Weyerhaeuser settles suit for $600K over water violations
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Timber company Weyerhaeuser will pay $600,000 after reaching a settlement with Columbia Riverkeeper, despite denying allegations it had broken Washington state water quality laws. The Daily News in Longview reports Riverkeeper in March
Trump-backed candidate in Wash. House race appears to stall
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — There are signs the insurgent candidate backed by former President Donald Trump appears to be faltering in a crowded field of Republicans challenging the GOP incumbent for a U.S. House seat in conservative
'True Lies' becoming a series at CBS
Ronald Siemoneit/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images True Lies, an adaptation of the 1994 James Cameron-directed film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis, is coming to CBS as a series. The series had been in development for a
WA high court: Drivers can get DUIs for driving while high
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court has ruled people can be cited for driving under the influence for driving while high, a decision that upholds the state’s decade-old law regulating marijuana use behind the
Randy Weaver, participant in Ruby Ridge standoff, dies at 74
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Randy Weaver has died at the age of 74. He was the patriarch of a family involved in an 11-day Idaho standoff with federal agents 30 years ago that left three people dead
Arkansas police investigating fatal shooting following high school graduation
avid_creative/Getty Images (HOT SPRINGS, Ark.) — Police in Hot Springs, Arkansas, said they arrested a man after a shooting left one person dead and three others injured following a high school graduation. The three injured were transported to
WA childhood immunization rates decline during pandemic
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state health officials say a new report shows routine childhood immunization rates have decreased during the pandemic, dropping by 13% in 2021 when compared to pre-pandemic levels. The Washington State Department of
‘Deeply sorry’ Alaska CEO: Flight cancellations to continue
SEATTLE (AP) — The CEO of Alaska Airlines says the high level of flight cancellations since April will continue through this month. The Seattle Times reports Ben Minicucci said in a message to employees Thursday evening that
PUD #1 incumbent brings a lifetime of energy experience to the table
By Pepper Fisher CLALLAM COUNTY – Long-time PUD Commissioner Will Purser will be facing at least one opponent in the coming election, as we reported on May 2. Purser is a Vietnam-era veteran, has spent 34 years
DSU to file civil rights complaint over drug search of lacrosse team bus
Liberty County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — Delaware State University announced plans to file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice over what its president called a “constitutionally dubious” drug search of a bus transporting