Sunday 29th January, 2012
Redistricting plan getting minor tweaks
OLYMPIA – State lawmakers are looking to make only minor technical adjustments to the new redistricting plan. The state House unanimously approved those tweaks Friday. Lawmakers can’t ...
Crowded JBLM posted highs for DUI, misdemeanor crimes in '11
With a full base for the first time in a decade and more soldiers stationed here than ever before, Joint Base Lewis-McChord last year recorded new highs for misdemeanor crimes and for offenses ...
Pierce County standards for pay during storm varied by worker
During this month’s snow and ice storm, Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy decided to pay about 2,000 county workers their normal pay for the two days she ordered them not to report to ...
Walls of Discovery Bay cafe yield amazing $10,316
KOMO 1000Carl "Fat Smitty" Schmidt counts some of the $10,316 removed from the walls of his Discovery Bay cafe, Fat Smitty's. (Photo by Charlie Bermant, Peninsula Daily ...
Former KOMO Newsradio reporter arrested in Oakland protest
KOMO 1000Police move in on Occupy Oakland protesters on Oak Street and 12th Street as tear gas gets blown back on them in Oakland, Calif. on Saturday, Jan. 28, ...
Seattle Symphony pays tribute to 007 themes
The Seattle Times7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Feb. 5, Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle; $17-$93 (206-215-4747 ...
Department of Corrections remembers slain corrections officer
The Seattle TimesMONROE, Wash. — Washington's Department of Corrections is remembering slain officer Jayme Biendl on the anniversary of her death. Biendl was strangled by inmate Byron Scherf in the ...
AK hearing to be set for attempted espionage case
The Seattle TimesANCHORAGE, Alaska — U.S. Army officials could decide in February when to schedule a court hearing for an Alaska-based soldier charged with attempted espionage. Army officials say 22-year-old ...
WA measure aims to slow down spread of E-Verify
The Seattle TimesSEATTLE — In Olympia, it's not all that often that immigrant advocacy groups and farmers are on the same side of a proposed bill. But the unlikely allies have teamed up this session to ...
Police Beat: Customers can be unruly; throwing food at them isn't a solution
The News TribuneThe drive-thru trainee broke the first rule: Never throw food at customers. Location: a burger joint in the 6700 block of Sixth Avenue. The customer, a 31-year-old man, rolled up to the squawk box ...
Mount Rainier National Park asks visitors to watch for missing
The News TribuneOfficials are asking Mount Rainier National Park visitors to look out for clues related to four people missing there since mid-January. The park is handing out fliers telling visitors to report any ...
Clean Air Agency ends Stage 1 burn ban for Pierce County
The News TribuneThe Puget Sound Clean Air Agency canceled Saturday evening a burn ban issued for Pierce County the day before. The agency reported that forecasters expected winds last night and tonight that should ...
Local photographers snap winning nature images
The News TribuneThere were four winners from the South Sound in the 2011 Northwest Exposure photo contest held by Washington Trails Association. The winners of the ninth annual contest were announced in the ...
It's open! Sprinker ice rink back from the brink
The News TribuneHead bobbing and fists pumping the air, Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy steered a big Zamboni ice-resurfacing machine through a red ribbon at Sprinker Recreation Center on Saturday, officially ...
College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan
The Seattle TimesWASHINGTON — Fuzzy math, Illinois State University's president called it. "Political theater of the worst sort," said the University of Washington's head. President Barack ...
Tacoma priest ends 2-week protest fast
The News TribuneA Tacoma priest and peace activist best known for breaking into a nuclear submarine base in Kitsap County has ended a two-week fast that drew sharp concern from some in the local faith and peace ...
State GET program may not cover cost
The News TribuneWashington universities won authority last year to vary undergraduate tuition rates according to what different degrees really cost. But before they start charging engineers more than English ...
Pow! Presidential race goes to moon
The Seattle TimesThe record shall reflect that, in the 2012 presidential campaign, the shark was officially jumped at 9:25 p.m. EST Thursday. That's when Reuters — placing itself at grave risk of being ...
Winning numbers drawn in 'Hit 5' game
The Seattle TimesOLYMPIA, Wash. — The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were: 06-20-24-25-35 (six, twenty, twenty-four, twenty-five, ...
Portland hands Seattle 8-3 loss; Everett edges Prince George 4-3
The Seattle TimesSven Bartschi and Brendan Leipsic each had two goals and an assist to lead the Portland Winterhawks to an 8-3 victory over the Seattle ...
Seattle filmmaker finds herself in her Tanzanian family
The Seattle TimesEli Kimaro and her brother, Kunda, mug from inside the family car in this snapshot taken by their mother in the late 1970s, when the Kimaros lived in the Washington, D.C., ...
An elevated Seattle view from Denny Hill, ca. 1873
The Seattle TimesTHEN: The still forested First Hill, upper left, and Beacon Hill, center and right, draw the horizon above the sparsely developed north end of Seattle's residential neighborhood in 1872-73. ...
Seattle Pacific men edge Western Oregon, 61-58
The Seattle TimesScott Morse hit the go-ahead three-pointer with 5.6 seconds on the clock and converted two free throws with 1.2 left to play Saturday in Seattle Pacific's 61-58 men's basketball victory ...
How Your U.S. Lawmaker Voted
The Seattle TimesFDR prayer By a vote of 386-26, the House on Tuesday sent the Senate a bill (HR 2070) requiring the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., be engraved with the "Let Our Hearts Be ...
McGilvra PTA contract over, but large donations live on
The Seattle TimesLast year, Seattle Public Schools gave $60,000 to a group of parents at McGilvra Elementary to — in essence — stop them from donating so much money. Still, parents say they will ...
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