Federal appeals court ruling in case of gay Air Force major creates dilemma for Pentagon

Ruling on gay Air Force major creates dilemma

Starbucks sticks to gun policy, asks not to be put in ‘middle’ of debate

Starbucks asks not to be center of gun debate

Following outcry, city official relaxes ban on smoking, chewing in Seattle parks

After outcry, Seattle parks smoking ban is relaxed

Steamy espresso: Washington communities clamping down on scantily clad coffee baristas

Washington cities clamp down on bikini baristas

Judge won’t dismiss suit seeking damages over detention of US citizen by immigration officials

Judge won’t dismiss suit over US citizen detention

Wash. group sues over infiltration by civilian intelligence analyst working for Army

Wash. peace group sues over infiltration

SEATTLE — Members of an anti-war group are suing a civilian intelligence analyst working for the Army, as well as the city of Olympia and police officials, claiming their organization was illegally infiltrated and the information gathered was used to make wrongful arrests.

Children in Washington state will be ‘at hope,’ not at-risk, if lawmaker gets her way

Wash. lawmaker wants to banish negative language

Person with knowledge of talks: Carroll ‘not signed but very close’ to becoming Seahawks coach

AP Source: Seattle ‘very close’ to signing Carroll

Busy Seattle Seahawks spend day in California talking with Pete Carroll about becoming coach

Seahawks spend day talking to Carroll

SEATTLE — Seahawks chief executive officer Tod Leiweke was in Los Angeles on Sunday to speak with Pete Carroll about becoming Seattle’s next coach, and it looks as if the talks have intensified.

Wash. officials: Gunman lying in wait shoots 2 sheriff’s officers, seriously wounding them

2 sheriff’s officers badly hurt in Wash. shooting

Officials: Suspect killed in Wash. state shooting; 2 sheriff’s officials critically injured

2 sheriff’s officials shot in Washington state

2 sheriff’s deputies shot in Washington State’s Pierce County, airlifted to area hospitals

2 sheriff’s deputies shot in Washington state

Seattle police killing suspect pleads not guilty to murder, arson charges

Seattle police killing suspect pleads not guilty

High number of police killed by 2009 gunfire is ’cause for grave concern,’ expert says

Gun deaths tried to fray the thin blue line in ‘09

Activists sue Port of Olympia under Clean Water Act, say stormwater pollutes Budd Inlet

Port of Olympia sued over Budd Inlet pollution

Amazon says it’s working on audible menus and a bigger font for vision-impaired Kindle users

Amazon’s Kindle to get audible menus, bigger font

Months later, Bellingham raid ends in deportations, mixed signals from administration