projected shortfall at tonight’s City Council meeting.
There’s still no money available to bring light rail to Federal Way, but Democratic state Sen. Tracey Eide and Republican King County Councilman Pete Von Reichbauer say Sound Transit should spend what it does have on a planning process that will position it for the day when there is money.
Bruce Lachney said today he will run as Democrat for the state Senate seat representing the 2nd District. Republican Sen.Randi Becker is the incumbent.
After a year of sometimes-violent demonstrations with multiple arrests at the Port of Longview, the EGT terminal and Longshore union jointly announced Monday they're working together for the first time for a grain ship arriving Tuesday.
A portion of Interstate 705 in Tacoma will be closed overnight for four days this week as crews work on restoring the Murray Morgan Bridge.
The Senate's chief budget writer on Monday proposed a plan that would have voters decide not only on a temporary sales tax increase this year, but also on a permanent capital gains tax that would be dedicated to paying for education for the long term.
Police say the death of a 61-year-old woman in Bremerton was a homicide and they're asking the public for any information that may help solve the case.
A man firing a black powder cannon in a remote location near Montesano was injured when it spontaneously discharged.
Scam artists pretending to be Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers are hocking cars on the web with deals that sound too good to be true.
This is the seat being given up by Rep. Jeannie Darneille who is running for the state Senate. And up until today we thought it was going to be battled out by Tacoma City Councilman Jake Fey and Tacoma architect Jim Merritt.
The new agent in charge at the Border Patrol's Port Angeles station has made community outreach one of his top jobs.
Closing unproductive state tax loopholes and holding down health care costs would help pay for education programs that have suffered deep cuts in recent years, U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee said during an appearance at a small Spokane aerospace company on Monday.
At Carson Elementary School in Puyallup, where 7-year-old Charlie Powell was a first-grader, candles, stuffed animals and other symbols of a school in mourning surrounded a sign near the front entrance.
A House committee on Monday approved a measure to legalize same-sex marriage in Washington state, setting the stage for final passage this week.
Two years ago, a plan to change the way teachers are evaluated in Washington state became law. Now, lawmakers are debating several possible course adjustments for Washington's teacher evaluation system.
Investigators searching through the rubble of Josh Powell's home found two five-gallon gas cans, including one near the bodies. Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer also said Powell had sent emails to family members and his pastor, some notes including instructions of what to do with his estate.
Rescuers digging for survivors among dozens of people buried by earthquake-triggered landslides on a central Philippine island have found only bodies. The death toll climbed to 15 on Tuesday, and at least 73 people were still missing.
A second inmate fight in a week renewed lockdowns at the Washington state Penitentiary at Walla Walla.
Here are a couple of Facebook groups set up for Susan Cox Powell and her sons.
The Eastside Neighborhood Advisory Council of Tacoma will host a candlelight vigil tonight for Susan Cox Powell and her two sons.
Anthony Dias is the poster boy for why police and prosecutors hope Washington will join a growing number of states that require people to give DNA samples as soon as they're arrested for a serious crime, rather than waiting until they're convicted.
A week after Gig Harbor’s Kyle Stanley lost a three-stroke lead on the final hole at the Farmers Insurance Open – and eventually the tournament title in a sudden-death playoff to Brandt Snedeker, he returned one week later with the ultimate vengeance.
The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America's top diplomats.
Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the actor who plays the world's most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office.
The Coast Guard cutter Healy is back in Seattle after a 254-day patrol that included clearing a path for a crucial fuel delivery to ice-bound Nome, Alaska.
A pedestrian jumped from an overpass onto Interstate 5 in Seattle late Saturday night and died.
Alma Mitchell might not sleep too well tonight. But that’s to be expected. The Tumwater resident finds out tomorrow if she’s the winner of the 2012 New Yorker magazine’s annual Eustace Tilley cover contest.
A 52-year-old Olympia bicyclist was in critical condition Saturday at Providence St. Peter Hospital after he was struck by an SUV. According to the Washington State Patrol:
Washington State University's conduct board has sanctioned the Pi Beta Phi sorority after finding the organization responsible for hazing and underage drinking.
Fire investigators say a dog inadvertently turned on a stove and started a fire that destroyed a house in Vancouver, Wash., early Saturday.
A state Senate panel has approved a measure that would prohibit the use of indoor tanning beds by anyone younger than 18.
Two doctors on a Madigan Army Medical Center team have been temporarily removed from clinical duties as the Army reviews the team’s handling of post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses of more than a dozen soldiers.
Preliminary results of a poll of voters in Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses show Mitt Romney's victory flowing from his best performance yet among conservatives plus overwhelming backing from the state's Mormons.
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