Centralia man attacked while trying to save puppy
CENTRALIA — A 39-year-old man who tried to stop another man from beating a puppy was attacked with a chain and pelted with rocks, winding up in a hospital, a Lewis County sheriff’s spokesperson said. [More]
Associated Press | July 4
Spotted owl lawsuit over logging settled
OLYMPIA -- A settlement has been reached in a 2006 environmental lawsuit that sought to block logging on 50,000 acres of private timberland to protect the threatened northern spotted owl. [More]
Associated Press | July 4
Teens charged in toilet explosions
PORT ORCHARD -- Four Bainbridge teens have been charged by Kitsap County prosecutors for their suspected roles in blowing up portable toilets around the island in June, according to documents filed in Superior Court. [More]
Kitsap Sun | July 4
Appeals court limits judges' ability to act as scientists
BOISE, Idaho -- An 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled it's improper for federal judges to act as scientists when weighing in on disputed U.S. Forest Service timber projects. [More]
By John Miller
Associated Press | July 4
High hay prices hard on ranchers in state
SPOKANE -- With prices for hay at historic highs and still rising, some ranchers are getting rid of horses and cows they can no longer afford to feed. [More]
Associated Press | July 4
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Sockeye run in the Columbia unexpectedly good
WASHOUGAL -- Sweat beads on Les Clark's forehead as he shuffles a few feet from the controls of his 32-foot boat to pull fish from the nearby gill net. [More]
By Philip Ferolito
Yakima Herald-Republic | July 4
Woman who jumped off bridge in handcuffs is recaptured after hunt
SEATTLE -- A handcuffed woman who agreed to act as a drug informant, then leaped from a bridge into the chilly Wenatchee River, was recaptured early Thursday morning after a daylong chase. [More]
By Whitney Malkin
Associated Press | July 4
Inmates' right to records limited
OLYMPIA -- Prisoners are entitled to government records, but jailers can keep those records from actually reaching an inmate's hands if the information is deemed illegal contraband, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. [More]
By Curt Woodward
Associated Press | July 4
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