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Inslee on East Coast to discuss climate change
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is in New York and Connecticut this week for talks on climate change.
He's scheduled to attend meetings and panels in New York as part of its annual "Climate Week NYC" events, as well as the Yale Climate Forum in Connecticut, The Seattle Times reported Tuesday...
Justices: Teen sending explicit photo of himself was a crime
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The Washington Supreme Court says it was a crime for a teenage boy to send an unsolicited, sexually explicit picture of himself to an adult woman.
In a 6-3 ruling Thursday, the court said the state's child pornography law covers minors sending pictures of themselves - at least to unwilling recipients...
1 dead, 3 injured in Washington school shooting
Officials say one person was killed and at least three others were injured when a gunman opened fire at a high school near Spokane.
Brian Schaeffer of the Spokane Fire Department told reporters that one person died in the shooting Wednesday morning at Freeman High School in Rockford, south of Spokane...
Impasse means Inslee will choose GOP county commissioner
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Republican Spokane County commissioners have voted to let the Democratic governor fill a vacant seat after they deadlocked.
The open seat belonged to Shelly O'Quinn, who resigned in July to lead a local nonprofit. Republican Party precinct committee officers in August nominated three people that the commissioners could pick to replace O'Quinn...
Seattle mayor resigns after 5th sex abuse claim
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has announced his resignation after a fifth man came forward and accused him of sexual abuse decades ago.
Murray had already announced earlier that he would not seek a second term.
He said day that he would step down effective 5 p...
Oregon shed jobs in August; jobless rate tops 4%
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's unemployment rate has topped 4% for the first time in months.
The state Employment Department said Tuesday the jobless rate for August was 4.1%, up from 3.8% a month earlier. Leisure and hospitality and government were the hardest-hit industries, with both shedding more than 3,000 jobs...
For $500 Oregon gives voter registration to fraud commission
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon officials have handed over a statewide list of voters to President Donald Trump's commission investigating allegations of voter fraud, for a $500 fee.
Information that was not disclosed included social security and driver's license numbers and how a person voted...
Sheriff’s office posts meme about protesters getting rammed
WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) - The sheriff in central Washington's Chelan County has apologized after a county emergency worker posted a meme to the county's Facebook account showing protesters being rammed by a vehicle.
The SeattlePI reports the employee posted the meme saying "All Lives Splatter" on the county's Facebook account Monday morning...
Employee abducted from Cheney pot shop still missing
CHENEY, Wash. (AP) - An employee of a Cheney marijuana shop remains missing after he was abducted at work.
The Spokesman-Review says 46-year-old Cameron Smith was working at the Lucid Marijuana store early Sunday afternoon when he was abducted at gunpoint after refusing to sell product to two customers...
Rain, cooler weather slows Oregon wildfires
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Firefighters are getting some help from the weather in their battle against Oregon's largest wildfires.
Officials said Friday that crews have slightly increased containment of a blaze torching the scenic Columbia River Gorge...