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SEATTLE

US routs Grenada 4-0 in Gold Cup

8 hrs ago

A young U.S. lineup easily beat up on Grenada in the Americans' opener at the CONCACAF Gold Cup."Today is important to start the Gold Cup the right way," U.S. coach Bob Bradley said after Saturday night's 4-0 win. "It was a really good team effort, four different guys scored tonight, so all things are important."

OLYMPIA

No winners for Wash. Lotto, Hit 5 top prizes

8 hrs ago

No winning tickets were sold for the Washington State Lottery's $3.5 million Lotto jackpot or the $150,000 Hit 5 cashpot Saturday night, so prizes will increase to $3.7 million in Lotto and $180,000 in Hit 5. There was one winning ticket sold for the $10,000 prize in the Match 4 game.In Lotto, fourteen tickets were sold with five of six winning numbers and are worth $1,000 each. Another 819 tickets had four winning numbers and are worth $30 apiece. Sales were $452,691 and the winning numbers were: 04-26-38-44-47-49.

PULLMAN

Foster, newly appointed WSU Education dean, dies

8 hrs ago

Lenoar "Len" Foster, the interim dean of the Washington State University College of Education who was appointed to the position after his predecessor's death just one week ago, has died. He was 57.The death late Thursday or early Friday at Foster's home in Pullman was announced by the school. A cause of death has not been confirmed.

SEATTLE

Honduras beats Haiti in Gold Cup, 1-0

11 hrs ago

Carlo Costly headed in a free kick by Walter Martinez in the 76th minute on Saturday, helping Honduras open group play in the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 1-0 victory over Haiti.Martinez took the free kick from the left of the penalty area about 2 yards up from the goal line. He drove it into the box, and Costly went up and flicked it off the left side of his head and into right corner of the net, well beyond the reach of Haiti goalkeeper Jean Dominique Zephrin.

SEATTLE

Sockeye salmon run at record low numbers

12 hrs ago

The number of sockeye salmon returning to Lake Washington this summer is one of the lowest on record, dashing chances of any recreational or commercial fishing later this year in the area.The Seattle Times reports that nearly 13,000 sockeye salmon have returned to the lake east of Seattle. The rate is on pace to meet the forecast of 19,000 salmon, not enough to grant a fishing season for the popular fish.

PORT ANGELES

Police: Wanted man surrenders in Port Angeles

12 hrs ago

A man wanted on a federal warrant emerged from a Port Angeles house's crawl space and surrendered to police, ending a tense situation in this small town on the Olympic Peninsula.Brian Smith, deputy chief of the Port Angeles police, identified the man as 37-year-old Leslie G. Wilson.

OLYMPIA

Anti-tax rally in Olympia attracts several hundred

12 hrs ago

The Washington State Patrol says about 1,500 people attended an anti-tax rally on the Capitol campus on Independence Day.Organizers of the Taxed Enough Already event had told the Olympian they expected several thousands of people to attend.

TACOMA

Adventurous in Wash. paddle from atop surfboards

15 hrs ago

Megan Adams eyed a 12-foot-long surfboard and a long canoe-style paddle. She watched other stand-up paddle surfers easing over the glassy water just off Owen Beach at Point Defiance Park.Standing up on a big surfboard and paddling it around looked new, a little scary - and irresistible. "It looks so fun - kinda like a free-spirit kind of thing," said Adams, 14.

PORT ANGELES

Police: Wanted man may be hiding in Port Angeles

17 hrs ago

Police have blocked off a street near house where a man wanted on a federal warrant may be hiding.Port Angeles police and U.S. marshals surrounded the house in the small city on the Olympic Peninsula on Saturday morning.

SEATTLE

Fire danger in Wash.'s parched forests

18 hrs ago

Moss in parts of the Hoh Rain Forest, usually damp and springy, now crackles underfoot.Boggy areas near the coast that typically hold 3 to 4 inches of water are kicking up dust.

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