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Coast Guard warns about propellers
A federal investigation of why the Alaska Ranger sank in the Bering Sea after the fishing vessel lost power on Easter Sunday and then went into reverse has led the Coast Guard to issue a safety warning to ship owners about controllable-pitch propellers.
Seattle man accused of harassing autistic child
A Seattle man accused of threatening to burn the home of an autistic child was charged with malicious harrassment, a felony hate crime.
Mercer Island residents sue to stop tent city
A group of residents from the affluent Seattle suburb of Mercer Island have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop a homeless camp from temporarily moving into the island.
113 Washington drivers ticketed for cell phone use
State troopers say nearly 300 drivers were stopped for investigation of using hand-held cellular telephones in the first half-month that a ban was in effect, and 113 have gotten tickets.
Seattle Art Museum curator takes Tokyo job
The Seattle Art Museum's curator of Asian art, Yukiko Shirahara, is leaving to become chief curator at the Nezu Institute of Fine Arts in Tokyo. She began her career at the Nezu Institute, and has been at SAM for a little over six years.
Architect, teacher to climb peaks in 50 states
Seattle architect Zach Price hopes to reach the peak of Mount Rainier at sunset Monday, putting him only one mountain away from reaching the highest peaks in each state in less than 50 days.
Study: Ocean floor might store greenhouse gas
Scientists say a partial solution to global warming may lie beneath the seafloor off the coasts of Washington and Oregon.
Man helps get clean water for developing countries
Leon McLaughlin was traveling in Mexico when he met a woman who told him a story about a visiting American tourist.
Fecal bacteria found on UW computer keyboards
The University of Washington says its computer keyboards will now be cleaned weekly, after a student research project found high levels of fecal coliform bacteria on some of them.
$2,500 reward offered in WA pit bull's drowning
King County Animal Care and Control reports someone tied a gas can filled with concrete around the neck of a female pit bull and dropped the animal in the Cedar River.
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