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FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:01:13 -0400

SPOKANE, Washington - Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.

Mariners waste ninth inning rally in 5-4 loss

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:06:34 -0400

CLEVELAND - Two ninth-inning losses in two days have left the Seattle Mariners reeling and frustrated.

133 LGBT students get $600,000 in scholarships

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:18:41 -0400

SEATTLE - When he was 14 years old, Daniel Cords told his parents he was gay.

Wenatchee chamber still tweaking city's new slogan

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:51:26 -0400

WENATCHEE, Washington - "What will you pick?" the new slogan asks.

1 dead, 1 injured after capsize in Tulalip Bay

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:04:04 -0400

SEATTLE - One man has died and a woman is in the hospital after their boat capsized in Tulalip Bay north of Everett.

Thurston County woman wins $75K for dog bite

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:20:19 -0400

OLYMPIA, Washington - A Thurston County jury has awarded $75,000 to a woman bit by a neighbor's dog.

Former Lakewood police officer gets more jail time

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:00:11 -0400

TACOMA, Washington - A former Lakewood police officer previously convicted for stealing from a fund to benefit the families of four officers shot in 2009 has pleaded guilty to more charges related to that case.

WA woman arrested after boyfriend is run over

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:36:13 -0400

EVERETT, Washington - An Arlington area woman has been arrested for investigation of vehicular assault after her boyfriend was run over by an SUV.

WA man pleads guilty to selling illegal airbags

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:14:06 -0400

VANCOUVER, Washington - A 25-year-old Vancouver, Washington, man has pleaded guilty to trafficking in counterfeit vehicle airbags.

Woman rescued from Wash. bay, man missing

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:58:04 -0400

TULALIP, Washington - Coast Guard officials say a woman was rescued Friday night from Tulalip Bay near Everett, Washington, but a man who was with her is missing.

Man gets 26 years in Wash. courthouse attack

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:50:08 -0400

CHEHALIS, Washington - A McCleary, Washington, man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for a 2012 attack on a judge and a deputy sheriff in the Grays Harbor County Courthouse in Montesano.

Man arrested after 8-hour Wash. standoff

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:25:05 -0400

EVERETT, Washington - Everett, Washington, police say they've captured a home intruder who held them at bay for nearly eight hours after claiming to have a grenade.

Man captured after Snohomish County, Wash. manhunt

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:22:05 -0400

CLEARVIEW, Washington - Snohomish County, Washington, sheriff's officers have arrested a 22-year-old man after a pursuit that included a car chase, a foot chase, a climb up a tree and a few blasts from a fire hose.

Man killed by Spokane police is identified

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:07:05 -0400

SPOKANE, Washington - Spokane police detectives say a man suspected in a fatal shooting refused to obey officers' commands and moved his hand toward his waistband. Police shot and killed the man.

Tiny baby finally leaves Wash. hospital

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:50:17 -0400

VANCOUVER, Washington - Little Harley Gulliksen has gone home after five months in the neonatal intensive care unit at a Vancouver, Washington, hospital.

Tiny baby finally leaves Wash. hospital

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:08:13 -0400

VANCOUVER, Washington - Little Harley Gulliksen has gone home after five months in the neonatal intensive care unit at a Vancouver hospital.

Seahawks, Sounders license plates on sale in Jan.

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:53:13 -0400

RENTON, Washington - Three nonprofit groups will benefit from sales of new Seahawks and Sounders FC license plates that will be available starting in January.

2 Spokane-area officers placed on leave

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:49:59 -0400

SPOKANE, Washington - Authorities say two Spokane-area law enforcement officers have been placed on leave after being accused of misconduct in separate cases.

Senate majority names 33 bills for budget talks

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:49:39 -0400

OLYMPIA, Washington - As lawmakers wrap up their first week of a special legislative session, Senate majority leaders have asked that more than 30 bills be considered as part of the budget discussions.

Seahawks DE Bruce Irvin suspended 4 games

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:27:17 -0400

RENTON, Washington - Seattle Seahawks defensive end Bruce Irvin was suspended for the first four games of the 2013 season on Friday after the league announced he violated the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances.

Wash. state draft rules let out-of-staters to buy ounce of...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:17:44 -0400

SEATTLE - By BOB YOUNG

Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:43:15 -0400

WASHINGTON - Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign.

Washington's Wilcox undergoes foot surgery

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:41:54 -0400

SEATTLE - Washington guard C.J. Wilcox has undergone surgery on his left foot to stabilize a stress fracture that bothered him for much of his junior season.

Red algae blooms in Puget Sound not "red tide"

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:36:21 -0400

OLYMPIA, Washington - The Washington State Department of Ecology says red algae blooms currently in the Puget Sound are harmless to people.

Mariners option Noesi to Tacoma

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:20 -0400

CLEVELAND - The Seattle Mariners have optioned pitcher Hector Noesi, who made an emergency start Thursday, to Triple-A Tacoma.