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Zinke supports restoration of grizzlies in North Cascades

March 23, 2018 at 10:19 p.m.

The federal government intends to restore grizzly bears in the remote North Cascade Mountains of Washington state, a goal that represents "the American conservation ethic come to life," Interior Secretary...

Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes, left, looks on as Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks at a news conference announcing plans for the city to move to vacate misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in Seattle. City Council member Bruce Harrell looks on at right. Five years after Washington state legalized marijuana, Seattle officials say they're moving to automatically clear past misdemeanor convictions for pot possession. San Francisco recently took the same step. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Seattle clears marijuana convictions, following San Francisco lead

February 8, 2018 at 8:48 p.m.

Five years after Washington legalized marijuana, Seattle officials say they’re moving to automatically clear past misdemeanor cannabis convictions.

Denver has emerged as a potential location for Amazon's second headquarters.

Amazon has brought benefits — and disruption — to Seattle

October 18, 2017 at 9:31 p.m.

Memo to the many places vying for Amazon's second headquarters: It ain't all food trucks and free bananas.

Officials dig in to Las Vegas shooter’s high-stakes gambling

October 6, 2017 at 12:08 a.m.

Authorities trying to piece together the final days before Stephen Paddock unleashed his arsenal of powerful firearms on country music fans on the Las Vegas Strip have at least one...

Charges detail extensive poaching ring responsible for slaughtering more than 100 animals in Washington, Oregon

September 8, 2017 at 11:36 p.m.

An extensive poaching ring is responsible for slaughtering more than 100 black bears, cougars, bobcats, deer and elk in southwestern Washington state and northwestern Oregon, with many of the animals...

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15 states, DC sue Trump administration over ending DACA

September 6, 2017 at 7:27 p.m.

Fifteen states and the District of Columbia sued Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation, an act Washington state's attorney general...

Protestors listen to a speaker at the South Carolina Statehouse during a demonstration in response to the Trump administration's recent executive order blocking entry of refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries January 31, 2017 in Columbia, South Carolina.

Another U.S. appeals court keeps Trump’s travel ban blocked

June 12, 2017 at 1:01 p.m.

The ruling Monday from a unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals deals the administration another legal defeat as the Supreme Court considers a separate case...

Counter-protestors stand behind barricades across the street from an anti-Islamic law protest rally Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Seattle. Rallies against Islamic law have drawn larger counter-rallies in some U.S. cities. Hundreds of counter-protesters marched through Seattle on Saturday to confront a few dozen people claiming Shariah is incompatible with Western freedoms. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Rallies against Islamic law draw counter-protests across U.S.

June 10, 2017 at 5:01 p.m.

Demonstrators at small but raucous gatherings around the country Saturday raised the specter that extremist interpretations of Islamic law might somehow spread across the U.S., but many of the rallies...

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