School board members in the Gig Harbor-area Peninsula School District have opted out of becoming a charter school authorizer, just as their counterparts in Tacoma have done.
Carlos Triunfel is headed back to Sea-Tac after flying to Reno with the Rainiers. He will replace Robert Andino, who will likely be designated for assignment after word of being placed on waivers leaked Friday.
A new interview from the top Army commander in the Pacific raises some interesting questions about how the Pentagon's plans for its Stryker brigades as it draws down it forces over the next few years.
UPDATE as of 11:50 p.m. Fife police said that about 9:55 a.m. a 911 caller reported a suspicious vehicle in the area, with an unresponsive male inside and a note taped to the window that said: "Do not open. Hydrogen Sulfide. Call 911."
Seattle Seahawks tight end Anthony McCoy had surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon injury on Thursday that he appeared to suffer in practice earlier this week.
The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Washington is $4, heading into the Memorial Day weekend.
Eight people safely escaped a mobile home fire in Kent this morning, according to Kent Fire Capt. Kyle Ohashi.
The University of Washington says it received more freshmen applications than ever before, and even though the university plans to enroll 150 more Washington students this fall, it was still more difficult to get into UW this year compared to last.
A sheriff’s SWAT member shot and killed a Fife man early Friday after the man held his 4-year-old son hostage for more than four hours Thursday night.
The Internal Revenue Service official who led the unit that targeted tea party groups and publicly disclosed the activity has been replaced, making her the third top IRS official moved aside since the episode was revealed two weeks ago.
A Washington Corrections Department spokesman confirms that the father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell has been told he can't return to his Puyallup (Pew-AL-up) home if he wants to qualify for early prison release.
A structural beam in the ceiling of Showbox SoDo in Seattle cracked as crews set up for the FareStart Guest Chef Spectacular event today, according to FareStart spokeswoman Christina Starr.
Authorities say a corrections officer at the state prison in Monroe, Wash., was treated at a hospital after an inmate punched him in the face during a religious service.
The Port of Tacoma’s container traffic numbers, a key measurement of the port’s prosperity, have jumped by nearly 35 percent in 2012’s first four months, new figures from the port show.
The jury in Jodi Arias' trial was dismissed Thursday after failing to reach a unanimous decision on whether the woman they convicted of murdering her one-time boyfriend should be sentenced to life or death in a case that has captured headlines worldwide with its sex, lies, violence.
The only nuclear power plant in the Northwest is shut down for a refueling that takes place every two years.
The on ramp from state Route 16 to northbound Interstate 5 will close at 11 p.m. tonight as crews work to fix damage from a crash this afternoon, according to the state Department of Transportation.
A closer look at the 4A and 3A state fastpitch tournaments that begin May 24 and end on May 25:
CBS strengthened its dominance over the television industry this year at the same time that the unprecedented reign of "American Idol" came to a close.
Washington college students say they need Congress to give them affordable student loans at a rate they can depend on, instead of a yearly debate on rising interest rates.
A woman accused of neglecting two young daughters in a car on the Tulalip Indian Reservation had a not guilty plea entered for her Thursday if federal court in Seattle.
A woman who was wounded in a shootout Wednesday night at a Renton park has died.
President Barack Obama said Thursday that the Justice Department will review the policy under which it obtains journalists' records in investigations of the leak of government secrets.
A Seattle City Council committee has approved zoning for large indoor marijuana farms in some industrial areas of the city.
A Pierce County woman is accused of starving one of her horses because she didn’t want to pay $200 to have it euthanized.
A 37-year-old janitor who has been charged with threatening to kill a federal judge in a case that involves letters containing the deadly poison ricin is a registered sex offender who lived in a rundown apartment building near downtown Spokane.
News Census figures show Seattle had the 14th largest population jump among all U.S. cities between 2011 and 2012.
A man who held the position of quartermaster with the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Sultan is accused of taking more than $90,000 from its bank accounts.
The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders – a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.
A suburban Portland police officer already accused of food stamp fraud has been arrested by SWAT officers at his Vancouver, Wash., home in connection with the sexual assault of a 5-year-old child.
King County Sheriff's deputy Martin Duran died tonight at Tacoma General Hospital from injuries he suffered in an off-duty motorcycle crash Monday night near Frederickson, according to the King County Sheriff's Office.
It’s beginning to look like you can pencil Andrew Carraway in for a quality start every time he steps onto the mound. The Tacoma left-hander came up with another strong outing, matching a season-high in strikeouts, Jesus Sucre added a two-run double and the Rainiers notched their fifth consecutive victory with a 5-4 win in Pacific Coast League action over visiting Nashville at Cheney Stadium on Wednesday.
