Head GOP state budget writer will retire

19 May 2012, 12:34 am

Head GOP budget writer will retire... Read More »

Facilities at Mount St. Helens are free today to mark anniversary of eruption

18 May 2012, 2:56 pm

Facilities at the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument are free today to mark the 32nd anniversary of the big 1980 blast that killed 57 people and changed the landscape.... Read More »

Mason and Sophia were the top baby names in Washington last year

18 May 2012, 2:54 pm

Mason, Liam, Alexander, Jacob and Ethan for boys.... Read More »

Damage found in pontoon built at Aberdeen

18 May 2012, 2:46 pm

Damage has been found in one of the large pontoons that are being built at Aberdeen for the new Highway 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington at Seattle.... Read More »

UPDATED - McKenna wins Stand for Children’s K-12 endorsement

18 May 2012, 9:21 am

In what looks like a significant setback to Democrat Jay Inslee and a big boost to Republican Rob McKenna, education-advocacy group Stand for Children has endorsed McKenna’s gubernatorial campaign as a “change agent” for public schools. The group, which endorsed Gov. Chris Gregoire&#x... Read More »

Man allegedly broke down ex-wife’s bathroom door

18 May 2012, 7:43 am

A man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly broke into his ex-wife’s Olympia home, broke down the door to the bathroom where she was hiding and led police on a chase through the city.... Read More »

McKenna makes it official, files for gov from Spokane

17 May 2012, 6:47 pm

Republican Rob McKenna filed to run for governor today, doing it online from Spokane. He also put out a news release [pasted below] that touts his “new direction” theme that includes school reform and reducing regulations that hinder economic growth. McKenna was the seventh to file for g... Read More »

Fire damages west Olympia apartment; cat is saved and residents are unhurt

17 May 2012, 6:09 pm

Olympia firefighters saved a cat, Zola, from a fire on the third floor of the Olympic Heights Apartments at 300 Kenyon St. on Olympia's west side Thursday afternoon.... Read More »

UPDATE - Ex-Rep. Williams jumps into Appeals Court race

17 May 2012, 5:29 pm

Brendan Williams, the former three-term state representative, filed to run in a crowded Court of Appeals race today [Thursday], making an abrupt turn away from a Thurston County Superior Court seat he had been collecting cash and a slew of labor endorsements for. The move shakes up at least two ra... Read More »

Outdated Lacey laws about bike registration, garage-sale permits off books

17 May 2012, 3:36 pm

Lacey residents no longer are required to register bicycles or apply for garage-sale permits.... Read More »