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Beloved Lakewood postal clerks to retire
John Bailey was on his way out of the Lakewood post office on Friday when he learned that Karen and Sharon Lawson were retiring.
Judge rejects social conservative groupa s legal challenge to state campaign finance laws
Opponents of stronger legal partnerships for gay couples must abide by Washington state's campaign finance laws while a lawsuit challenging those laws' constitutional footing moves ahead, a federal judge ruled today.
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Tacoma law icon, Joseph Gordon Sr., dies at age 100
Joseph Gordon Sr., known as a visionary lawyer who grew the legal firm that carried his name into the largest in the city, died Wednesday night in Tacoma.
Abdullah would bring new style in Afghanistan
He could bring a fresh face to the pinnacle of Afghan politics for the first time in eight years, replacing a discredited president grappling with corruption, a flourishing narcotics trade and a Taliban insurgency growing more powerful by the day.
Distraught dad seeks thug who shot his son in Far Rockaway
Ronald Washington holds his son's obituary next to a bullet hole in a gate on Augustina Avenue in Far Rockaway where his son 28-year-old Ronald Washington Jr.
State AG upholds limits on new wells
The Washington Department of Ecology has legal authority to forbid new water wells, including the small, individual wells being tapped for new homes in Kittitas County, concludes an opinion from the state Office of the Attorney General.
See spawning spring chinook salmon Saturday
An opportunity to watch spring chinook salmon spawning in the Cle Elum River is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
Caught in the college arms race, students and parents pay more and more
Offering a student perspective on campus life, college admissions ambassador Jazmine Huges leads a tour at Connecticut College.
Body of Longview man found in Columbia River
A Longview man who vanished after swimming into the Columbia River to retrieve his boat has been found dead.
Four high-risk sex offenders find homes in county
Four high-risk sex offenders, three of them convicted of violent rape attacks, have found homes in Clark County.
And we haven't even gotten to the truly ugly part of Referendum 71 yet
From the moment opponents of fairness for gay and lesbian domestic partners emerged, ready to challenge the state's new "everything but marriage law,'' you could tell the state was about to whoosh down a veritable slip-and-slide of negative political dialogue.
Washougal bank bandit sentenced to 5 years
SHAWN E. BROMLEY, 40, of Washougal, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 60 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for Armed Bank Robbery.
Four Fort Lewis soldiers killed in Afghanistan
A 24-year-old Federal Way native was among four Fort Lewis soldiers killed when a bomb detonated near their vehicle Tuesday in southern Afghanistan.
County drops man's 9-year-old rape charge
A man charged with a 2000 rape based on genetic evidence isn't expected to serve any more time behind bars.
Lawsuits Over State Budget Holding Up Some Cuts
Lawsuits have delayed millions of dollars in budget cuts needed to balance Washington state's budget, and court orders are blocking a handful of reductions worth more than $3 million a month.
Lawsuits Over State Budget Holding Up Some Cuts
Lawsuits have delayed millions of dollars in budget cuts needed to balance Washington state's budget, and court orders are blocking a handful of reductions worth more than $3 million a month.
State lawmakers lopped millions of dollars from health care programs to balance their budget in April, but court orders are blocking a handful of cuts worth more than $3 million a month.
CRIME: Man wanted for vehicular homicide arrested at Pasco train station
NEW Two teens hurt in rollover accident
RONALD, Wash. - Authorities are investigating a morning crash involving a 14-year-old driver from Easton who rolled a 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer into a tree.