Gunfire at site of Kirkland medical marijuana grow

KIRKLAND King County sheriffs deputies say two people were shot and injured during a home invasion near Kirkland and the robber may have been after medical marijuana. [More]

Associated Press | March 15


58-year-old dead after assault in Lewis County

RANDLE A 58-year-old Federal Way man is dead after being beaten in Lewis County, and a relative has been arrested for investigation of second-degree murder. [More]

Associated Press | March 15


Commuter trains resume after Edmonds mudslide

EDMONDS — Amtrak and Sound Transit Sounder passenger trains are running again on a stretch of railroad tracks north of Seattle that was closed because of a mudslide. [More]

Associated Press | March 15



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2 snowmobilers die in massive Canadian avalanche

SEATTLE — An estimated 200 spectators and participants were accounted for Sunday after a massive avalanche smothered a high-risk snowmobile rally in southern British Columbia, killing two men and injuring 30 others. [More]

Los Angeles Times and Associated Press | March 15


Body of missing Portland hiker recovered

STEVENSON Sheriffs deputies have recovered the body of a University of Portland student missing for more than a week on a hike in the Columbia River Gorge. [More]

Associated Press | March 15


FAA issues emergency inspections of some 737s

SEATTLE — The Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency airworthiness directive Friday requiring that airlines inspect certain Boeing 737s within 12 to 30 days to check a mechanism that controls the flap on the horizontal tails of... [More]

McClatchy News Service | March 14


Suspect's bra padded with $26,000, Spokane deputies say

SPOKANE — A fraud bust, indeed: Spokane County sheriff’s deputies say a woman was hiding nearly $26,000 in her bra when she was booked into jail for investigation of theft. [More]

Associated Press | March 14


Divers lift 50 tons of fishing gear from Whatcom County’s waters

BELLINGHAM — Divers have pulled thousands of old fishing nets and crab pots from Washington’s marine waters since 2002, and they expect to finish much of the work this year thanks in part to federal stimulus dollars. [More]

Associated Press | March 14


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