By RACHEL LA CORTE The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Washington voters have upheld a state law passed earlier this year allowing same-sex marriage in the… Continue reading
By BRIAN M. ROSENTHAL The Seattle Times via The Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE — We expect updated voter counts from Clallam County and Jefferson County… Continue reading
By KRISTEN WYATT The Associated Press DENVER — Should marijuana be treated like alcohol? Or should it remain in the same legal category as heroin… Continue reading
By The Associated Press SEATTLE — Republican James Watkins has conceded in the state auditor race and says it doesn’t appear he has a chance… Continue reading
By BELLA SWAN-CULLEN Peninsula Daily News Forks Correspondent THE THREE WINNERS of this year's Peninsula Daily News Pumpkin-Carving Contest have been chosen, picked by our… Continue reading
By The Associated Press MONROE — Grays Harbor sheriff's deputies have arrested a man believed linked to an escape from a Monroe prison, saying the… Continue reading
The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Seven members of the secretive Navy SEAL Team 6, including one involved in the mission to get Osama bin Laden,… Continue reading
RACHEL LA CORTE The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Washington state has approved gay marriage, joining Maine and Maryland as the first states to pass same-sex… Continue reading
The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Thousands more votes were counted in Washington state on Thursday, but the decision on charter schools remains murky. Initiative 1240… Continue reading
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Organizers of a massive get-out-the-vote campaign that targeted Native American communities across the country are considering their efforts a success. The National… Continue reading
By GENE JOHNSON The Associated Press JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD — An Army DNA expert has testified that the soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians… Continue reading
By MIKE BAKER The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna prepared Thursday for a potentially prolonged ballot count, with campaign aides beginning… Continue reading
THIS UPDATE from Joe Nole, chief criminal deputy at the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office: On 11-07-12, at approximately 12:34 p.m., searchers located Kevin Merritt on… Continue reading
By KRISTEN WYATT The Associated Press DENVER — First came marijuana as medicine. Now comes legal pot for the people. Those who have argued for… Continue reading
By DAVID CRARY The Associated Press NEW YORK — For years, foes of same-sex marriage had a potent talking point: They’d won every time the… Continue reading
By Rachel La Corte The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Washington state is on the verge of joining Maryland and Maine as the first states to… Continue reading
By MIKE BAKER The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Democrat Jay Inslee expressed confidence Wednesday that his early lead in Washington's race for governor would hold… Continue reading
By GENE JOHNSON The Associated Press JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD — A U.S. agent who investigated the massacre of 16 civilians in southern Afghanistan last March… Continue reading
By GENE JOHNSON and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS The Associated Press SEATTLE — Washington voters legalized recreational pot use on Tuesday, but people shouldn't expect to… Continue reading
By The Associated Press District 1102 of 214 precincts - 48 percent x=elected Congressional District 1, 102 of 214 precincts reporting - 48 percent x-Suzan… Continue reading
