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WEEK IN REVIEW
Tuesday


Local beef — lots of it
16-year-old girl convicted in Sultan gang murder
Lawmakers start haggling budget, again
Monday


A gift for a gifted kid
An early start to allergy season
Students to have their first look at ‘WAS...
Sunday


Stillaguamish Tribe carves a link to its long-l...
Paine Field results delayed by months
The Hub, a Snohomish institution, closes
Saturday


Shock at fish killings in Mill Creek
Former Snohomish County planning director charged
Murder suspect James Fryberg back in custody
Friday


Told there's no buyer for pea crop, farmers adjust
Everett courts water-bottling company
Alcohol, marijuana cited in fatal wrong-way crash
Thursday


Special session likely to finish budget, tax in...
County to pay builders $1.7 million to settle s...
Cut through solid-white lines and it could cost...
Wednesday


New high-tech tool aids searchers after avalanches
Boeing to boost output of 787s
Everett routinely sees people break anti-dumpin...
 

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Montana man spends 4 days stuck in car in snowbank

HELENA, Mont. — A 67-year-old country musician from Montana who spent four days in his car stuck on a remote mountain road was weak and losing hope when an Idaho couple out for a drive in their four-wheel-drive vehicle came upon his... [More]





Would-be bomber appeals decision that sentence too lenient

SEATTLE — Would-be millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam is appealing a federal court’s ruling that his 22-year sentence was too lenient. [More]





Water, ground search called off for missing mom

SEATTLE — Authorities in Thurston County called off ground and water searches for the woman who abandoned a van on a remote Puget Sound beach over the weekend and disappeared with her 8-year-old son. [More]





Apartment fire sends 8 to hospitals

WENATCHEE — A two-alarm fire at the Garden Terrace apartments in Wenatchee sent eight people to hospitals and forced about 150 residents from their units. About 100 people were able to return to their apartments after the fire was extinguished... [More]





Secretary of State Reed to have surgery for kidney cancer

OLYMPIA — Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed has kidney cancer and will undergo surgery next week. [More]





9th Circuit: OT laws don’t cover seminarians

SEATTLE — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that seminarians are not covered by overtime laws. [More]





State AG: Clallam County cashier embezzled $617K

PORT ANGELES — A former cashier in the Clallam County treasurer’s office has been charged with embezzling more than $617,000. [More]





Yakima airport briefly evacuated

YAKIMA — To the security screeners at the Yakima Air Terminal, the device in the belongings of a departing passenger looked like a grenade. That prompted the brief evacuation of about a dozen people from the terminal Tuesday evening. [More]





 
More headlines
Lawyers act as judges, to tackle Yakima County backlog  March 17
State Senate approves furlough bill  March 17
Confusion reigns in medical marijuana case  March 17
Northwest briefly: Smelt to be listed as threatened species  March 17
Bill Gates, son take personal tour of Hanford  March 16
Medical pot activist shoots robber  March 16
Tacoma police wound bank robbery suspect  March 16
Mother, son missing after van found on beach  March 16
Oil firm to pay $588,000 to settle spill claim  March 16
Some mosquito spraying may be discontinued  March 16
Northwest Briefly: Army specialist from Federal Way dies in Iraq  March 16
Gunfire at site of Kirkland medical marijuana grow  March 15
58-year-old dead after assault in Lewis County  March 15
Commuter trains resume after Edmonds mudslide  March 15
2 snowmobilers die in massive Canadian avalanche  March 15
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