A crash that happened about 9:45 p.m. is blocking all lanes of westbound state Route 18 just east of C Street in Auburn, according to the state Department of Transportation.
A police officer says a car bomb in southwest Pakistan has killed 11 policemen and a civilian.
Tacoma Fire conducted 30 medical evaluations at Saturday night's Life in Color event at the Tacoma Dome, the local stop of the electronic music tour dubbed "the world's largest paint party" on its promotion website.
An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest on Thursday - although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week.
For the second day in a row, the Seattle Mariners were done in shortly after the game started, getting another underwhelming starting pitching performance and doing little afterward in a 7-1 loss Wednesday at Angels Stadium.
Gov. Jay Inslee isn’t getting a pay raise this year, nor in 2014. But the nine members of the state Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Barbara Madsen will get raises Sept. 1 — and their salaries will rise above even that of the governor.
Crews will resume work Friday on 10 miles of Stevens Canyon Road, the major east-west road in Mount Rainier National Park.
A Tacoma political group that distributed mailers attacking state senate candidate Jack Connelly last year violated campaign finance law by failing to report its donations and spending in a timely manner, the Public Disclosure Commission ruled Wednesday.
Josh and Susan Powell’s marriage may have been even worse than most thought. Documents released this week by West Valley City, Utah, police include evidence Josh Powell was cheating on his wife and gambling. They talk about Susan Powell having a “girl’s night out,” and imply it was to liberate herself from her husband’s control.
C.J. Wilson struck out 10 in eight innings, Josh Hamilton had a two-run single and the Los Angeles Angels beat Seattle 7-1 on Wednesday to hand the Mariners their season-worst sixth straight loss.
A U-haul truck of football memorabilia and supplies from a charity auction for the Trufant Family Foundation was stolen the morning of May 19 from a hotel parking lot in South Renton, according to Renton police.
A Tacoma political group that distributed mailers attacking state senate candidate Jack Connelly last year violated campaign finance law by failing to report its donations and spending in a timely manner, the Public Disclosure Commission ruled Wednesday.
Washington State University regents meeting Thursday in Pullman are expected to propose limiting a tuition increase to 2 percent for the coming school year.
The Vancouver Canucks have fired coach Alain Vigneault on Wednesday.
The Phoenix jury deciding whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to life in prison or death has resumed deliberations a day after reaching an impasse and being told to keep trying.
A Bonney Lake woman was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days community service and 15 days house arrest after being convicted of embezzling money from her homeowners' association and her former employer.
California-based chicken producer Foster Farms is recalling about 6,165 pounds of its ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast strips because the strips contain wheat and soy - known allergens - which are not listed on the labels of its packages, federal agriculture officials said.
A sprinkler system greatly diminished damage at an Auburn townhome after a fire broke out in a dryer today, according to the Valley Regional Fire Authority.
Two harbor seals at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium are pregnant and expecting pups next month.
Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch had a court date Wednesday morning for a motion to suppress evidence in Alameda County District Court, stemming from charges filed against him for driving under the influence of alcohol in July of last year.
A man was arrested at the Centralia Police Station after showing up in handcuffs.
Federal Way police are searching for a man who robbed a bank this morning.
A warrant was issued Tuesday for a 27-year-old man suspected of robbing two convenience stores in Pierce County.
A Washington state man convicted of murdering a Juneau woman is scheduled to be sentenced next week.
A 49-year-old woman who crashed head-on into a vehicle in Bonney Lake in February was drunk with marijuana, opiates and Oxycodone in her system, Pierce County prosecutors say.
A band of thunderstorms battered the Oklahoma City area Thursday, slowing cleanup operations in the suburb where a tornado killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes this week.
CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up. The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.
Overcrowding is forcing the Kitsap County Jail in Port Orchard to release some inmates.
Legislation signed Tuesday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee adds $10 to the cost of a personalized Washington license plate with the money going to help compensate livestock owners for wolf kills.
The Puyallup City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday night to approve an ordinance that eliminates the usage rate surcharge to water utility customers living outside the city limits.
Washington became the fifth state this year to sign into law protections of social media passwords at the workplace and job interviews.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed into law a measure giving legislative approval to a state program that has already issued hundreds of fake driver's licenses and license plates to law enforcement and government agencies.
A 47-year-old man seriously injured in a motorcycle crash near Frederickson Monday night was an off-duty King County deputy, Pierce County Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said.
The woman who limped into a downtown Seattle coffee shop said she'd been shot in the leg - a statement that brought police cars and fire trucks rushing to the scene.
