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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, gas powered cars...
Rachel La Corte, Associated Press

Washington governor signs $17 billion transportation package

A nearly $17 billion, 16-year transportation revenue package that will pay for a variety of projects across the state was signed Friday by Gov. Jay Inslee.
5 years ago
Gov Jay Inslee veto...
Gene Johnson, Associated Press

Inslee OKs bills clarifying police reform laws in Washington

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday signed two bills fixing parts of a sweeping package of police reform measures that lawmakers passed in the wake of 2020′s widespread racial justice protests.
5 years ago
holiday shopping, Amazon bookstore...
Associated Press

Amazon to close all its bookstores in the US, UK

Amazon is confirming it’s closing all of its bookstores as well as its 4-star shops and pop up locations as it reworks its physical footprint.
5 years ago
Civilian participants in a Kyiv Territorial Defence unit train on a Saturday in a forest on January...
Associated Press

Russia’s Putin announces military operation in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a military operation in Ukraine, warnings any attempt to interfere with the action would lead to "consequences they have never seen."
5 years ago
Eyman...
Associated Press

Tim Eyman assets to be sold to satisfy $5M million debt

Initiative promoter Tim Eyman, found liable for violations of Washington’s campaign finance laws, is facing the court-ordered sale of his assets.
5 years ago
snow, sledding...
MyNorthwest Staff

Forecasters agree snow is coming to the Seattle area, but when?

When will it snow? Local forecasters have been predicting snow will fall on or around Christmas, but when and where exactly?
5 years ago
Keith Wagoner, Secretary of State...
Associated Press

Republican lawmaker to enter Washington secretary of state race

Republican state Sen. Keith Wagoner says he plans to challenge newly appointed Democratic Secretary of State Steve Hobbs in next year’s election.
5 years ago
Associated Press

All 3 men charged in Arbery’s death convicted of murder

All three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting that became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice.
5 years ago
Doug Ericksen, COVID treatment...
Associated Press

State lawmaker ill with COVID in El Salvador now in Florida

State Sen. Doug Ericksen of Ferndale who was sickened with COVID-19 in El Salvador is now in stable condition at a Florida hospital after a medevac flight.
5 years ago
Kipp Robertson

Health bill vote delayed in House is setback to President Trump, Ryan

GOP House leaders delayed their planned vote Thursday on a long-promised bill to repeal and replace "Obamacare."
10 years ago
Dave Ross

Ross: No news is good news for President Trump

FBI Director James Comey said the FBI and Justice Department have no information to substantiate President Donald Trump's claims that he was wiretapped.
10 years ago
MyNorthwest Staff

Trump signs new travel ban that excludes Iraq, suspends refugee program

President Donald Trump's new travel ban order will temporarily halt entries to the United States for people from six Muslim-majority countries who are seeking new visas.
10 years ago
Kipp Robertson

Lawyers in appellate court to argue Trump travel ban

Lawyers will argue before a panel of federal appellate court judges Tuesday in the pitched fight over President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban.
10 years ago
Mary Tyler Moore....
Kipp Robertson

Mary Tyler Moore is dead at age 80, publicist says

Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV's beloved "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," which helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, died.
10 years ago
hood canal, plane, plane crash...
Kipp Robertson

Children killed in plane crash near Hood Canal ‘absolutely loved to fly’

A 9-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl were killed along with their grandmother and her fiance after their plane went down last Thursday near Hood Canal.
10 years ago
Kipp Robertson

Clinton, Trump set for last debate as ugly race nears finish

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump take the debate stage Wednesday night for one final primetime showdown.
10 years ago
Kipp Robertson

Report: No apparent link between NY blast, overseas terror

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that an explosion that rocked a crowded Manhattan neighborhood, injuring 29 people, doesn't appear to be linked to international terrorism.
10 years ago
Kipp Robertson

Death toll rises to 247 in Italy as anguish mounts over quake past

Rescue crews raced against time Thursday looking for survivors from the earthquake that leveled three towns in central Italy.
10 years ago

Three endangered leopard cubs born at Tacoma zoo

Officials say a clouded leopard has given birth to three healthy cubs at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma.
11 years ago

UW considers hosting homeless camp following 2 other schools

The University of Washington is considering hosting a homeless camp on campus, following the experience of two other Seattle universities. University officials say they were inspired to consider the idea after a recent homeless count found more people are without a home in King County.
11 years ago
orcas...

Endangered Puget Sound orcas to get personal health records

The killer whales that spend time in the inland waters of Washington state already are tagged and tracked, photographed and measured.
11 years ago

Mother gets more than 6 years in connection to son’s meth overdose

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Pierce County woman has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison in connection to her 2-year-old son’s methamphetamine overdose. The News Tribune reports that 27-year-old Alyia Iverson was sentenced Friday for manslaughter after pleading guilty. Iverson was originally charged in July 2014 after her son, Nathan, died from drinking methamphetamine-laced […]
11 years ago
Thousands of people streamed into Safeco Field on Saturday to see Bernie Sanders speak. (KIRO 7 ima...

Sanders holds second large Seattle rally before caucuses

Over 15,000 people streamed into a Seattle sports stadium Friday to hear Bernie Sanders speak at the presidential candidate's second large rally here in less than a week as he tries to energize voters before Washington's Democratic caucuses.
11 years ago
Records show injuries suffered by workers on Seattle’s downtown tunnel project last year resu...

Tunnel project injuries result in about $700,000 in claims

Records show injuries suffered by workers on Seattle's downtown tunnel project last year resulted in about $700,000 in workers' compensation claims. The contractor was cited and fined twice in 2015 for safety violations.
11 years ago