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  • Overcrowded Kitsap Jail releasing some inmates

    PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — Overcrowding is forcing the Kitsap County Jail in Port Orchard to release some inmates. Suspects who are arrested are booked into jail, but only people suspected of felonies or domestic violence are held. Deputy Scott Wilson tells KOMO ( http://bit.ly/12VuhA2) people suspected of misdemeanor property crimes and civil violations are being released. The standards ...

  • WA license plate fee to help pay for wolf kills

    Legislation signed Tuesday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee adds $10 to the cost of a personalized Washington license plate with the money going to help compensate livestock owners for wolf ...

  • Yakima cops to take home patrol cars

    The Yakima City Council voted Tuesday night to consider an ordinance that would give every police patrol officer a take-home cruiser they would use while off ...

  • Census Idaho ed spending still at the bottom

    SPOKANE, Wash. — A report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Idaho remains at the bottom of public education spending. The Spokesman-Review ( http://bit.ly/192nNDO) reports that Idaho spent about $6,800 per student for the 2010-2011 school year. Only Utah spent less, at roughly $6,200 per student. It's the third straight year that Idaho has ranked second-to-last on the list. ...

  • Man critically injured in Frederickson motorcycle crash was off-duty King County deputy

    A 47-year-old man seriously injured in a motorcycle crash near Frederickson Monday night was an off-duty King County deputy, Pierce County Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer ...


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The Next Three Days

The Next Three Days

In The Next Three Days, Russell Crowe plays a Pittsburgh-based community college professor named John Brennan whose normal, everyday life is upended when his wife Lara (Elizabeth Banks) is arrested and convicted for murdering her boss. The films opening scene, in which J ... ...

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  • Puyallup City Council votes 5-2 to end water surcharge

    The Puyallup City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday night to approve an ordinance that eliminates the usage rate surcharge to water utility customers living outside the city ...

  • Kidnapping charge filed a second time against Tacoma man

    Kidnapping charges have been refiled against a 36-year-old Tacoma man accused of trying to snatch a 3-year-old last year. A second-degree kidnapping charge was dismissed against Tyrone Greene in October after he was found incompetent to stand trial. He was civilly committed to Western State Hospital.He is about to be discharged, and Pierce County prosecutors have noted he is "a high risk ...

  • JBLM’s wartime growth was fifth fastest across entire military

    A new report from the Government Accountability Office shows that the number of civilian and military employees at Joint Base Lewis-McChord has increased by almost 64 percent since 2006, a pace that marked the fifth-fastest clip for any domestic military ...

  • Court agrees with state on foster kids

    The state will not have to return 15 troubled foster teens it removed because of safety concerns from three private facilities, including one in Lacey, a Thurston County Superior Court judge has ruled in part of an ongoing ...

  • 2nd-degree murder charged in killing at Lakewood bar

    Pierce County prosecutors charged a man Tuesday with second-degree murder for allegedly killing a man with a single punch at a Lakewood bar. Robert Ancheta, 31, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Bail was set at $1 million. His girlfriend, who was arrested on suspicion of helping hide Ancheta from police, was to be released, pending further investigation.The assault happened last Wednesday at the ...

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