Northwest News

Publication of 'Jewel of Medina' delayed in UK » Sat, October 11
A British company has delayed publication of a controversial novel about one of the Prophet Muhammad's wives after its offices were fire-bombed, a magazine reported Saturday. The Bookseller magazine said on its Web site that Gibson Square...

Woman accused of Seattle-area brothel conspiracy » Fri, October 10
A federal grand jury has indicted a woman on a charge of conspiring to transport women from Southeast Asia to the Seattle area to work in brothels. Federal agents arrested Chomphoonut Dongird on Thursday. The indictment alleges...

WSU: Hoch won't return as provost » Fri, October 10
Steven Hoch, who started a new job as Washington State University provost Aug. 1, then took a paid personal leave beginning Sept. 23, won't return as provost, WSU President Elson Floyd said Friday. Instead, Hoch, who has a tenured...

BPA proposes energy deal for Wash. aluminum plant » Fri, October 10
The Bonneville Power Administration has proposed an energy deal that could keep Alcoa's Intalco aluminum smelter in Whatcom County operating for the next 20 years. The company would be able to buy 240 megawatts of low-cost BPA power for 10...

No jail time in Federal Way child abandonment case » Fri, October 10
A woman who left her baby at church in Federal Way has been charged with abandonment, but King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg is not asking that she be sent to jail. Instead, Satterberg says 22-year-old Sarah Christianson should be placed...

Sinking shares could make Yahoo a target again » Fri, October 10
When Yahoo Inc. co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang spurned Microsoft Corp.'s rich buyout offer this spring, he promised brighter days in Sunnyvale were just over the horizon. Now the market collapse has helped drive Yahoo's value to a fraction of...

Kittitas County assistant principal wins award » Fri, October 10
Cle Elum-Roslyn High School has made statewide news for the second time in a week. On Friday, Assistant Principal Mike O'Donnell was named the Washington state assistant principal of the year. On Wednesday, Cle Elum-Roslyn language arts...

Man gets 97+ years for killing 3 in Kent in 2003 » Fri, October 10
A man faces more than 97 years in prison for his killing his boss and two others in Kent. King County Superior Court Judge George T. Mattson sentenced 23-year-old Tony Smith of Burien on Friday. Smith was convicted in May of killing...

Settlement in fatal crane collapse in Bellevue » Fri, October 10
A state agency and a contractor have settled a dispute over a crane collapse that killed a Microsoft Corp. lawyer in Bellevue. Under a deal announced Friday by the Department of Labor & Industries, Lease Crutcher Lewis agreed not to appeal a...

Episcopal priest given ultimatum » Fri, October 10
There are moments these days when the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding sits outside a church or a Muslim gathering, wondering if she will be welcome at either. It didn't use to be this way. But now, six months away from what is almost certain to be...

Daughter's fatal crash leads to education effort » Fri, October 10
The parents of Jena Heidloff may never see anyone go to jail for giving the 17-year-old girl alcohol the night she died in a car crash two years ago. But the man charged with the crime will work with them to educate others about the dangers of...

Spokane Tribe upset about casino ads » Fri, October 10
The Spokane Tribe is upset with supporters of Republican governor candidate Dino Rossi over television commercials that suggest the tribe and the state struck an improper deal to expand casino gambling. The commercials, which the tribe...

Cutbacks in Spokane County food program » Fri, October 10
A budgeting error is forcing a program that supplies food to Spokane County's senior citizens to make drastic cutbacks. The Spokane Regional Health District says it will only serve meals two days a week rather than five at about nine senior...

3 arrested in drug-related killing in Spokane » Fri, October 10
Three men have been arrested in north Idaho for what police say was a drug-related shooting death in Spokane, Wash. Spokane police said Friday morning that 25-year-old Henry J. Halloway of Coeur d'Alene, 20-year-old Jalil K. Handy of Post...

Hospital found liable for $4.25 million in lawsuit » Fri, October 10
Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland has been ordered to pay $4.25 million for a troubled birth that left a girl with severe brain damage. Hospital officials say'll appeal the King County Superior Court jury award to Erik and Sharla Tavares and...