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Brad Shannon maintains this blog. He is political editor at The Olympian and can be reached at 360-753-1688 or bshannon@theolympian.com . Washington’s same-sex marriage bill is on its way to Gov.

A bipartisan pair of state lawmakers is pushing for a wide-ranging review of nearly $2 billion in annual tax breaks for Washington's businesses, non-profits and local governments.

When her freshman son was severely beaten in a Mount Si High School locker room in 2009, Fall City parent and recent Snoqualmie Valley school board challenger Peggy Johnson wanted someone to take his side.

What: This Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star restaurant offers something totally different from the typical reservations-and-menus routine.

More roads open in Auburn; cleanup continues Kent schools to reopen Tuesday, Jan.

A fleet of electrical service trucks rolled into Carnation Saturday morning, a group of volunteer construction linemen from Montana who came to the area to help repair lines and restore electricity to the Valley.

Electricity began to return to parts of the Valley Saturday, Jan. 21, but some areas still remain without power, and may not get it back for days.

Little improvement to roads City of Kent cancels meetings due to ice storm Kent Emergency Coordination Center advises residents to stay off roads if possible King Couty roads continue to be hit with freezing rain Roads update Allied Waste Auburn-Black Diamond Road closed due to downed power lines, reports of fallen trees on state Route 169 State ... (more)

Both directions of Highway 18 will close between Federal Way and Auburn at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, because of unsteady, ice-coated trees near the road lanes, the state Department of Transportation announced.