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Saturday marks 33rd anniversary of Mount St. Helens eruption
Saturday is the 33rd anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens that killed 57 people, knocked down a forest and filled the sky and rivers with volcanic ash. The mountain in southwest Washington may be the best known volcano in the state, but it's not the only one ...
Institute offers seminar on how to start pot business
An institute is teaching a weekend course on how to start a marijuana business in the state. Washington Cannabis Institute is offering a seminar with attorneys and industry pros who have prepared a course for starting a pot business. The class will help those who want to start a business ...
Man pleads guilty to selling illegal airbags
A 25-year-old Vancouver man has pleaded guilty to trafficking in counterfeit vehicle airbags. U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan said Vitaliy Yaremkiv was arrested in April after being indicted by a grand jury in Seattle. He has admitted to selling in 2011 and 2012 more than 900 counterfeit airbags he bought in ...
Oak Harbor faces lawsuit over prayer
The Oak Harbor City Council may face legal action for letting people pray before public meetings. Mayor Scott Dudley received a letter last year from the Freedom from Religion Foundation based in Madison, Wisconsin. "They're asking us to stop invocations at future City Council meetings,” said Dudley. But the Council ...
Former Lakewood officer pleads guilty to identity theft, forgery
A former Lakewood police officer already convicted on federal charges for stealing donations from a fallen officers’ fund has admitted to identity theft and forgery in a Pierce County superior court. Skeeter Manos pleaded guilty to the charges. He admitted he stole the identity of the accountant for the Lakewood ...
Will the Internet put universities out of business?
More than half of recent college graduates in Washington state enter the stiff job market more than $20,000 in debt. But now, many universities are launching online courses, some even for free. Starting this fall, the University of Washington in Seattle will offer a degree in early childhood education and ...
8-hour standoff with man claiming to have grenade ends in Snohomish County
A burglary suspect was arrested without incident Friday night after an eight-hour standoff with police. The man held police and SWAT at bay by threatening to detonate a grenade. Forty-year-old James M. Riley of Lake Stevens was found hiding in a basement crawl space. He did not have any explosives on him ...
Red algae blooms in Puget Sound not "red tide"
The Washington State Department of Ecology said the red algae blooming currently in Puget Sound are harmless to people. Lab tests show the red-orange blooms are not the so-called "red tide," which refers to paralytic shellfish poisoning. Reports of algae blooms are coming in from around the area, from Bainbridge ...
Police: 2 injured in separate Seattle stabbings
Two people were injured in separate stabbings in Seattle, police said. The first incident happened before 9 p.m. Thursday in Cal Anderson Park. Officers responded to Broadway Avenue and East Pine Street after a report from a man who said he was stabbed. Police then found out the man was ...
Thai restaurant in Lower Queen Anne saved
A Thai restaurant in Lower Queen Anne slated to close at the end of May has been saved. Tup Tim Thai has been in the neighborhood for 24 years and was closing its doors because the owners could not renew their lease. The owner of restaurant, George Lertkentithum, told ...
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