Tag: Washington state government
Charlotte Ellen (Cisco) Anderson
FRANKLIN
Charlotte Ellen (Cisco) Anderson, 74, of Franklin, IN passed away Sunday, July 4, 2021 at the Indiana Masonic Home at Compass Park in Franklin,...
Governor visits town isolated by US-Canada border closure
POINT ROBERTS, Wash. — Washington state’s governor traveled to the exclave of Point Roberts on Friday to visit residents who have been voicing concern...
Washington state is latest to pass heat rules for workers
SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington state on Friday became the second state in the Pacific Northwest in as many days to announce emergency rules that...
Death toll from Northwest heat wave expected to keep rising
SEATTLE — Each day, more deaths are being linked to the heat wave that struck the Pacific Northwest this past week, with medical staff...
Cases challenge no-parole terms for young adult killers
BOSTON — They were convicted of the same crime: the 2011 killing of a Boston teen as part of a gang feud. But Nyasani...
Aide says Tom Ridge had stroke at suburban Washington home
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge suffered a stroke Wednesday at his home in suburban Washington, D.C., a longtime aide...
Jury deciding if immigration detainees must get minimum wage
SEATTLE — A federal jury is deciding whether one of the nation's biggest private prison companies must pay minimum wage — instead of $1...
News executives protest Trump-era probe with Garland
WASHINGTON — Executives from CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post met Monday with Attorney General Merrick Garland to protest the Trump-era...
Scrutiny mounts of legacy of pioneering Northwest missionary
SPOKANE, Wash. — For generations Marcus Whitman has been widely viewed as an iconic figure from early Pacific Northwest history, a venerated Protestant missionary...
3 officers face arraignment in Black man’s restraint death
SEATTLE — Five weeks after ex-Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd, three Washington state officers have been charged in the...