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Man gets 26 years in Wash. courthouse attack

A McCleary, Wash., man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for a 2012 attack on a judge and a deputy sheriff in the Grays Harbor County Courthouse in Montesano. KOMO-TV reports (http://is.gd/x7i3dU ) Steven Kravetz was sentenced Friday. He had been convicted of first-degree assault for shooting Deputy ...

Man killed by Spokane police is identified

Spokane police detectives say a man suspected in a fatal shooting refused to obey officers' commands and moved his hand toward his waistband. Police shot and killed the man. The Spokesman-Review says (http://is.gd/oqe029 ) 21-year-old Justin Cairns was confronted by Spokane police early Thursday in a field behind his Nine ...

Coast Guard rescues teen from Ore. surf

A Coast Guard helicopter has rescued a teenage girl from the surf on the northwest Oregon coast. Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn says his agency responded Friday afternoon to a call from help from Sunset Beach near Warrenton. He says a man had entered the surf to help the ...

Washington Gov. Jay speaks Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Seattle Seahawks' headquarters in Renton, Wash., where he signed a bill that establishes the availability of special license plates with the logos of the MLS soccer Seattle Sounders FC and the NFL football Seattle Seahawks. Preliminary designs of the two plates were unveiled Friday; the plates will be available to the owners of registered vehicles for an additional charge in January 2014. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Seahawks, Sounders license plates on sale in Jan.

Three nonprofit groups will benefit from sales of new Seahawks and Sounders FC license plates that will be available starting in January. The teams unveiled the preliminary license plate designs after Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Friday to make them available. Net income from the Seahawks plate will got ...

FILE - In this undated photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Justin Ainsworth, Oregon DFW biologist, inspects a boat that washed up on Gleneden Beach, Ore. Scientists say the 30-foot boat that washed ashore on the central Oregon coast appears to be debris from the March 2011 Japan tsunami. The five West Coast states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 each from a $5 million gift from Japan for cleanup. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is distributing the money to Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington and will allocate the remainder as additional needs arise (AP Photo/Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, File)

States to get initial money from Japanese gift

The five West Coast states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 each from a $5 million gift from Japan for cleanup. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is distributing the money to Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington and will ...

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