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Temperatures on the rise in Western Washington

South Sound temperatures are on the rise and could break into the 90s by next week.Click to Continue »

 

State employees start receiving temporary layoff notices

Thousands of state employees in Washington state were getting notice Tuesday that they may be temporarily laid off if a new state budget isn't adopted by early next week.Click to Continue »

 

Port and TOTE officials to speak July 1 in Federal Way

Port and TOTE officials to meet July 1 in Federal Way.Click to Continue »

 

Looking back at Chambers Bay: Spieth had plenty of support, on and off the course

It starts with Spieth’s caddie Michael Greller, a former University Place school teacher who lives in Gig Harbor, and extends through the families of both men.Click to Continue »

 

WSU med school might be named for Elson Floyd

Support is growing to name the new Washington State University medical school for Elson Floyd, the school president who died last weekend of complications from colon cancer.Click to Continue »

 

Judge: State must pay $1.3 million in lawyers' fees

A federal judge has awarded the lawyers for mentally ill defendants who sued the state for warehousing them in jails $1.3 million in attorney's fees and litigation costs.Click to Continue »

 

Attorney general: Minimum wage surcharges must be disclosed

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson says businesses can add surcharges as a way to cover the costs of new minimum wage laws in some cities, but those charges must be…Click to Continue »

 

Seattle gets rainbow crosswalks for Pride Week

Seattle has new rainbow-colored crosswalks for Pride Week, and it plans to keep them for years.Click to Continue »

 

Tri-tip steak, honey-baked hams: 70,000 pounds of food donated after US Open

Roughly 70,000 pounds of food left after the U.S. Open was donated to the Emergency Food Network.Click to Continue »

 

DNR burn ban expanded to include Western Washington

The state Department of Natural Resources has expanded its burn ban to include DNR-protected lands in western Washington because drought and heat are rapidly increasing fire danger.Click to Continue »

 

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