Новости за 11.08.2018

Embattled Tacoma Rep. David Sawyer lost ground in primary vote counts this week, likely cementing his third place finish and signaling the end of his time in the Legislature. In … Click to Continue »

The Latest on developments in Jordan (all times local): 10:45 p.m. Jordan's government spokeswoman says the number of police officers killed in the storming of a suspected militants' hideout has … Click to Continue »

Quick videography by local residents – John Waldron, Kathleen Treichel and Skylar Jacobson – produced vivid documentation of the stolen plane pilot performing loops and veering frighteningly close to homes in the South Sound. … Click to Continue »

Smoke rises among downed trees in this aerial view of the stolen plane crash site on Ketron Island off the shore of Steilacoom Saturday morning. Also, NTSB regional chief Debra Eckrote addresses the media. … Click to Continue »

Two of the nation’s largest veteran service organizations hold opposing views on the Defense Department’s plan to tighten rules next year on the transfer of Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits … Click to Continue »

Once the heat wave breaks, we can get back to our favorite regional topics for griping — the cost of housing and the lack of solutions for improving affordability. Pierce … Click to Continue »

Pierce County officials said they’ll try and keep to as normal a schedule as possible on the Saturday ferry run from Steilacoom to Anderson Island following Friday’s crash of a … Click to Continue »

Canadian police have charged a man for the deaths of two police officers and two civilians in a shooting in the eastern province of New Brunswick. Police in the city … Click to Continue »

Afghan forces are battling the Taliban in parts of Ghazni a day after the insurgents launched a multi-pronged assault on the eastern city. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish says at … Click to Continue »

Next month's departures of three State Board of Education members will give Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper the ability to fill vacancies without his replacements having to win formal North Carolina … Click to Continue »

North Carolina election investigators are looking into alleged misconduct involving voter registration drives in several counties. The State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement said Friday it had received reports … Click to Continue »

One-way air traffic control talk from man who stole Horizon Air commuter plane before it crashed Aug. 10 on Ketron Island. … Click to Continue »

Audio recording conversations between Sea-Tac air traffic control and Oregon Air National Guard interceptors. … Click to Continue »

A turboprop that was apparently stolen from Sea-Tac International Airport has crashed on Ketron Island. … Click to Continue »

Courtney Jensen Junka recorded this dramatic footage of the turboprop passenger plane stolen from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport flying low over Eatonville. The plane eventually crashed and caught fire on Ketron Island near Steilacoom Friday. … Click to Continue »

The Latest on a plane stolen from Sea-Tac International Airport in Washington state (all times local): 9:50 p.m. Officials at Sea-Tac International Airport say an Alaska Airlines plane that was … Click to Continue »

A turboprop plane that was stolen from Sea-Tac International Airport has crashed on Ketron Island, near Steilacoom, authorities said. Fire crews and boats are responding to the scene. Only the … Click to Continue »

Washington Huskies safety Taylor Rapp discusses the team's dominant secondary and UW's season opener against Auburn at preseason camp on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018 in Seattle. … Click to Continue »

When the Idaho Tater Team gets out the karaoke machine, the street outside the Seattle Center became a dance party, with the princesses from the Pierce County Daffodil Festival joining in. … Click to Continue »

The gun a man repeatedly pointed at Pierce County sheriff’s deputies and Tacoma police officers during a high-speed chase Wednesday appears to have been a toy, according to charging papers. … Click to Continue »

An Illinois man who falsely claimed to represent big-name entertainers, including musicians like Migos, Lil Yachty and Lil Uzi Vert, and duped clients out of hundreds of thousands of dollars … Click to Continue »

Gig Harbor firefighters have defeated local military members and police at softball the last few years, but will they finally be beaten this year? Family and friends — plus, for … Click to Continue »

After being on the run for 12 years Jesus Mederos is charged with fatally shooting a friend’s boyfriend at a Tacoma intersection . … Click to Continue »

Ryan Patrick Shearon enters Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma, August 10, 2018. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment to charges of attempting to elude police, … Click to Continue »

“Protesting is fine, but where does Tacoma anti-Nazi group go next?” (TNT editorial, 8/3). The TNT Editorial Board suggests the Tacoma Against Nazis group “promote understanding, empathy and justice in … Click to Continue »