Alcohol
Victims of '88 DUI bus crash in Ky. remembered
Quinton Higgins lost his best friend when the church bus he was riding in 25 years ago was turned into a fireball by a drunken driver on a Kentucky road, in what remains the nation's deadliest alcohol-related highway crash. In the town that still grieves for the 27 who perished, ...
WSU hops researchers take turn at Calif. brewery
Washington State University researchers who focus on production of hops in the state are turning more of their attention to the final product: beer. Two WSU scientists spent three days in March learning brewing techniques from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in Chico, Calif., one of the early craft breweries to ...
Senate committee OKs tougher impaired driving law
A Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to make changes to the state's impaired driving laws, including making driving under the influence a felony on the fourth conviction, rather than the current law that has it at five within 10 years. The legislation was sparked by recent fatal accidents ...
Inslee signs bills on alcohol at theaters, markets
Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a handful of measures making it easier for certain businesses to serve alcohol. Two of the bills signed Tuesday create licenses that permit theaters to sell wine and beer, or beer wine and hard liquor, to patrons 21 and over. Another measure allows businesses that ...
Americans eating more smoked seafood products
There's no smoke and mirrors about it — Americans are eating a lot more smoked seafood than they used to. And that demand — part of a larger trend of infusing everything from salts and cocktails to fruit and teas with a kiss of smoky flavor — has smoked seafood ...
Crash survivors prepare for anniversary events
They are reaching middle age, in the midst of raising children and building careers. A quarter century has elapsed since an amusement park outing turned into a terrifying night, when they escaped from an old school bus that burst into flames after a drunken driver slammed into it. Twenty-four children ...
Jags' Blackmon blames problems on poor decisions
Justin Blackmon pinned his problems on his decisions. Blackmon, suspended the first four games of the 2013 season for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy, acknowledged Monday that he's at a crossroads in his career and his personal life. But the Jacksonville Jaguars receiver insisted he doesn't have an alcohol or ...
Judicial Conduct Commission admonishes 2 judges
Washington's Judicial Conduct Commission has issued admonishments to one current and one former district court judge. Former Snohomish County District Court Judge Timothy P. Ryan acknowledged that it was inappropriate for him to mention that he was a judge during a traffic stop. He was pulled over and arrested for ...
Louisville distillery joins Kentucky Bourbon Trail
Kentucky's mostly rustic bourbon sector is spreading to the shadows of Louisville's skyscrapers, where a tiny distillery being developed by the maker of Evan Williams bourbon will become a big-city stop on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail that draws hundreds of thousands of tourists each year. The artisanal distillery will produce ...
Visit Wisconsin home of world's stinkiest cheese
The sign above the bar in Baumgartner's Cheese Store and Tavern warns visitors about the perils of sampling the $3.25 house specialty — a slab of Limburger cheese on rye bread slathered with onions and mustard. "Limburger: don't eat it with your nose." The sign might well add: Don't eat ...
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