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A push is on to complete a major trail to rail project previously known as the "Eastside Rail Corridor.”

ENUMCLAW, Wash. (AP) — The FBI and Enumclaw police have searched the farmhouse of a former King County official who is the target of a corruption investigation. KING-TV reports that the agents searched Allan “Benny” Thomas’ property on Friday but did not make any arrests. Thomas was the longtime commissioner of King County Drainage District […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing (all times local): 2 p.m. Vice President Mike Pence is marking the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first moon landing at the Apollo 11 launch site. Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin accompanied Pence to Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Saturday and […]

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Police say multiple people were injured in a raucous street brawl in downtown Spokane overnight. Spokane Police Sgt. Terry Preuninger (PREN’-ing-er) says it began after 1 a.m. Saturday when a man and woman tried to break up a fight between two women they didn’t know. A group of five to 10 […]

ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign is hitting Washington state with an early volunteer push. Washington is one of 10 states where the Democratic Party is switching to a primary-only system to pick its candidate ahead of the 2020 election. Sanders easily won the 2016 Washington caucus, but the state’s shift to […]

SEATTLE (AP) — The city of Kent has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle an excessive-force lawsuit filed by a man who was shot with a Taser, beaten and bitten by a police dog during a 2016 arrest. The Seattle Times reports David Lewis Jr. did not have a weapon when he suffered serious bite […]

WAPATO, Wash. (AP) — A city official in Wapato has resigned following allegations that he used his former position as mayor to enrich himself. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued the official, Juan Orozco, in June for violating ethics and open meetings laws. Orozco agreed to resign Friday, to forfeit his severance pay, and to […]

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — A former Seattle man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for sexual abuse, strangulation and other crimes against a woman in Oregon. The Washington County District Attorney’s Office says Juan Perales Jr. was sentenced this week after he was convicted in June of sexual abuse, assault constituting […]

County and community groups work to intervene both before and after kids get into gang life. That includes the Youth, Leadership, Intervention & Change program, commonly known as Youth LINC.

A quick response during a power outage prevented flooding at the West Point Treatment Plant early Friday.

Newly-revealed data shows the scale of opioids across Washington as the addiction epidemic exploded across the nation between 2006-2012.

Los Angeles Angels (50-49, fourth in the AL West) vs. Seattle Mariners (40-60, fifth in the AL West) Seattle; Saturday, 9 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Angels: Griffin Canning (3-5, 4.75 ERA) Mariners: TBD BOTTOM LINE: Seattle heads into the matchup after a dominant performance by Mike Leake. Leake went nine innings, giving up zero runs […]

Portland Timbers (7-8-4, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. Seattle Sounders FC (10-5-5, third in the Western Conference) Seattle; Sunday, 9:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Seattle hosts Portland trying to extend a four-game home winning streak. The Sounders are 4-3-4 against conference opponents. Seattle is 4-1-1 when it scores a pair of goals. The Timbers […]

Impeaching President Trump has long been a contentious topic, coming to a head Wednesday, when Congress voted to table proceedings. As for the side each of Washington state's representatives landed on, it was a mixed bag. 

SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Leake of the Seattle Mariners lost his bid to pitch a perfect game on a leadoff single in the ninth inning by rookie Luis Rengifo, then finished off the Los Angeles Angels for a 10-0 win Friday night. The Angels hadn’t come close to a hit and Leake hadn’t gone to […]