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Sound Transit officials on Tuesday said they've selected Mercy Housing Northwest to build 108 apartments near the Othello light rail station in Southeast Seattle.

Three counties in Eastern Washington aren't making much progress when it comes to a rare and deadly birth defect.

Each one describes it quite differently, depending on the part of the elephant they happen to feel.

Swooping over a terrain of great sadness and death, President Barack Obama took an aerial tour Tuesday of the place where more than three dozen people perished in a mudslide last month and steeled himself to mourn with those who lost loved ones in the destruction.

Darren Malry, 51, a corrections officer, has been arrested and charged with bribery following an undercover FBI investigation in which he allegedly accepted money for smuggling contraband into the District of Columbia's Correctional Treatment Facility.

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers says she will seek her sixth term in the U.S. House from Washington's Fifth Congressional District.

President Obama will be in Oso Tuesday to meet with the families of the victims.

The Yakima Herald-Republic reports it's the first time since 2008 that a farmworker shortage was reported as early as March.

The star of the show was, naturally, the Easter Bunny. And, anytime you have a life-sized rabbit walking around the White House, hilarity ensues.

FILE - In this April 23, 2013 file photo, a Japan Coast Guard vessel, left, sails along with a Chinese surveillance ship near the disputed islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China in the East China Sea.

An excavator clears a drainage channel Wednesday, April 2, at the scene of the deadly landslide that devastated Oso, Washington, on March 22. The landslide crossed the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River and caused multiple deaths and massive damage.

Vice President Joe Biden on Monday launched a high-profile visit to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to Ukraine and push for urgent implementation of an international agreement aimed at de-escalating tensions even as violence continues.

The May wildflower bloom high on Dog Mountain on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge will now be accessible via a weekend Skamania County recreation bus.

The city of Bremerton has blocked off one lane in each direction of Washington Avenue between Fifth Street and the Manette Bridge.

Washington state has ended a more than two-decade-old program that used prisoners to remove asbestos-containing material, a newspaper reported Monday.

The backlash against Chardonnay-summed up by the "ABC" trend among wine drinkers and the result of one too many characterless butter bombs as Chardonnay's popularity rose in the '90s-is currently in the midst of its own backlash, as that fickle pendulum of wine fashion swings back toward this noble white grape.

But also take time for the scenic boat rides and the gorgeous drives because the north Cascades of Washington, including North Cascades National Park , Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Ross Lake National Recreation Area and the Mount Baker and Pasayten wilderness areas, harbor the greatest expanse of rugged mountain grandeur in the lower 48 ... (more)

To recognize the countless acts of service performed by Washington's volunteers, Gov. Jay Inslee proclaimed April 21 as Washington Volunteer Appreciation Day, urging "all people in our state to join me in recognizing and supporting those who volunteer and serve, " According to a press release issued by the Washington Commission for National and ... (more)

Four graduate students and five undergraduate students in the Department of Computer Sciences of the University of Washington - Bothell gathered to share their ongoing work with Katie Johnson, author of Red Flags for Primary Teachers, Helen Spencer, Americorps director in the Yakima Valley, and Dr. Cristin Mattione, developmental optometrist in ... (more)

For the part, history is filled with missed opportunities. Perhaps the biggest one for our country came two decades ago.