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Explosive growth in ‘the 206 economy’ is reverberating across the mountains in towns like Wenatchee and Chelan, bringing some new jobs but also new concerns as tourists and homebuyers from the wealthier Puget Sound region bid up housing prices and reshape the area’s economy.

ENOREE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff says officers shot and killed a man who pointed a crossbow at them as they investigated a reported sexual assault. Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said his deputies tried to get the man to drop the crossbow for 10 minutes, but fired at him when he pointed […]

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in North Carolina say they’re charging 19 people with registering to vote or casting ballots illegally because they weren’t U.S. citizens. Prosecutors said Friday that nine people who are citizens of Mexico, Nigeria, Japan and other countries are charged with felonies for falsely claiming U.S. citizenship when registering to […]

Students who will return to college campuses in the coming weeks are from a generation that has experienced an extraordinary course of events over their short lifetimes. Their childhoods were shaped by the Sept. 11 attacks and the greatest economic challenge this country has known since the Great Depression.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho wildlife officials say someone illegally stocked walleye in Lake Cascade in west-central Idaho. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game in a news release Friday says a fish caught earlier this week was positively identified as a walleye on Wednesday. Fish and Game says the walleye measured more than 19 […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index closes at an all-time high, topping its January record; Nasdaq also at record.

Judge Donald Dean Haley, 85, created a vast civil-rights and legal legacy, starting a law firm, founding a bar association, being appointed to the King County Superior Court bench and serving as president of the Seattle-King County NAACP chapter.

Former Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata breaks down the projections and reality for the city's proposed Central City Connector, the line that would connect the city's streetcar lines.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence says Democrats have turned the Senate’s role providing advice and consent into “obstruct and oppose” when it comes to President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees. Pence says Democrats are “pulling out all the stops” to defeat Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court and asserts that, “if we lived […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional aides say the Trump administration has decided to cut more than $200 million in bilateral assistance to the Palestinians, following a review of the funding for the West Bank and Gaza. The aides say the State Department notified Congress of the decision Friday afternoon. In a notice sent to lawmakers and […]

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A woman who survived the mass shooting in Las Vegas less than a year ago has been sworn in as the newest member of the Springfield Police Department. The Register Guard reports that as Lauren Card fled the bullets last October, she suddenly felt calm and safe as she saw police […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal health officials say they’ve confirmed more than 500 cases of people who became sick with an intestinal illness after eating McDonald’s salads. The illnesses reported earlier this year are linked to the cyclospora parasite, which can cause diarrhea, intestinal pain, nausea or fatigue. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that […]

Tech Review: If you can live without this device's premium features, there are plenty of good Android phones that cost hundreds of dollars less than the Note9's $1,000 price tag.

When I was young, long ago, I lived in Los Angeles. The smog level slowly climbed and people just put up with it because each year it was just a little worse than last year. Then one day, as I was heading into the LA area, I saw a “wall” of dark, brown smog. It […]

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Wildfire smoke has forced airlines at an airport in southwest Oregon to cancel multiple flights and put delays on others. The Mail Tribune reports that American Airlines and United Airlines said Friday they were canceling all flight out of Medford, Oregon. Delta Air Lines posted delays for flights to Seattle and […]

Four local products that help you bring the fun of Seattle's craft breweries home.

Petroleum scientists agree that the U.S. will eventually run out of oil. They just cannot predict exactly when because of many variables. We will run out sooner if the rate of use increases, we ship more overseas, conserve less or develop less renewable power, and import less foreign oil. As we use up the easy […]

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Sources: U.S. prosecutors looking into whether relatives of Venezuela’s Maduro benefited from $1.2 billion scheme.

There is no “war on coal.” If there is any fake news, this “war on coal” is it. The fact is, the coal industry has been at war with U.S. citizens for decades, killing us in a variety of ways. Miners have been killed in numerous coal-mine accidents. The industry has removed mountain tops, destroying […]

Patrick Marshall answers your personal technology questions each week.

BEND, Ore. (AP) — An 84-year-old Wyoming man drowned and his daughter, a former Paralympic athlete, was injured when their canoe capsized in Oregon and they were swept over Class 5 rapids. Deschutes County sheriff’s Lt. Bryan Husband told KTVZ-TV on Friday that Ronald Stevens, of Jackson, Wyoming, was pulled unconscious from the water by […]

The Seahawks hit the road again with some position battles wrapped up and others undecided. Some Hawks will be making their return to Minnesota. Can Seattle pick up its first preseason win of the year?

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The final management plan has been approved for the last two of Idaho’s three most recent wilderness areas that protect some of the most pristine landscapes in central Idaho. The low-key signing on Tuesday of the Hemingway-Boulders and Cecil D. Andrus White Clouds Wilderness Management Plan by the U.S. Forest Service […]

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The FBI and Eugene police have arrested the music ministry leader at Christ Fellowship Church on federal child pornography charges. Authorities said Friday that long-time church member 38-year-old Edward Samuel Thompson was arrested at his Eugene home without incident and booked in a Springfield jail. His attorney, federal public defender Mark […]

“Que Será, Será” resonated with the Latvian WII refugee who experienced much hardship and shared much joy.