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Search for missing skydiver narrows
January 6, 2013 12:38 PM
NORTH BEND, Wash. (AP) - Crews have narrowed the area they're searching in the rugged Cascade foothills for a skydiver who vanished during a jump. King County sheriff's Sgt. Cindi West says they made the decision based on the flight pattern of the helicopter he jumped from and information from... more » -
Pot legalization no free ride to smoke on campus
November 28, 2012 8:30 PM
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Young voters helped pass laws legalizing marijuana in Washington and Colorado, but many still won't be able to light up. Most universities have codes of conduct banning marijuana use, and they get millions of dollars in funding from the federal government, which still considers pot illegal.... more » -
Washington state working on marijuana legalization process too
November 12, 2012 9:02 PM
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire will meet with Deputy Attorney General James Cole to discuss the state's recent passage of a measure to legalize and tax the sale of marijuana for recreational use. Gregoire spokesman Cory Curtis said that the governor would be meeting with Cole... more » -
Afghans testify against US soldier in massacre
November 10, 2012 12:21 PM
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) - Afghans, one by one, have told their stories of a massacre, appearing by video link at a hearing in a Washington state military courtroom for the U.S. soldier charged with killing 16 people in two villages. Witnesses told of torched bodies, a son finding... more » -
Feds expanding state access to immigration data
July 16, 2012 7:57 PM
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Federal officials are expanding access to an immigration database so that several states can use it to cleanse voter rolls. The Homeland Security Department first notified Florida officials last week that they could check to see if registered voters are actually noncitizens who should not be... more » -
Seasonal firefighters seek health care coverage
July 9, 2012 7:22 PM
DENVER (AP) - They work the front lines of the nation's most explosive wildfires, navigating treacherous terrain, and dense walls of smoke and tall curtains of flame. Yet thousands of the nation's seasonal firefighters have no health insurance for themselves or their families. Many firefighters are now asking to buy... more » -
Tribes, government agree to $1 billion settlement
April 11, 2012 7:51 PM
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - The federal government says it will pay more than $1 billion to settle a series of lawsuits brought by American Indian tribes over mismanagement of trust lands. The settlement announced jointly by the Justice Department and the Interior Department resolves claims brought by 41 tribes from... more » -
Wyoming football player killed in Colorado crash
September 7, 2010 8:36 AM
Authorities say a pickup drifted off a Colorado highway and crashed, killing a University of Wyoming football player and injuring three teammates. The Colorado State Patrol says Ruben Narcisse, 19, of Miami was killed in the crash early Monday. Trey Fox, 19, of Glenwood Springs, Christian Morgan,18, of Aurora,... more »
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