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 ...

A bipartisan bill to stiffen Washington state’s DUI penalties cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday, while a safety board in the other Washington sought to kick off a national conversation about changing the very definition of drunken driving.

Washington State University researchers who focus on production of hops in the state are turning more of their attention to the final product: beer.

The agency is tasked with developing a regulated marijuana system in Washington state.

SEATTLE, May 14 (UPI) -- Thousands of homes in the Puget Sound region of Washington state were without power as crews cleaned up after Monday's thunderstorms, utility officials said.

A Washington state Senate committee has approved a plan to make changes to the state's impaired driving laws.

In 1980, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. founder Ken Grossman effectively put the Cascade hop of Yakima on the map. More than three decades later, Washington State University researchers studying optimal brewing qualities with that same hop recently interned with Sierra Nevada master brewers to hone their brewing skills and learn advanced brewing methods that are being pioneered by American craft ...

The Washington State Liquor Control Board announced today it has unanimously chosen Rick Garza to serve as its next agency director. Garza, the agency’s deputy director, replaces Pat Kohler, who was recently appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee to lead the Washington State Department of Licensing

Rick Garza will serve as the next agency director for the Washington State Liquor Control Board to lead the board's day-to-day operations.

PORT ANGELES, Wash. - A man unhappy with a neighbor's fence is accused of using a bulldozer to destroy three houses, damage another home and crush two sheds, a pickup truck, lawn mower, fences and other property.

By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Vermont is poised to become the third U.S. state to allow doctor-assisted suicide, after its legislature passed a bill allowing physicians to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients. The bill passed late on Monday, and the governor has pledged to sign it into law. Oregon and Washington state have legalized doctor-assisted suicide in voter referendums ...

Cougars struggling to play .500 baseball

Cougars struggling to play .500 baseball