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An army of grass gurus awakes before dawn each day to make sure Chambers Bay is ready for the U.S. Open.Click to Continue »

House Democrats in Washington state have stopped negotiations on a transportation revenue package until a state operating budget deal is reached.Click to Continue »

Jordan Spieth is among an exclusive club of 11 golfers in the U.S. Open field this week who played in the U.S. Amateur played at Chambers Bay five years ago.Click to Continue »

A man convicted of killing six people in the Christmas Eve 2007 killings in Carnation, Washington is appealing his life sentence.Click to Continue »

A woman died and a man was seriously injured after a car hit a utility pole Tuesday in Kent.Click to Continue »

An envelope with powder and an unusual message found Tuesday prompted hazardous materials experts to respond to Clover Park Technical College.Click to Continue »

The agreements, authorized Tuesday, are expected to save money compared to what the city of Tacoma is paying now. Inmates from Tacoma will remain in jails in Western Washington, primarily…Click to Continue »

Officials at the Tacoma school decide that a student's high school grade-point average is more predictive of college success than SAT or ACT test scores are.Click to Continue »

Jack Nicklaus, 75, stopped by Chambers Bay on Tuesday before accompanying his wife, Barbara, to the Museum of Glass for her acceptance of the USGA’s 2015 Bob Jones Award. Earlier…Click to Continue »

A Tacoma teenager charged with killing his father will not have his case reviewed as a possible candidate for juvenile court, a judge ruled Tuesday.Click to Continue »