A Pierce County jury on Tuesday convicted a man of second-degree murder for shooting a relative to death last year at a Tacoma storage facility.
A city short on dining options looks to be losing one, although it's expected to reopen. A sign has gone up announcing the closure of Cheers West, a bar and grill in University Place.
A Bellingham man has reached the top of Mount Everest, achieving his quest to climb the highest peaks on seven continents.
From the catch-up file:
Kidnapping charges have been refiled against a 36-year-old Tacoma man accused of trying to snatch a 3-year-old last year.
The hosts for Super Bowl L and LI were announced Tuesday at the NFL Spring Meeting in Boston.
Pierce County unemployment fell sharply in April, dropping to 8.1 percent last month from 8.9 percent in March, the state Employment Security Department announced Tuesday.
The Seattle Seahawks announced that they have released backup quarterback Josh Portis this morning.
Microsoft thinks it has the one.
A circuit break has left more than 3,000 people in Federal Way without electricity, according to Puget Sound Energy.
MLS' long-held plan to place its 20th team in New York City were realized today.
A 40-year-old homeless man was stabbed in Lakewood late Monday during an argument with another transient, police said.
A Sound Transit light rail train hit a man Tuesday morning in Seattle's SODO neighborhood, south of downtown.
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Where the Super Bowl will celebrate a half-century of existence will be decided this week by NFL owners.
Microsoft thinks it has the one.
UW Medicine and PeaceHealth announced plans Monday for a strategic affiliation to coordinate medical services.
A man is in critical condition after his motorcycle crashed about 5 p.m. in the 7500 block of 176th Street East, and deputies are looking for witnesses to the wreck.
Gov. Jay Inslee signed off on an $8.7 billion transportation budget Monday that puts money toward maintaining state roadways and continues spending on existing big-ticket projects.
A King County Superior Court judge Monday set bail at $25,000 for NBA basketball player Terrence Williams, the former Rainier Beach High School star arrested in Kent over the weekend for allegedly threatening a woman with a handgun.
A Tacoma woman who participated in a massive fraud that ensnared dozens of solders from Joint Base Lewis-McChord and victimized her own grandmother was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison.
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.
Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74.
Gov. Jay Inslee spoke at a rally at the Capitol in support of a transportation funding package, saying it's "crunch time" to pay for road projects and maintain existing roads and bridges.
Tacoma's ethics board has found newly appointed City Councilman Robert Thoms violated city ethics rules when he supported a council resolution endorsing a school bond measure while his lobbying firm was under contract with Tacoma Public Schools.
The Washington State Patrol says one person was killed and two critically injured in a collision Monday morning on Highway 101 near Sequim.
UPDATE: Bail for Williams was set at $25,000, according to King County prosecutors.
United Airlines put its 787 back in the air on Monday, with both the airline and Boeing hoping to put the plane's four-month grounding behind them.
Additional law enforcement officers will patrol Pierce County roads starting today in search of drivers texting or talking on their cell phones.
More poor people live in the nation's suburbs than in urban cities because of affordable housing, service-sector jobs and the increased use of housing vouchers, according to a study released Monday.
After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of a 26-year-old entrepreneur who dropped out of high school to pursue his dream of bringing more beauty and creativity to the Internet.
Police say two groups exchanged shots across a south Seattle street Sunday night just before midnight, wounding a woman in the leg.
Forecasters say Washington is in for a change in weather to a cool, wet spell that is expected to last the rest of the week.
The FBI has dropped a wall of secrecy around its investigation into the discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin in Spokane.
Chuck Cox says that investigators found bones in rural Oregon while searching for the remains of his missing daughter, Susan Powell, but that they aren’t likely to turn out to be hers, or even human.
Kent officers arrested a professional basketball player who is suspected of brandishing a firearm and making threats at the mother of his child late Sunday afternoon.
A man accused of struggling with a deputy and fleeing a downtown Tacoma courtroom in February when he was found guilty of attempting to elude police was apparently more cooperative when he was arrested Sunday.
Some Ruston building owners say they've seen signs that the darkest days of The Great Recession might be ending. And yet, the town's council took what some merchants say was an inexplicable action, voting to freeze all development and building permits in the commercial zones for six months.
The San Antonio Spurs opened the Western Conference finals resembling the past champions who've been there so many times before.
There’s a stretch of the entrance to southbound I-5 from Pacific Avenue in Tacoma that is in desperate need of repainting. Is there any chance WSDOT has this in its plans?
Felix Hernandez was anything but sharp, the Mariners' defense was worse and their hitting was non-existent as Seattle slogged its way to a 6-0 loss against the Cleveland Indians on Sunday at Progressive Field.
Seattle police say an intoxicated woman crashed into a cruiser being driven by an officer on patrol, then took off.
A 30-year-old man was shot in the hand Sunday morning during a robbery in South Seattle, according to police.
The main transit organization in Snohomish County is declining to run advertisements from a statewide gun control group on public buses.
"Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.
Cy Young himself wouldn't want to mess with the Indians right now.
Seattle Police are investigating a hit-and-run fatality that occurred at 12th Avenue South and South Dearborn Street early Sunday morning.
A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers.
A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind.
Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million - the highest Powerball jackpot in history.
Mount St. Helens wasn’t in the mood for visitors Saturday. The volcano remained shrouded in clouds throughout the day, disappointing several hundred visitors who made the trip up the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway on the 33rd anniversary of the mountain’s cataclysmic eruption on May 18, 1980.
A proposed land-use change has Day Island residents turning out to city meetings en masse. The source of their anger is the City of University Place’s proposed rezone of the only commercial business on the island, the privately owned Day Island Yacht Harbor marina.
The deluded mother hugged her baby with desperate love. She treated Grandma like a stranger, called her “the babysitter,” and punched her with a free hand.
Another year, another Triple Crown hopeful unable to come through.
Highway fatalities in Pierce and Thurston counties have dropped 50 percent so far this year, a trend authorities hope continues.
Trace amounts of ash from a remote Alaska volcano have fallen on an Aleutian Islands community, but the latest ash cloud remained just under the 20,000-foot threshold considered to be a major threat to trans-continental aircraft.
The walk-off miseries for the Seattle Mariners continue at Progressive Field. Less than 24 hours after watching the Cleveland Indians celebrate a winning homer in the 10th inning, the Mariners had to watch nearly the same thing again.
Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.
Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando.
Three men have been arrested in connection with a stabbing incident early Saturday in Kennewick that sent two people to the hospital.
One man has died and a woman is in the hospital after their boat capsized in Tulalip Bay north of Everett.
Part of an airliner carrying more than 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off one of its wings and shooting down an evacuation slide.
Wrestling's governing body hopes rule changes designed to make matches more exciting and easier to understand will get the sport back in the Olympics.
A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest in a wave of violence to grip the country.
An Arlington area woman has been arrested for investigation of vehicular assault after her boyfriend was run over by an SUV.
A 25-year-old Vancouver, Wash., man has pleaded guilty to trafficking in counterfeit vehicle airbags.
Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.
Indianapolis 500 qualifying has begun after a rain delay of more than two hours.
Adron Chambers’ perfectly placed bunt with two outs in the top of the ninth kicked started a four-run inning for the visiting Redbirds, helping Memphis to a 7-4 victory over the Tacoma Rainiers on Friday before a crowd of 6,136 at Cheney Stadium.
It appeared in the dead of night and then disappeared nearly as suddenly about two weeks later, but the symbolism of what residents and neighbors are calling the “rogue crosswalk” remains strong in Tacoma’s Triangle District, where lingering concerns over traffic and roadway safety have intensified in recent weeks.
The highlight shows will feature Jason Kipnis’ walk-off, laser of a line-drive, three-run homer as the reason the Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners, 6-3 in 10 innings, on Friday night at Progressive Field.
Spokane police detectives say a man suspected in a fatal shooting refused to obey officers' commands and moved his hand toward his waistband. Police shot and killed the man.
A Coast Guard helicopter has rescued a teenage girl from the surf on the northwest Oregon coast.
Several Pierce County cities will see a leadership shakeup at the end of this year, as many cities are losing their mayors and others have attracted challengers.
The five West Coast states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 each from a $5 million gift from Japan for cleanup.
Jason Kipnis' three-run homer in the 10th inning gave the Cleveland Indians a 6-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications.
As lawmakers wrap up their first week of a special legislative session, Senate majority leaders have asked that more than 30 bills be considered as part of the budget discussions.
Three nonprofit groups will benefit from sales of new Seahawks and Sounders FC license plates that will be available starting in January.
Pierce County sheriff’s deputies on Friday recovered the body of a man who slipped under water while tubing behind a boat at Spanaway Lake earlier this month.
Where others have failed in University Place, Applebee’s will build. The national restaurant chain has sealed a transaction to lease space on the site of a former Chinese buffet – and an erstwhile Blockbuster video store – at the University Village shopping center.
Authorities say two Spokane-area law enforcement officers have been placed on leave after being accused of misconduct in separate cases.
One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles when the weather allows.
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