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  • No fatalities apparent in interstate bridge collapse north of Seattle

    MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of ...

  • PIERCE COUNTY Woman starved horse on purpose officials say

    A Pierce County woman is accused of starving one of her horses because she didn’t want to pay $200 to have it euthanized. Prosecutors have charged the woman with first-degree animal cruelty. She has not been arrested.The mare was seized by animal control officers in February and euthanized. Animal control officers went to visit the mare after receiving a complaint that she was severely ...

  • Lawmakers lack answers on bridge

    Depending on its cause, Thursday night’s Skagit River bridge collapse might figure into discussions in Olympia about whether to raise gas taxes and fees to pay for transportation ...

  • Transit board approves Hilltop Link extension

    The Sound Transit Board of Directors made it official Thursday, unanimously affirming the Tacoma City Council’s choice of a 2.3-mile light rail extension that runs through the heart of the Hilltop on Martin Luther King Jr. ...

  • Tacoma School Board to hold off on charter start-ups

    The Tacoma School Board opted out of the charter school business Thursday night - at least for now. Board members, who voted 4-0 with one member absent, said they might reconsider their decision in the fall. But they said there are too many unknowns for them to meet the July 1 deadline established by the state Board of Education for school districts to apply to become charter authorizers. ...


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Medium Cool [DVD]

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  • A season of thrills chills

    The festival season kicks off this weekend with the sprawling Northwest Folklife Festival at the Seattle Center and keeps going with the Tacoma Jazz and Blues Fest (also this weekend), the Maritime Festival in Gig Harbor, the Pacific Avenue Community Street Fair, Puyallup’s Meeker Days, the Tacoma Highland Games, Vashon Island’s lovably quirky Strawberry Festival, Seafair, ...

  • Plan ahead for smooth traveling this Memorial Day weekend

    The collapse of a bridge on Interstate 5 in Skagit County is one more reason Western Washington residents will need to plan ahead for their Memorial Day weekend ...

  • Bridge over I-5 collapses in Wash. people vehicles in water

    It was shortly after 7 p.m. when Dan Sligh and his wife Sally were near the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River. The semi-truck ahead on the far right seemed too wide for the bridge span, and Sligh told his wife so."We started slowing down, and about that same time another semi-truck came up on the left side," he told KIRO 7. "It almost looked like he pinned that truck over ...

  • I-5 bridge collapse survivor You hold on

    The sudden closure of westbound lanes on the bridge came after restricting heavy vehicles on the roadway caused supply problems in Key ...

  • Seattle officials ponder regulations with new smartphone ride companies

    SEATTLE -- Next time you need a ride around town, you'll notice there are scores of new options -- not just a taxicab.There's Lyft, Uber, Sidecar and more -- all based from smartphone apps. But now the city of Seattle is wondering if they should pay fees like taxi cabs?Teresa Lynch is a part-time driver with Lyft -- easy to spot with the car's trademark pink mustache."I am ...

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