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Vice chair of Spokane Tribe resigns under pressure

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:38:14 -0400

SPOKANE, Washington - The vice chairman of the Spokane Tribe has resigned under pressure from tribal members.

Port Angeles pays $125K to settle police claim

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:32:54 -0400

PORT ANGELES, Washington - The city of Port Angeles has agreed to pay a man $125,000 to settle a claim from last year that police used excessive force in catching him after he fled on a bicycle.

Centralia mom gets 6 months for giving toddler pot

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:05:06 -0400

CENTRALIA, Washington - A Centralia mother has been sentenced to 6 months in jail for allowing her 22-month-old to smoke marijuana.

Man in 80s dies after ambulance collision

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:41:05 -0400

BREMERTON, Washington - A driver in his 80s has died after a head-on collision with a Mason County Fire District 2 ambulance.

Wash. police detain man after drivers' calls

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:44:03 -0400

LYNNWOOD, Washington - Police in Lynnwood, Washington, have detained a man after drivers at an Interstate 5 on-ramp called 911 to report a man pointing looked like a gun at passing vehicles.

Amtrak adding 1 daily round trip n. of Seattle

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:08:25 -0400

SEATTLE - Amtrak says it plans to add one daily round trip between Seattle and Bellingham, Washington, in the coming weeks to help travelers affected by the Interstate 5 highway bridge collapse near Mount Vernon.

WA lawmakers' official portraits touched up

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:27:28 -0400

TACOMA, Washington - State Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, had some gripes about his official legislative portrait after it was shot in 2011.

I-5 bridge survivor recalls plunge from highway

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:57:17 -0400

MOUNT VERNON, Washington - A survivor of Washington's Interstate 5 bridge collapse says plunging off the highway was "like a roller coaster where you're not attached to the tracks."

Gov. Inslee says bridge repair will cost $15M

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:01:15 -0400

SEATTLE - The federal government promised on Friday to send $1 million to Washington state to start fixing the collapsed Skagit River bridge and more cash may be on the way to cover repairs on the state's main north-south roadway.

Traffic backs up on I-5 at Mount Vernon

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:34:45 -0400

MOUNT VERNON, Washington - The Washington Transportation Department says traffic on Interstate 5 in Skagit County backed up Friday afternoon about a mile northbound and two miles southbound as cars crawled through detours around the collapsed Skagit River bridge in Mount Vernon.

UW reports record number of freshmen applicants

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:32:22 -0400

SEATTLE - The University of Washington says it received more freshmen applications than ever before, and even though the university plans to enroll 150 more Washington students this fall, it was still more difficult to get into UW this year compared to last.

Kitsap jury clears robot maker in botched surgery

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:59:25 -0400

PORT ORCHARD, Washington - A Kitsap County jury decided the maker of a surgical robot was not to blame for a botched prostate operation on a Bremerton man.

SWAT justified in fatal Hoquiam shooting

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:31:22 -0400

OLYMPIA, Washington - The Grays Harbor County prosecutor says Thurston County SWAT officers were justified in fatally shooting a man during a standoff in March in Hoquiam.

Pedestrian killed on I-5 at Mountlake Terrace

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:06:38 -0400

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Washington - A man who got out of his car Friday morning on Interstate 5 at Mountlake Terrace was struck by a semi-truck and killed.

Cool, showery weekend forecast in Washington

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:53:04 -0400

SEATTLE - The National Weather Service says cool, showery weather will continue into the holiday weekend in Washington with a chance that Monday will be drier.

Fife man holding 4-year-old son hostage shot dead

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:47:01 -0400

FIFE, Washington - Fife police say a man who was holding his 4-year-old son hostage for more than four hours has been shot and killed.

Collapsed Mount Vernon bridge built in 1955

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:47:06 -0400

MOUNT VERNON, Washington - The Interstate 5 bridge that collapsed into the Skagit River was built in 1955 and was inspected two times last year in August and November.

State: Steve Powell can't return to old Wash. home

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:20:07 -0400

OLYMPIA, Washington - A Washington Corrections Department spokesman confirms that the father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell has been told he can't return to his Puyallup (Pew-AL-up) home if he wants to qualify for early prison release.

Wash. prison: guard punched in face by inmate

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:49:06 -0400

MONROE, Washington - Authorities say a corrections officer at the state prison in Monroe, Washington, was treated at a hospital after an inmate punched him in the face during a religious service.

Wash. kids play with dead bats, get rabies shots

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:13:03 -0400

MOSES LAKE, Washington - The Grant County Health District says some Moses Lake, Washington, children are getting precautionary rabies shots after they were found playing with several dead bats.