SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Detectives are investigating the death of a retired Spokane anesthesiologist whose body was found dismembered and burned in the backyard of his home. The Spokesman-Review reports Spokane County Sheriff’s deputies responded Sunday to Rex Porter’s

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Reduced snowpack over the winter could result in a reduction of vital water supplies in parts of Washington state this summer. The Skagit-Valley Herald reports that stream flows in the North Puget Sound region

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Navy is investigating why a barge capsized at a stealth submarine research facility in northern Idaho. The 48-by-80-foot (15-by-24-meter) barge capsized in early February at the Acoustic Research Detachment base at

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A proposal to significantly extend time limits for prosecuting sexual assault has cleared the Washington Legislature, along with a modification to the definition of sexual consent in some cases. The proposal would entirely

SHELTON, Wash. (AP) — Deputies with Mason County Sheriff’s Office’s search and rescue unit and others have temporarily suspended the search for a soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord who disappeared while on a hike. KIRO-TV reports that officials said

SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities say officers arrested a man near Interstate 90 in Seattle after he reportedly pointed a realistic-looking airsoft rifle into traffic while hunting rats. The Seattle Police Department said on its website that a motorist called

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Local police and the FBI’s bomb investigators are looking into an ATM explosion at a Wells Fargo Bank in Tacoma, Washington. KOMO reports officers were called to a report of an explosion at about 3:30

SEATTLE (AP) — Allegations of mismanagement against the governing board of the Washington State Bar Association have led to lawsuits, workplace investigations and the resignation of the bar’s executive director. The Seattle Times reports one governing board member of