Body found floating off South Kitsap

  PORT ORCHARD – Law enforcement officers recovered a male body found floating in the water off South Kitsap. The man appeared to be in his early 40s. Two kayakers spotted the body in the water near

Seattle church vandalized during service

  SEATTLE – Several Molotov cocktails were thrown at a Seattle church, starting a small fire outside. Crews responded after 8 p.m. Thursday to a report of a fire at the Iglesia ni Cristo church in the

Portland man dies on Mt. St. Helens

MOUNT ST. HELENS – Authorities say a 44-year-old Portland man suffered a medical event and died in a fall on Mount St. Helens. The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that the man was hiking with a

Vancouver college to close during demonstration

  VANCOUVER, WA – Clark College in Vancouver will close Monday in response to a planned campus demonstration by right-wing group Patriot Prayer. President Bob Knight in a letter encouraged students, staff and faculty to avoid the

Washington’s largest civil rights case settled

QUINCY, WA – A Grant County vegetable-packing house will pay $525,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a supervisor groped, propositioned and retaliated against female workers. State Attorney General Bob Ferguson says the settlement with Horning Brothers is

Cheney man charged in poisoning death

SPOKANE – A Washington man faces charges of killing his wife by lacing her ice cream with a lethal dose of pain medication. David Pettis of Cheney appeared in Spokane County District Court on Thursday after he