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The Washington Supreme Court has ruled that a citizen has the First Amendment right to call police abusive names and yell profanity while they're investigating a crime.Click to Continue »

Residents in the Pacific Northwest are bracing for a heat wave expected to bring record-breaking high temperatures to parts of Washington, Oregon and Idaho.Click to Continue »

An equipment failure led to a power outage affecting about 2,000 homes in Fircrest and University Place Thursday morning, according to Tacoma Public Utilities.Click to Continue »

President Barack Obama’s signature health-care reform law survived its second life-or-death challenge Thursday, as a divided Supreme Court upheld tax credit subsidies that make insurance affordable for millions of residents…Click to Continue »

A Spokane Valley man has been sentenced to six months in jail for faking on-the-job injuries and using the last names of Seattle Seahawks players to obtain prescription drugs.Click to Continue »

part of “Get Into Your Sanctuary” programs taking place nationally.Click to Continue »

Elias retires nine in a row over first three innings before everything falls apart.Click to Continue »

Email your state lawmaker, get entered to win free stuff. That’s one of the lobbying techniques used this year by some stores that sell electronic cigarettes, which vaporize liquid nicotine…Click to Continue »

Boeing’s Dennis Muilenburg becomes chief executive officer next week with a to-do list of decisions that could reshape the world’s largest planemaker.Click to Continue »

Washington’s average annual wage increased by 4.2 percent in 2014 to $54,829, the state Employment Security Department reported this week.Click to Continue »