Judge orders Eyman to pay $2.6M in penalties

SEATTLE (AP) — Tim Eyman, whose initiative campaigns have bedeviled state and local governments across Washington for decades, will no longer be allowed to have any financial control over political committees. That’s under a judge’s ruling Wednesday

Whatcom County Corrections Officer arrested

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A veteran Whatcom County corrections deputy is suspected of smuggling contraband items, including marijuana edibles, to a female inmate at the Whatcom County Jail’s Work Center. Corrections Deputy Christopher Baetz was booked into

Boy’s shooting of sister ruled an accident

AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — Auburn police say a shooting last week that left a 15-year-old girl in critical condition has been ruled an accident. Police responded to the incident last Friday around 7:30 p.m. An Auburn Police

Coastal commercial crab fishery reopens

(KONP staff) After a 2-month delay because of unsafe marine toxin levels, the annual commercial Dungeness crab fishery along the entire Washington coast will open at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16. However, recreational crab fishing along the