Ronald News

According to Winnipeg's most famous filmmaker, Guy Maddin, the central Canadian city is home to a population of sleepwalkers .

Coho salmon are released into Tucquala Lake on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. About 170,000 young salmon were reintroduced to the area Tuesday.

Susan Peterson gets about five calls a day from new South Sound residents looking for a doctor who accepts Medicare, the federal government's health insurance program for people 65 and older.

Why the lop-sided show of admiration between Mom and Dad? 5:30 - Kirby's been traveling quite a bit lately and has a few gripes to air.Can you identify with any of them? 6:00 - Rich Miniter, accomplished ...

A man has been sentenced to six years in prison for using a pipe bomb to destroy an Orting police cruiser as revenge for a drug conviction.

The Western Business and Information Technology Educators has chosen Michael Batali as the Postsecondary Outstanding Business Educator for 2008.

Alzheimer's patient Kris Bakowski attends The Alzheimer's Association town hall meeting about the early stages of the disease, Monday, May 12, 2008, in Washington.

An Everett yacht broker has been charged with felony theft of sales tax and filing false state tax returns.

Easton police say a man whose house guest died in a police-involved shooting has been charged with drug offenses.

A 30-year-old Burien woman was sentenced today to three years in prison for bank fraud and identity theft.

“In our culture it is looked down on to be a ... spy”

The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence ... via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“I've done everything in my power to invite Venezuela and Ecuador to participate”

Interpol said Thursday that computer files suggesting Venezuela was arming and financing Colombian guerrillas came from a rebel camp and were not tampered with, discrediting Venezuela's assertions that Colombia ... via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A man police said has been investigated for impersonating a police officer for more than 10 years was arrested last week by Arlington police. via KIRO-TV Seattle

“It has had a huge effect on revenue”

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives called it Operation Chainsmoker. via TheNewsTribune.com

“Internet bloggers immediately began accusing Mrs. Lennon of selling out by licensing the song to defendants”

Witness jailed An eyewitness to the killing of Jam Master Jay was sentenced to 17 years in prison for a string of robberies after the Run-DMC legend's death. via Asbury Park Press

An eyewitness to the killing of Jam Master Jay was sentenced to 17 years in prison for a string of robberies after the Run-DMC legend's death.

Federal prosecutors claim Ronald Washington was more than a witness to the 2002 shooting in Jay's Queens recording studio. They have said in court papers that Washington brandished a gun and made people in the studio stay on the floor while an unidentified gunman shot Jay, whose real name was Jason Mizell.

The 40-year-old Washington has denied any involvement and has not been charged in the slaying of the rap pioneer. Read more

Ronald Evan Anderson, 61, died unexpectedly March 26 at Harrison Medical Center. via Kitsap Sun

“Wishing you all the best on your engagement.”

Theater In January, an article in The New England Journal of Medicine suggested that the efficacy of many antidepressants may be greatly exaggerated. via The Village Voice

“He knew that he wasn't going to make a decent living on $9 an hour putting in pools”

The mother of a contractor kidnapped in Iraq says she has lost hope that her son is alive after the FBI said Monday that the remains of two other abducted U.S. contractors have been recovered. via KOMO

“I think it brings a sense of reality”

The Washington National Guard confirmed Wednesday that its 81st Brigade Combat Team will be called up in August for another tour in Iraq. via Tacoma News Tribune