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Meet the new pot entrepreneurs

Washington State News Wire - Mon, 05/06/2013 - 21:38
Washington State's budding marijuana industry has drawn entrepreneurs from all careers and backgrounds.

Meet the new pot entrepreneurs

Washington State News Wire - Mon, 05/06/2013 - 20:43
Washington State's budding marijuana industry has drawn entrepreneurs from all careers and backgrounds.

Washington State High School Championships

Washington State News Wire - Mon, 05/06/2013 - 19:41
Washington State High School Championships May 18, 2013 First Annual Washington State High School Championships open to Washington state students of public, private, parochial, or home school who have not graduated from high school as of Spring 2013. Participants must be current members of USFA. Junior (U19) Washington Fencing Academy: Issaquah, WA Preregister Who's Coming Email the Organizer ...

Washington’s budget could put state prisoners in county jails

Washington State News Wire - Mon, 05/06/2013 - 18:22
Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:15:11 GMT By David Lester YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC ANDY SAWYER/Yakima Herald-Republic Cpl. Ruby Robles of the Yakima County Department of Corrections pats down a woman from King County who is being booked into the Yakima County jail on Thursday. The state Department of Corrections may consider contracting to house some inmates in county jails rather than building a new inmate ...

2013 HAAP Award winners

Washington State News Wire - Mon, 05/06/2013 - 14:06
-- Tobias Jimenez, Pasco High, $10,000. Plans to attend Washington State University and double major

No. 6 Oregon beats WSU 4-3 in 11 innings

Washington State News Wire - Mon, 05/06/2013 - 12:13
Oregon took advantage of a Washington State error to scoring the winning run in the top of the 11th inning for a 4-3 victory in Pac-12 Conference baseball at Bailey-Bailey Field, Sunday.

Washington state will make big pitch to build updated Boeing 777X in Everett

Washington State News Wire - Mon, 05/06/2013 - 10:51
It's possible that Boeing, which employs about 1,800 a plant in Gresham, could announce a competition of sorts for where the 777X will be built.

Ducks Sweep Cougs with 4-3 Win in Extras

Washington State News Wire - Mon, 05/06/2013 - 08:58
Oregon took advantage of a Washington State error to scoring the winning run in the top of the 11th inning for a 4-3 victory in Pac-12 Conference baseball at Bailey-Bailey Field, Sunday.

WEA biggest spender in Washington state lobbying

Washington State News Wire - Mon, 05/06/2013 - 07:18
WEA biggest spender in Washington state lobbying From 2006-2009, the union's first-quarter lobbying spending reached more than $400,000 each year as the Legislature worked to define basic education paid for by the state and then made budget cuts due to the recession. The WEA's January-March 2013 total included some $119,000 in salaries for a half-dozen lobbyists; $175,000 on radio advertisements ...

In Washington state, the governor has outlawed fishermen

Washington State News Wire - Mon, 05/06/2013 - 06:23
Washington state has declared words off-limits if they refer to men or women. Fishermen are now fishers, for instance.

Washington State Ferries make announcements on left turns and vehicle queues on Fauntleroy Way SW

Washington State News Wire - Sun, 05/05/2013 - 13:56
Washington State Ferries announced on Saturday, May 4 that no left hand turns will be be allowed into the terminal from 2pm to 6pm, Monday through Friday during the Barton Street Pump Station Upgrade. Exceptions are made for Vanpool and Carpools. They also announced that customers lining up along Fauntleroy Way SW should note that the ferry queue continues along road at the gas station at the ...

Washington state truck driver faces U.S. drug charges in Nevada

Washington State News Wire - Sun, 05/05/2013 - 03:36
A truck driver from Washington state has pleaded not guilty to federal drug charges after the Nevada Highway Patrol says he hid heroin and methamphetamine in his tractor trailer hauling watermelons.

Six-time champ Washington leads pack again as ‘Bicycle-Friendly State’

Washington State News Wire - Sat, 05/04/2013 - 22:11
For the sixth consecutive year, the League of American Bicyclists has named Washington No. 1 “Bicycle-Friendly State” in the country.

Ducks strike late to spoil WSU comeback

Washington State News Wire - Sat, 05/04/2013 - 14:13
Two Washington State errors in the ninth inning led to a pair of unearned runs for Oregon and the Cougars dropped a 5-3 decision to the No. 6 Ducks in the opener of a three-game Pac-12 baseball series, Friday.

Washington state man shoots, wounds suspected home intruder

Washington State News Wire - Sat, 05/04/2013 - 13:23
Issaquah police say a 56-year-old man shot and wounded a home intruder Friday afternoon.

WSU tuition increase likely to be around 2%

Washington State News Wire - Sat, 05/04/2013 - 12:36
Washington State University's president said he will recommend no more than a 2 percent increas

Washington state honors law enforcement officers, including slain park ranger

Washington State News Wire - Sat, 05/04/2013 - 06:36
Mount Rainier National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson, who was shot and killed on New Year's Day 2012, is one of five officers awarded medals at a ceremony Friday in Olympia.

School in rainy Washington state closes for rare 'sun day'

Washington State News Wire - Sat, 05/04/2013 - 03:58
By Jonathan Kaminsky OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A school in perpetually wet Washington state is taking a novel twist on the classical snow day, welcoming in the warm air and blue skies of spring on Friday with a rare break from classes it is dubbing a "sun day." The idea, said Bob Sampson, principal of Bellingham Christian School in northern Washington, was "to create that same anticipation ...

Washington State Law Lays Out Proper Handling Of 'Dropped Pot'

Washington State News Wire - Sat, 05/04/2013 - 03:43
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington state is making changes in state law to deal with a legal ambiguity related to the proper handling of marijuana inadvertently left at stores that have pharmacies.

State’s food safety rules to mirror federal law

Washington State News Wire - Sat, 05/04/2013 - 02:43
EVERETT — Beginning May 1, Washington state food service regulations will be updated to include provisions from the federal government’s model food code.