Deadline approaching to opt out of State insurance plan
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Workers in Washington state have just a few months to decide whether they want to buy a private long-term insurance plan and opt out of a new state-managed program before a payroll deduction
Tacoma man pleads guilty to 2018 murder of housemate
Tacoma – A Tacoma man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to second degree murder in the 2018 death of a 34-year-old woman near Joint Base Lewis-McChord. 52-year-old Bobbie Pease admits he used a
Girl’s body recovered from irrigation pond after drowning accident
GEORGE, Wash. – A 10-year-old Issaquah girl died Monday in a suspected drowning in an irrigation pond near George in Eastern Washington. The girl was vacationing with family and slipped under the surface of the 3-acre pond
Former Oregon lawmaker sentenced
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A former Oregon lawmaker who was expelled for letting violent, far-right protesters into the state Capitol has pleaded guilty to one count of official misconduct and received 18-months’ probation plus fines. Mike Nearman
NOAA says NW coastal “dead zones” are making crabs harder to find
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES — Low oxygen levels measured in the waters off the coast of Washington and Oregon are raising concerns of large so-called “dead zones” that could temporarily decimate crab and bottom-dwelling fish populations
Iowa judge to decide if Mollie Tibbetts' convicted killer will get new trial
kuzma/iStock (POWESHIEK COUNTY, Iowa) — The lead agent who investigated the disappearance and murder of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts testified Tuesday that there was no doubt in his mind who killed her. “Cristhian Rivera murdered
Gymnasts support US women, Biles after silver finish in Tokyo
Jean Catuffe/Getty Images (TOKYO) — Gymnasts have been showering support for the U.S. women’s gymnastics team after winning the silver medal in Tokyo — and particularly for Simone Biles and her decision to withdraw from the competition.
Key takeaways from Jan. 6 hearing: Powerful testimony counters revisionist history
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol held its first hearing Tuesday in which lawmakers heard dramatic, emotional accounts from law enforcement officers who defended the building
Biden: Requirement for all federal employees to get vaccine 'under consideration'
Alex Edelman/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday afternoon that a mandate to require all federal employees to be vaccinated is now “under consideration.” He said this one day after the Department of
Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli's Wu-Tang Clan album sold to confidential buyer
US Marshals Service (NEW YORK) — The sole copy of Wu-Tang Clan’s “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,” owned by one-time hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli until he forfeited it following his securities fraud conviction, has been