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Pipes, punk and tradition
MOSES LAKE — The pipes will skirl and the fiddles will ring out at the Cascade Celtic Festival in Leavenworth May …
Seattle pays $300K to man wrongly convicted of girl's murder
SEATTLE (AP) — The City of Seattle has paid $300,000 to settle a lawsuit filed against the Police Department and detectives who helped investigate and arrest a Seattle man accused in the sensational abduction and m…
US attorney: 18 more arrested in Portland on US charges
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Eighteen people have been arrested this week in Portland, Oregon, on federal charges while protesting the presence of federal law enforcement agents, the state's top U.S. prosecutor said Frida…
US agents dispatched to Seattle to protect federal buildings
SEATTLE (AP) — More federal agents have been dispatched to Seattle to protect federal property amid lingering unrest in the city following the shutdown earlier this month of a protest zone where demonstrators campe…
'Clear as mud' housing refund plans irk college students
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When Laura Comino opened the housing email from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in June, she knew she had to take action.
Trial for suspect in school shooting pushed back to 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The trial of accused Freeman High School shooter Caleb Sharpe has been pushed back to next June, nearly four years after the deadly incident, because of delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Court denies AG's bid to halt initiative signature gathering
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Those backing a plan to put an independent commission in charge of Oregon’s redistricting process will get additional time to gather signatures and a lower threshold to qualify their initiativ…
Suquamish Tribe to sue King County after wastewater spill
SEATTLE (AP) — Two years of Puget Sound sewage spills totaling more than 6 million gallons have driven the Suquamish Tribe to threaten a lawsuit against King County for the violation of clean-water laws.
Judge blocks US agents from arresting observers in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge specifically blocked U.S. agents from arresting or using physical force against journalists and legal observers at protests in Oregon's largest city where President Donald Trum…
American, Southwest add to US airline industry's 2Q losses
DALLAS (AP) — Two major airlines reported huge second-quarter losses Thursday, and their leaders warned that the new surge in U.S. coronavirus cases has stalled the recovery in air travel and added to their industr…
Weekly unemployment claims drop, but jobs not yet recovered
SEATTLE (AP) — New weekly claims for unemployment insurance in Washington state decreased last week, but that’s probably not a sign of real recovery for the battered job market.
Move to scale back Sheriff's Office power heads to voters
SEATTLE (AP) — The Metropolitan King County Council voted this week to scale back the autonomy of the county sheriff, moving to make the position appointed, instead of elected, and to give the council the ability t…
Politics drive views of US response to 2 Oregon standoffs
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — When armed protesters took over a remote wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon four years ago to oppose federal control of public lands, U.S. agents negotiated with the conservative occupiers for we…
Judge: Seattle City Council's ban on police devices stands
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that he will allow a recent ordinance approved by the Seattle City Council that bars police from using tear gas, pepper spray and other crowd control devices to go into effe…
Justice Department watchdog to review conduct of federal agents responding to unrest in Portland and Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department watchdog to review conduct of federal agents responding to unrest in Portland and Washington, D.C.
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 3 Night' game
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Idaho Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were: