Gene Johnson
The Associated Press
Seattle, WA, United States
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Freight train carrying hot asphalt, molten sulfur plunges into Yellowstone River as bridge fails
A bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed early Saturday, plunging portions of a freight train carrying hazardous materials into the rushing water below. → Read More
Judge weighs challenge to gag order in University of Idaho quadruple murder
A judge overseeing the case against a man charged with killing four University of Idaho students is set to hear arguments over a gag order that largely bars attorneys and other parties in the case from speaking with news reporters. → Read More
Seattle startup's ex-CFO accused of diverting $35 million, losing it in crypto crash
A federal indictment accuses the former chief financial officer of a Seattle startup of taking $35 million of his employer’s money without permission and losing it by investing in cryptocurrency before the crypto market crashed last year → Read More
Official: Texas officer saved ‘countless lives’ in ending mall attack
The shooter with neo-Nazi leanings who killed eight people at a suburban Dallas shopping mall brought eight legally purchased guns to the scene, apparently chose his victims randomly and was shot dead by police within four minutes, authorities said Tuesday. → Read More
Ruling might cancel Alaska commercial king salmon season
A ruling from a U.S. judge in Seattle could effectively shut down commercial king salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska — a valuable industry that supports some 1,500 fishermen — after a conservation group challenged the harvest as a threat to protected ... → Read More
Washington state to decriminalize drugs unless lawmakers act
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is calling lawmakers back to work after they rejected a bill setting out a new statewide drug policy → Read More
Washington shutters pot businesses due to old pesticide
Cannabis regulators have halted operations at several outdoor pot farms and processing facilities on a stretch of former fruit orchards in north-central Washington state → Read More
Most gig workers paid sick leave under new Seattle law
Most gig workers in Seattle will be permanently entitled to paid sick leave and safe time under a first-in-the-nation law → Read More
Dam owner guilty in field turf pollution of Washington river
A company that operates a century-old hydroelectric dam near Mount Rainier National Park and its chief operating officer each pleaded guilty. → Read More
Dam owner guilty in field turf pollution of Washington river
SEATTLE (AP) — A company that operates a century-old hydroelectric dam near Mount Rainier National Park and its chief operating officer each pleaded guilty to a single criminal count Monday in connection with a spill of synthetic field turf and the tiny rubber particles used to make it into the Puyallup River in 2020. The […] → Read More
Court rejects deception charges against Savers Value Village
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court handed the thrift store chain Savers Value Village a unanimous win Thursday in a long-running legal fight with Attorney General Bob Ferguson, finding that its marketing practices constitute protected free speech. The attorney general’s office began investigating the company eight years ago and, after Savers Value Village […] → Read More
Feds: Driver of SUV in Seattle forklift crash was kicked out of treatment
Federal prosecutors say a sport-utility vehicle that collided with a forklift in Seattle last week, killing one of the SUV’s passengers, was being driven by a defendant who had been kicked out of a treatment facility hours earlier and who was overdue to report to the U.S. District Court downtown. → Read More
Court upholds Wash. residency requirement for pot industry
A U.S. judge has upheld Washington’s residency requirement for involvement in the state’s legal cannabis industry → Read More
Judge upholds Washington state's residency requirement for pot industry
A U.S. judge has upheld Washington's residency requirement for involvement in the state's legal cannabis industry. → Read More
Arrest made in stolen yacht rescue, ‘Goonies’ fish incident
Jericho Wolf Labonte, 35, of Victoria, British Columbia, was taken into custody in the northwestern Oregon resort town of Seaside, police said in a news release. → Read More
Arrest made in stolen yacht rescue, ‘Goonies’ fish incident
Jericho Wolf Labonte, 35, of Victoria, British Columbia, was taken into custody in the northwestern Oregon resort town of Seaside, police said in a news release. → Read More
Arrest made in stolen yacht rescue, ‘Goonies’ fish incident
Jericho Wolf Labonte, 35, of Victoria, British Columbia, was taken into custody in the northwestern Oregon resort town of Seaside, police said in a news release. → Read More
Arrest made in stolen yacht rescue, ‘Goonies’ fish incident
Jericho Wolf Labonte, 35, of Victoria, British Columbia, was taken into custody in the northwestern Oregon resort town of Seaside, police said in a news release. → Read More
Arrest made in stolen yacht rescue, ‘Goonies’ fish incident
SEATTLE — A stolen yacht. A dramatic Coast Guard rescue. A dead fish. And the famed home featured in the classic 1985 film “The Goonies.” → Read More
Stunning video shows Coast Guard rescue man wanted in bizarre 'Goonies' fish incident
The Coast Guard rescued a man from a stolen yacht as it capsized in rough seas. It turns out, he was an international fugitive. → Read More