OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Key officials helping to create Washington state's potentially lucrative recreational pot market say its success may hinge on preventing consumers from choosing to get high on readily available medical cannabis because ...

New life is coming to Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. Two dams along the Elwha River are being removed, bringing a rush of sediment downstream and exposing hundreds of acres of once-submerged land. The dams were built in the early 1900s to power nearby timber mills. But they blocked salmon migration and their power is no longer needed, so they're coming out. This story originated as part ...

New life is coming to Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. Two dams along the Elwha River are being removed, bringing a rush of sediment downstream and exposing hundreds of acres of once-submerged land. The dams were built in the early 1900s to power nearby timber mills. But they blocked salmon migration and their power is no longer needed, so they're coming out. This story originated as part ...

OLYMPIA -- Washington state's unemployment rate dropped to 7 percent in April, and the state added an estimated 3,800 jobs last month, according to numbers released Wednesday.

By Jonathan Kaminsky OLYMPIA, Washington, May 15 (Reuters) - Key officials helping to create Washington state's potentially lucrative recreational pot market say its success may hinge on preventing consumers from choosing to get high on readily available medical cannabis because of low and sometimes nonexistent taxes on it.

A 10-year-old Washington state boy was sentenced on Wednesday to up to 5 1/2 years in a juvenile detention facility for his role in a foiled plot to rape and kill a girl.

The Washington state economy continues to show improvement after the unemployment rate fell to a nearly five-year low of 7 percent in April from 7.3 percent in March, according to the state Employment Security Department.

OLYMPIA -- Washington state's unemployment rate dropped to 7 percent in April, and the state added an estimated 3,800 jobs last month, according to numbers released Wednesday.

By Jonathan Kaminsky OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Key officials helping to create Washington state's potentially lucrative recreational pot market say its success may hinge on preventing consumers from choosing to get high on readily available medical cannabis because of low and sometimes nonexistent taxes on it. The officials say it may be necessary to raise taxes or impose more stringent ...

Sharon Pfeiffer of Kent was recently elected as Washington State PTA Region 9 director for a two-year term beginning June 1.

EVERETT, Wash., May 15 (UPI) -- A judge in Everett, Wash., Wednesday went along with a jury's recommendation and sentenced an inmate to death for killing a prison guard.

Sen. Pam Roach says she would like to see changes made in special session this year but knows it may need to wait until 2014.

Washington state's unemployment rate dropped to 7 percent in April, and the state added an estimated 3,800 jobs last month, according to numbers released Wednesday. The state has now regained about 78 ...

Washington state unemployment fell to a nearly five-year low in April, dropping to 7 percent last month from 7.3 percent in March, according to the state Employment Security Department.

Washington state's unemployment rate dropped to 7 percent in April, and the state added an estimated 3,800 jobs last month, according to numbers released Wednesday.

Washington state unemployment fell to a five-year low in April, dropping to 7 percent last month from 7.3 percent in March, according to the state Employment Security Department.

Washington State athletic director Bill Moos is working on setting up games with the Spartans after a Pac-12 and Big Ten scheduling agreement fell apart last year.

Due to a series of high pressure weather patterns, the rivers throughout much of Washington state have been exhibiting prime whitewater rafting conditions. River Recreation, a local rafting company, is stressing that experts and novices alike take full advantage of these unprecedented conditions. (PRWeb May 15, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10733975.htm

Changing the name of The Puyallup Fair to the Washington State Fair has generated a lot of discussion.

Under Washington's capital punishment statute, defendants in Washington state convicted of aggravated first-degree murder may be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole or they may be sentenced to death. A defendant may be found guilty of aggravated first degree murder if he or she commits first degree murder with the following aggravating circumstances:   (1) The murderer ...