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YAHOO! PORT ORCHARD - Voters in a section of McCormick Woods annexed into Port Orchard in July almost missed out on getting to cast ballots in their first city election.

YESSEREE BOB, MARY, Dick and Harry, the nights are getting more than just cooler, they are gettin' down right cold.

Interstate 90 north of Moses Lake reopened just before 9 p.m. after being closed Sunday from a severe dust storm.

SIX YEARS DONE, so here we go on a seventh year of Keeping Live Music Alive and well on the Olympic Peninsula.

A Quincy, Wash., man was honored Thursday at the Yakima Training Center for making more than 200 quilts for wounded military members from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

King County Superior Court Judge Andrea Darvas this morning declared the Kent teachers' strike illegal and ordered teachers to report to classrooms on Tuesday, Sept.

After hearing both sides in the Kent School District's request for an injunction to end the Kent Education Association's week-long strike, King County Judge Andrea Darvas postponed a decision until 11 a.m. Thursday morning.

The Kent Education Association Wednesday night voted overwhelmingly to go on strike.

The National Weather Service says the Adams County Sheriff's Office spotted a funnel cloud in a series of thunderstorms on Wednesday.

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Three children suspected of being involved in starting a Friday fire that caused $800,000 damage on a Harrah hop ranch are too young to face charges, authorities said.

Hey, you with the cellphone that just dropped from hand to lap because of a passing police officer: I see you.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear the case between Kentridge High School and two former students who fought to form a Bible study group that excluded non-Christians from becoming voting members.

There's 'sugar doughnut' easy listening type of music, and then there's 'broccoli' flavored music - 'brain food' - which needs more chewing, said local musician John Winn.

"What difference would it make?" How many times that thought has prevented action that might have made a difference is anyone's guess.

The Paul Linder Educational Foundation is hoping to raise $2,000 in donations to match a recent grant by an anonymous donor.

Photo: Donald McIlwean, left, and Phil Moore apply the final coat of terra cotta-colored paint on the walls of the soon-to-be opened Jewel Mark in the Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino in Pojoaque.

Nearly a year after it was made illegal, many Snohomish County drivers are still breaking the ban on talking on their hand-held cell phones.