Review slams Seattle police response to 2020 protest zone

SEATTLE (AP) — Poor communication, deception, bad judgment and a lack of leadership contributed to tension, violence and killings in Seattle in 2020, according to a review of the city’s response to racial injustice demonstrations that year.

Washington hunter survives grizzly bear attack in Montana

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A nearly 700-pound grizzly bear charged out of thick brush southeast of Glacier National Park, attacking and injuring a bird hunter before the man shot the animal, Montana wildlife officials said Wednesday.

Washington fruit company sued over sexual discrimination

SELAH, Wash. (AP) — A fruit company in central Washington is accused in a federal lawsuit of discriminating against an employee based on her sex, and retaliating against her and her husband. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity

Head of Human Resources and General Counsel at OMC is out

By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – Jennifer Burkhardt, Chief Human Resource Officer and General Counsel at Olympic Medical Center, is no longer employed with the hospital. It’s unclear whether she resigned or was let go at this