By KASIE HUNT and NEDRA PICKLER The Associated Press DENVER (AP) - An invigorated Mitt Romney basked in rave reviews Thursday after his first face-off… Continue reading
By BETH FOUHY The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Big Bird is endangered. Jim Lehrer lost control. And Mitt Romney crushed President Barack Obama. Those were… Continue reading
By JIM KUHNHENN The Associated Press WASHINGTON — As millions of Americans watch, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney will be chasing opposite goals… Continue reading
EDITOR'S NOTE — Jay Inslee and Rob McKenna have agreed to two more televised debates. The next one is an hourlong live event to be… Continue reading
By The Associated Press COQUILLE, Ore. — Oregon authorities are investigating how a farmer was eaten by his hogs. Terry Vance Garner, 69, never returned… Continue reading
By The Associated Press OLYMPIA — A Thurston County man told deputies he accidentally shot himself in the head with his .22-caliber rifle Sunday while… Continue reading
By The Associated Press OLYMPIA — The state is still negotiating with state workers on health benefits and associated costs. Even though a Monday deadline… Continue reading
By Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News and the Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE — This story has been corrected to fix the name of one of… Continue reading
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has declined to take a new look at Washington state’s top-two primary system amid complaints from… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Writing a best-selling novel is no picnic, Erica Bauermeister, author of The School of Essential Ingredients, told several dozen book lovers at… Continue reading
Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press LAPUSH — The fog was very thick at 4:30 a.m. last Friday 30 miles off the Washington coast… Continue reading
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away an appeal challenging a federal rule that bars development on 50 million… Continue reading
BY MIKE HALE c. 2012 New York Times News Service THERE ARE MANY things we can learn from PBS's splendidly refined British import “Downton Abbey,”… Continue reading
By Peninsula Daily News news services OLYMPIA — About 34,000 Washington state borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure soon will be receiving forms in… Continue reading
By Peninsula Daily News news sources SEATTLE — Democrat Jay Inslee and Republican Rob McKenna have agreed to another debate — an hourlong live event… Continue reading
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The presidential and vice-presidential debates will be broadcast live on C-SPAN, ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC and on cable… Continue reading
By NANCY BENAC The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Barack Obama is cruising into the presidential debates with momentum on his side, yet he's still struggling… Continue reading
By JASON KEYSER The Associated Press CHICAGO — A joke by the satirical newspaper The Onion appears to have gotten lost in translation. An Iranian… Continue reading
By The Associated Press OLYMPIA — The cost of getting or renewing a driver's license in our state is going up Monday (Oct. 1) from… Continue reading
By The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Washington state’s minimum wage is increasing 15 cents to $9.19 per hour. The Department of Labor & Industries said… Continue reading
