Hamilton News

June 30, 2009 Tuesday 02:08 PM EST 542 words Proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency Has Limited Mention of Insurance Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON The Obama Administration has revealed its version of a bill that would form a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, though its approach includes only limited specific mention of the insurance ...

June 25, 2009 Thursday 04:57 PM EST 516 words Calif. Governor Proposes Sale of Part of State Workers' Comp Fund Jesse A Hamilton SACRAMENTO, Calif.

The food bank at 571 Pettit St. will not open as scheduled Tuesday. The Hamilton Food Bank is in a dispute over the lease on the Pettit Street building and is looking for a new location, said Marketa Vorel, an attorney for the food bank.

Steve Jenkins and Derik Shooster come out of Jenkins' house in Hamilton on Tuesday.

A 47-year-old Concrete man pleaded not guilty Thursday in Skagit County Superior Court to a handful of charges, including attempted murder for allegedly swinging a loaded .444 caliber rifle around a Hamilton bar in late May.

Bonney Lake councilmembers once again discussed canceling future workshops during their June 2 workshop.

With the snow gone and temperatures rising, construction crews are out in full swing working on many road projects throughout the Inland Northwest.

A black-and-white dog named Oreo is in custody at the Humane Society pending an investigation into the killing of a smaller dog last Wednesday.

One of the summer's biggest road construction projects in Spokane is less than two weeks away.

Several events this weekend celebrate children, from an art walk to a film festival.

Rumba meets Raga at the Star Bar, where Indian/Afro-Cuban ensemble Anjuman performs at 9 p.m. Friday.

Drive up rural Cape Horn Road past Hamilton and something unexpected appears just a few hundred feet east of the entrance to Rasar State Park: Two freshly paved streets cut into the stand of cedar and fir trees, flanked by streetlights.

The Rev. Bernie Johnson, who met Chet Moyer at Everett Plaza Assisted Living, describes him as 'Indefatigable. Irrepressible." Dan Bates / Herald file photo Staff and members at the Everett YMCA watch as Chet Moyer, then 101, breaks into song before heading off to work out in October 2004.

The most recent effort to move the flood-prone town of Hamilton to higher ground is running out of money and time.

A Hamilton man was robbed at knifepoint early this morning, suffering superficial injury to his face.

If a wrestler couldn't afford a letter jacket, if the buildings at Clear Lake beach needed painting or if the city needed a senior center or park, Donald "Spud" Walley found a way to make it happen.

Work crews and lane closures are coming back to Interstate 90 this spring, two years after contractors finished a two-year job to fix pavement on the I-90 viaduct through downtown Spokane.

Two Bellingham residents were injured in a one-vehicle accident Thursday morning on South Skagit Highway.

Ralph Bryson of Anacortes celebrated his 90th birthday Jan. 23, 2009, with family at Max Dale's Steak and Chop House in Mount Vernon.

Disaster relief officials knocking on doors in the Summer Meadows neighborhood Monday had a message for residents: Flood damage can sneak up on you, even months after the waters recede.