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The start of a recession apparently didn't faze tourists heading into Walla Walla last year.

An Orting man, apparently upset over the state's taxes, has proposed some major changes to the Washington state seal.

Monday, February 8, 2010 at 8 a.m. WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate.

Shawn Helbig, 27, who has Fragile X syndrome, visits Emory University's Department of Human Genetics, where he is taking part in a clinical trial to find a treatment for the genetic condition, Thursday, Jan.

The idea of changing Washington state law to refer to poor kids as "at hope" instead of "at-risk" has died in a legislative committee.

In his February Vanity Fair hitpiece , Christopher Hitchens argues that the post-9/11 world has driven Gore Vidal 'Loco' the signs, he says, were always there, but 9/11 and events thereafter 'accentuated a crackpot strain that gradually asserted itself as dominant.' Hitchens begins his missive with Gore's take on 9/11 itself, in which he ...

Two US-born pandas flew off in a giant cargo plane Thursday for a new life in China as goodwill ambassadors to brighten moody US-China relations.

Thousands of cases of whiskey, vodka and rum zip along three miles of conveyor belts inside a massive distribution center in industrial south Seattle, the sole location for shipping booze to liquor stores across Washington state.

Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries charged with child kidnapping returned to jail Friday after failing to persuade a judge to grant them provisional release pending the outcome of their case, their lawyer said.

Seattle's so-called "Discovery" math curriculum doesn't add up for a King County Superior Court judge, who rejected the style of instruction Thursday and ordered the district to try again.

Canada and the United States will announce Friday that the year-long dispute over protectionist Buy American provisions has finally been resolved after efforts that involved the highest levels of government.

A version of SEMA model legislation has been reintroduced in the Washington State Legislature by Senator Mike Carrell S.B. 5246 would prohibit cities or towns from enforcing an ordinance, development regulation, zoning regulation, or administrative practice that prevents automobile collectors from pursuing their hobby.

To the list of woes facing a cash-strapped Washington state government, now add fuel efficiency.

The state of Washington is not fulfilling its constitutional duty to fully pay for basic public education, a King County judge ruled Thursday.

A South Sound lawmaker wants to further regulate and track sales of over-the-counter cold medicines this time through an electronic database.

In a blunt election prescription for his own skittish party, President Barack Obama on Wednesday implored Democratic leaders to swing big, be honest with an angry public and expose any obstructionism by Republicans.

Iran on Wednesday described its latest offer to send uranium abroad for enrichment as a way to ease suspicions about his country's nuclear ambitions, but skeptical Western officials demanded concrete actions from Tehran instead of just words.

President Barack Obama's decision not to participate in an annual summit with European Union leaders is feeding doubts about whether Washington views Europe as a strong player on the international stage.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a commercial trucker from Michigan who is being charged with transporting invasive zebra mussels into Washington state aboard a 50-foot cabin cruiser.

About $2 billion in federal stimulus money has been spent in Washington state, creating or retaining tens of thousands of jobs in the state, state officials said Monday.