http://www.mynorthwest.com MyNorthwest.com delivers up-to-the-minute local news and information for Seattle and the greater Puget Sound area. en-us 15 144 21 http://www.mynorthwest.com http://www.mynorthwest.com/img/lg_mynw_144x21.gif http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=11&sid=297503 Who isnt still upset that we now live in an eight-planet solar system? A group in Seattle plans to protest this weekend the International Astronomical Unions decision to reclassify Pluto. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:38:06 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=11&sid=297411 Police in Seattle have arrested a suspicious man who forced the closure of several streets surrounding the King County Courthouse Friday morning. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:50:07 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=11&sid=297399 A 47-year-old Lacey woman was sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping her 8-year-old daughter, adopted from China. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:20:51 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=11&sid=297391 Police have arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a developmentally disabled man in a restroom at the Point Defiance boat house in Tacoma. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:58:30 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=11&sid=297388 Heavy rain overnight caused a mudslide that covered one of the two parallel Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks at Richmond Beach in the city of Shoreline, 13 miles north of Seattle. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:54:55 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=11&sid=297359 A 17-year-old Brewster youth charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he planned to bring guns to Chelan High School and open fire. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:40:51 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=11&sid=297354 State lawmakers passed a bundle of major education reforms Thursday, including a plan that should help the state compete for the Obama administrations $4.35 billion Race to the Top program. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:23:35 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=11&sid=297350 Gov. Chris Gregoire has called for a 7-day special session starting on Monday so that lawmakers can finish their work on patching a $2.8 billion budget hole. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:15:53 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=11&sid=27885 OLYMPIA, Wash. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:40:29 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=11&sid=297172 As the clock runs out on the Legislatures 60-day session, lawmakers will adjourn, but they may not be going far. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:29:41 PST