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Thompson leads 13th District race, plans focus on costs, access
EPHRATA — Joshua Thompson led Deanna Martinez by 3,278 votes for the 13th Legislative District’s state representat…
Judge: Tim Eyman concealed $766,000 in campaign donations
SEATTLE (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that initiative promoter Tim Eyman illegally failed to report more than $766,000 in campaign contributions over a six-year period — a finding that could subject him to millions o…
Report: Feds need to do more to prevent failures at Hanford
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The federal government needs to do more to prevent the failure of radioactively contaminated facilities at an aging nuclear weapons production site in Washington state, the Government Accounta…
Spokane Tribe celebrates compensation from dam construction
WELLPINIT, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane Tribe of Indians is celebrating the adoption of federal legislation that will compensate the tribe for 2,500 acres of land lost to the reservoir created by Grand Coulee Dam.
Washington State U to hire lawyer to review provost case
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Officials for Washington State University say the school plans to hire an outside lawyer to review how administrators treated the school’s former provost, who described receiving sexist perfor…
Efforts to expel Rep. Shea from Washington Legislature ended
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Efforts to expel a controversial state representative from the Washington Legislature are likely over after no Republicans would sign a letter calling for state Rep. Matt Shea's expulsion.
1 killed in shooting at Idaho senior complex, suspect dead
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An 87-year-old man opened fire on three women at a senior citizens apartment complex in southwestern Idaho, killing one and injuring two others before fatally shooting himself, police said Frida…
Man arrested in connection with woman's death
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — A 23-year-old Renton man, arrested in Clallam County on Wednesday evening, is accused of killing his girlfriend, whose body was found on Valentine’s Day in the Olympic National Forest.
Mom of Idaho kids missing since September arrested in Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — The disappearance of an Idaho boy and his teenage sister last year has led to the arrest of their mother in Hawaii, a major development in a bizarre case that spans multiple states, includes three m…
Washington Supreme Court reverses appeal win in murder case
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has unanimously reinstated the convictions of a man who fired 48 shots at a Tacoma gas station in 2016.
Trump tries new approach for $1 trillion infrastructure plan
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — As a presidential candidate in 2016, Donald Trump promised a $1 trillion infrastructure plan that would use tax incentives to spur private investment in public works projects.
Appeals court sends murder case back to court
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — An 18-year-old man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder as a 16-year-old in 2018 has had his case returned to Skagit County Superior Court.
Couple sentenced for murder of Eugene college student
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A Portland couple convicted of killing a 21-year-old Lane Community College student last year in a case of mistaken identity was sentenced Thursday in Lane County Circuit Court.
State Patrol settles with Anti-Trump protester for $105K
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington State Patrol has agreed to pay $105,000 to settle a civil-rights lawsuit filed by a man who claimed he was wrongly accused of assaulting a state trooper during a 2017 protest against P…
Officials find loaded handgun in bag at Boise airport
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — TSA security guards found a loaded handgun Thursday at the Boise Airport, officials said.
2 men arrested in 2009 murder
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nearly 11 years after two people broke into a Clackamas County apartment and killed Joseph Patrick Haley, police have arrested two men.