Northwest
EPA report critical of Washington oversight at Hanford
YAKIMA — A new report condemns Washington state for lax oversight at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site, saying state officials failed to adequately inspect the cleanup there.
Tacoma zoo's leopard cub now on public exhibit
TACOMA — A clouded leopard cub born May 1 at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma is now on public exhibit.
Army Corps won't do overall study of coal exports
Wash., Ore. officials had requested research
SEATTLE — An official with the Army Corps of Engineers told a Congressional committee Tuesday that the agency doesn’t plan a broad environmental study on exporting coal from the Western United States.
Drone aircraft to study rabbit habitat
PULLMAN — A group of researchers will use an unmanned aircraft small enough to be launched by hand to study potential pygmy rabbit habitats in eastern and central Idaho.
Judge: More than 650 farmworkers entitled to know wages
YAKIMA — A federal judge has ruled that a class of more than 650 farm workers should have had information about wages and other job conditions disclosed to them by the company that hired them.
Two busted on suspicion of running rooster-fighting operation in George
Men are also suspected of drug-trafficking
GEORGE — Two George men are in jail on suspicion of drug trafficking and running a rooster fighting operation.
Snohomish County jailer resigns over hair-pulling
EVERETT — A Snohomish County corrections sergeant who pulled a co-worker's hair at the jail in September pleaded guilty Monday in Everett to misdemeanor assault.
Italy top court disagrees with Amanda Knox acquittal
ROME — Italy's high court on Tuesday faulted the appeals court that acquitted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, saying its ruling was full of "deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions and ordering the new appeals court to look at all the evidence to determine whether Knox helped kill the teen.
Gonzaga law student sentenced to one year in crash
SPOKANE — A Gonzaga law student has pleaded guilty to hit and run and vehicular assault in a case in which he crashed into a bicyclist.
UPDATE: Bump in state revenue may avert government shutdown
OLYMPIA — Washington lawmakers are projected to have $120 million more revenue than previously anticipated.
Skagit River bridge reopens Wednesday
Temporary span operational less than month after collapse
MOUNT VERNON — A temporary bridge over the Skagit River opens Wednesday, restoring Interstate 5 traffic less than a month after the old bridge collapsed May 23 when it was struck by a truck with an oversize load.
Former Oregon high school teacher accused of sex with students
She resigned from job at Sherwood High last month
A woman who taught at Sherwood High School is accused of having sex with two male students.
Hitchhiking cat 'Mata Hairi' headed back home to Oregon
HELENA, Mont. — A well-traveled cat named "Mata Hairi" will soon be reunited with her owner after spending nearly 10 months traveling thousands of miles with a hitchhiker who rescued her from the rain.
Driver arrested in death of soccer-ball dribbler
SALEM, Ore, — The driver Oregon police say fatally struck a man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles from Seattle to Brazil for the World Cup has been arrested.
Seattle woman trying to 'live on light' instead of food ends experiment
After dropping about 20 percent of her body weight, Naveena Shine, the 65-year-old Eastside woman who got worldwide publicity for trying to just live on light and no food, is calling it quits with her grand experiment.
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