Olympia's Denny Heck kicks off campaign, says he'd work for jobs as lawmaker

4 February 2012, 6:28 pm

Democrat Denny Heck formally kicked off the Thurston County leg of his congressional campaign Saturday, playing up his three-decade-old connection to Olympia and pledging to work for a “Chevy truck economy – built to last” in America. ... Read More »

Conservatives and Mormons help Romney to big win in Nevada GOP primary

4 February 2012, 6:19 pm

Preliminary results of a poll of voters in Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses show Mitt Romney's victory flowing from his best performance yet among conservatives plus overwhelming backing from the state's Mormons.... Read More »

Senate panel approves banning Washington minors from indoor tanning beds

4 February 2012, 6:10 pm

A state Senate panel has approved a measure that would prohibit the use of indoor tanning beds by anyone under 18.... Read More »

WSU pulls sorority's recognition, support because of hazing, underage drinking

4 February 2012, 6:08 pm

Washington State University's conduct board has sanctioned the Pi Beta Phi sorority after finding the organization responsible for hazing and underage drinking.... Read More »

Army removes 2 Madigan doctors from clinic duties amid PTSD-diagnosis review

4 February 2012, 5:57 pm

Two doctors on a Madigan Army Medical Center team have been temporarily removed from clinical duties as the Army reviews the team's handling of post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses of more than a dozen soldiers.... Read More »

Shelton man in fair condition after collision that killed Lacey woman, 53

4 February 2012, 4:55 pm

A Shelton man injured in a two-vehicle crash that killed a Lacey woman Friday evening was in fair condition Saturday at Providence St. Peter Hospital, according to a nursing supervisor there.... Read More »

His father slain and his mother deported, Washington student seeks asylum

4 February 2012, 9:25 am

When he was a baby, Al Okere's father was gunned down by police officers in Nigeria.... Read More »

AG Rob McKenna is supporting human-trafficking initiative in Indianapolis

3 February 2012, 2:04 pm

Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna is traveling on Super Bowl weekend to Indianapolis, where he will support efforts to combat human trafficking.... Read More »

Coalition seeking to counter religion's power plans events in Palouse region

3 February 2012, 1:59 pm

A new coalition of atheists, freethinkers and humanists has formed in the Palouse region of Washington and Idaho, and its first major event is a celebration of scientist Charles Darwin next week.... Read More »