Lewiston shooting suspect transferred to Nez Perce County Jail
One of the suspects in a home-invasion shooting early Sunday morning in Lewiston has been moved to the Nez Perce County Jail. 25-year-old Jesse Garrett, of Spokane, was arrested in...
View ArticleSEL’s chief operating officer Nancy Hindman to retire
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Nancy Hindman will retire after 24 years with the company. Hindman began her SEL career in 1989 as the...
View ArticleWashington Gov. Inslee signs wrongful conviction compensation law
A measure to compensate people who have been wrongfully convicted in Washington state was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Jay Inslee. The law takes effect in late July, as...
View ArticleHearings rescheduled for men charged with killing missing Clarkston woman
Preliminary hearings are being rescheduled for the estranged husband of a missing Clarkston woman and another man charged with murder in connection to her disappearance three years ago. 51-year-old...
View ArticleConvicted LC Valley rapist Hoisington to be released in June
Convicted rapist – and former Lewiston-Clarkston Valley resident – Monte Hoisington has been granted release from the special commitment center at McNeil Island. The 61-year-old Hoisington will be...
View ArticleWashington lawmakers return to Olympia for overtime session
Washington lawmakers return to the Capitol in Olympia Monday to finish their work on a two-year state budget, but with no deal reached during their two-week interim, the special legislative...
View ArticleClarkston Fire Department personnel, resident injured in apartment blaze
Investigators have yet to determine the cause of a Sunday morning apartment fire in Clarkston that sent three fire department personnel and a female resident to the hospital. According to...
View ArticleUniontown man accused of trying to kill his wife pleads not guilty
A June 17 trial date has been set for a Uniontown man accused of trying to kill his wife with nitrogen gas. 32-year-old Jacob Forster pleaded not guilty to attempted...
View ArticleWA unemployment rate drops to 7 percent in April
Washington’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to an estimated 7 percent in April, the lowest level since December 2008. The drop of three-tenths of a point in April follows a...
View ArticlePolice recommend charging five people in WSU instructor assault case
Pullman police on Tuesday recommended that charges be filed against five people in a case in which a Washington State University instructor was left gravely injured following a fight. Police...
View ArticleTruck crash may have caused Washington state bridge collapse
Officials say a bridge collapse that sent cars and drivers tumbling off a four-lane interstate and into a river in northwestern Washington state may have been caused when a semi-trailer...
View ArticleAvista electric customers in WA could see slight rate increase in August
Avista electric customers in Washington could see a slight increase in their electric rates later this summer if state regulators approve the company’s request to adjust a surcharge that funds...
View ArticleNTSB clears I-5 Skagit River bridge accident scene
National Transportation Safety Board investigators have concluded their work at the scene of the Interstate 5 bridge collapse in the Skagit River at Mount Vernon. All parts of the bridge...
View Article2,500 same sex couples marry in first few months of WA legalization
Nearly 2,500 same sex couples were married in Washington state in the first few months following legalization. On Dec. 6, then-Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law a measure that legalized...
View ArticleWashington House approves revised budget plan
The Washington state House approved a revised budget plan Thursday night, advancing the new spending plan even though it still lacks support in the state Senate. With lawmakers entering the...
View ArticleWashington state agencies prep for possible government shutdown
Washington state agencies are working to identify which areas of government will need to cease operations should the Legislature fail to pass a budget over the next 18 days. Gov....
View ArticleL-C Valley convicted rapist Hoisington released from special commitment center
Convicted rapist – and former Lewiston-Clarkston Valley resident – Monte Hoisington has been released from the special commitment center at McNeil Island in Western Washington. The 61-year-old...
View Article$231 million revenue jump could help break WA budget stalemate
A new revenue forecast projects Washington state will take in $231 million more than expected in tax collections through 2015 – a potential game changer for ongoing budget negotiations in...
View ArticleWashington’s unemployment rate drops to 6.8 percent in May
Washington’s unemployment rate dropped to a 6.8 percent in May, the first time it’s been under 7 percent in 4 1/2 years. The state added an estimated 4,100 jobs in...
View ArticleWashington state gun-rights supporters plan initiative of their own
Facing a multimillion-dollar initiative campaign to expand background checks for gun sales, Washington gun-rights activists are countering with a ballot measure of their own. A coalition of gun-rights...
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