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Lanes will be closed this weekend on the Interstate-5 Ship Canal Bridge so crews can repair damaged pavement.

An office building was on fire in downtown Spokane, spreading acrid smoke through the city center.

Alaska Air Group Inc. on Thursday said its second-quarter profit rose 37 percent despite rising fuel prices, as it accounted for fuel hedges that will close in future quarters. The operator of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air also said it will cut capacity, and suggested job losses are coming in the fall.

Gov. Chris Gregoire is taking her campaign to the waters of Puget Sound.

Seven Western states are joining four Canadian provinces to propose a plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions through use of a "cap and trade" system.

HILLSBORO, Ore. — A man who used a machete and a Samurai sword to kill his neighbor's pit bull has been found not guilty of aggravated animal abuse.

The federal investigation into the sinking of the Alaska Ranger has prompted the Coast Guard to issue an unusual nationwide warning to ship owners about the risks of controllable-pitch propellers that can go into reverse when electric power is lost.

Most motorists who drive Highway 520 would keep crossing Lake Washington there, even if faced with a round-trip toll as high as $6.85 on a new bridge, according to a state study released Wednesday.

The principal of a private school in Arlington has been charged with third-degree rape of a child.

The owner of one of the largest trucking companies in the Port of Seattle has been convicted of stealing a Rolls-Royce once owned by the Saudi royal family and held by U.S. Customs for more than 20 years.

The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help finding the man who held up an Everett-area Walgreens and made off...

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money and pouring $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking.

The Bellevue City Council will ask voters in November to approve a $40.5 million parks capital program that would develop a 27-acre Eastgate park and complete the circular waterfall and pond at Downtown Park.

Last-minute talks are under way to wedge more buses into Sound Transit's proposed fall ballot measure, in hopes of convincing more elected officials to back the plan.

Public-health officials are distributing a comic book about pandemic flu in 12 languages with the idea of informing immigrant communities.

Two Seattle cement plants puff out as much as 100 pounds of mercury each year, according to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency and the companies.

Bristol-Myers Squibb has agreed to pay Washington state nearly $7 million to settle allegations of illegal marketing and pricing of prescription medications.

In his first event as a full-time philanthropist, Bill Gates joined New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Wednesday in committing a combined $500 million to help governments around the world cut tobacco use.

Seven Western states are joining four Canadian provinces to propose a plan to limit greenhouse-gas emissions through use of a "cap-and-trade"...

Men in tight outfits abound in movies this summer. Have crime? Call a superhero. But outside the theater, fighting crime requires people...