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  • Bill balances desires of adoptees birth parents

    As an adoptee, state Rep. Tina Orwall hoped to win more disclosure.As someone who released a child for adoption, Sen. Ann Rivers wanted to protect birth parents’ privacy.In the end, a compromise bill signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee this week strikes a middle ground both lawmakers are hailing as a step forward for those involved in adoptions.The legislation - House Bill 1525 - allows ...

  • State lawmakers vote no on flaws yes to photo retouching

    In a note digitally embedded in the photo of State Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver - now posted on the Legislature’s website - a legislative staffer conveyed how Benton "would like to slightly ‘fix’ a few things about his ...

  • Should gay men in Washington be vaccinated for meningitis

    May 23, 2013 In spite of the fact that it's handily the most recognizable feature in Seattle (or possibly all of Washington), most Americans have never actually taken the golden elevator to the top of the Space ...

  • The mystery of the toilet-paper thief

    SEATTLE -- Someone, who may or may not have had a key, broke into a North Seattle apartment last week and stole four or five rolls of toilet paper, according to the Seattle Police Department. According to the report for the incident, the victim left her apartment in the 14100 block of Linden Avenue North around 7 p.m. May 18. When she got back three hours later, she had been burglarized. ...

  • W. Wash. woman shares story of military rape

    PORTLAND, Ore. – Sexual assault in the military has become a topic of a national conversation just in the past couple weeks as top lawmakers in Washington, D.C. push new bills to crack down on it. And a San Antonio newspaper's seven-month-long investigation shows victims are struggling to get help. Myah Bilton-Smith of Vancouver, Wash. said she was raped twice on a Texas Air ...


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Movie Review

Bless the Child

Satan has been having quite a year at the movies. Coauthoring ancient texts in Roman Polanski's "The Ninth Gate" and posing in the enviable form of Elizabeth Hurley to buy Brendan Frasier's soul in Harold Ramis' upcoming remake of "Bedazzled," the Prince of Darkness has been quite busy lately. However, he makes perhaps his boldest appearance in "Bless the Child," a film in which his presence haun ... ...

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  • Youth in mental-health home attacked robbed

    SEATTLE -- Three men allegedly attacked and robbed a resident of the Seattle Children's Home, a nonprofit for children with mental-health issues, while he was walking around the neighborhood. According to the Seattle Police Department's report for the incident, the victim is close to being released from the facility and is allowed to take 30-minute walks around the community. The ...

  • Collapsed I-5 bridge was used by 67000 cars a day detours set up

    MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - The Washington Transportation Department says 67,000 vehicles a day used the stretch of Interstate 5 through Mount Vernon that is now blocked by the collapse of the Skagit River bridge.Mount Vernon is about 60 miles north of Seattle and 40 miles south of the Canada Border. The roadblock on both directions of I-5 is expected to cause a major disruption in trade and ...

  • WSU votes to limit tuition hike to 2 percent

    The Washington State University Board of Regents has voted to limit a fall tuition increase to 2 percent, no matter what the Legislature decides concerning the state ...

  • Fife man holding 4-year-old son hostage shot dead

    FIFE, Wash. — Fife police say a man who was holding his 4-year-old son hostage for more than four hours has been shot and killed. KOMO-TV ( http://is.gd/LYGTgg) reports a police SWAT team shot the Fife resident early Friday morning. Fife police say the incident started around 10:15 p.m. Thursday when the man, who was drunk and depressed over the death of a friend, called his mother to ...

  • Attention turns to fixing the I-5 Skagit River bridge

    Emergency workers and state officials gather on the bank of the Skagit River where an Interstate-5 bridge collapsed Thursday evening. After celebrating the fact that no one was killed or critically injured when the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed Thursday night, state officials today will focus their attention on investigating the cause and pursuing a fix. Gov. Jay Inslee, in a ...

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