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Commercial Air At Paine Field
8:53 am
Fri February 1, 2013

Flights To Vegas Via Everett? Not If Mukilteo Can Stop It

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Mukilteo Mayor Joe Marine
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Everett Mayor Ray Stephenson
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The cities of Mukilteo and Edmonds filed an appeal this week to the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to allow commercial flights out of Paine Field in Everett.  The appeal is the latest move in a debate that stretches back more than two decades.

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Public Money Crime
8:30 am
Fri February 1, 2013

Guilty Plea In Largest Public Embezzlement Case In Washington State History

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By Anna King

Originally published on Thu January 31, 2013 5:51 pm

RICHLAND, Wash. – The state of Washington’s largest public sector embezzlement case ever moves forward Thursday with a guilty plea. A public works employee admits he took the money over more than 20 years in Franklin County in the southeast part of the state.

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Food And Feelings
5:25 pm
Thu January 31, 2013

Washington High Court Finds Spit-Covered Burger Could Cause Emotional Distress

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A sullied burger is at the center of a Washington Supreme Court opinion. No burgers were harmed in the taking of this picture.
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“Under Washington law, is a consumer entitled to emotional distress damages when a fast-food employee spits in his or her hamburger even though the consumer did not eat the hamburger?” The Washington Supreme Court said Thursday that the answer may be yes.

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Agriculture Workforce
9:03 am
Thu January 31, 2013

Washington Farmers Encouraged By Senate Immigration Plan

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In this Oct. 21, 2011, file photo Margarito Calderon picks apples at an orchard in Tieton, Wash.
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This week, something new is sprouting in the Northwest’s fields and fruit orchards: optimism about immigration reform.

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Crude-By-Rail
8:55 am
Thu January 31, 2013

Northwest On Verge Of Becoming Pacific Crude Oil Gateway

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Originally published on Thu January 31, 2013 7:19 pm

ABERDEEN, Wash. – The Northwest is on the verge of becoming a gateway for crude oil. Three different developers have plans to use docks on Grays Harbor, Washington to transfer crude oil from trains to ships. Other projects are getting off the ground in Tacoma, Vancouver, B.C. and on the lower Columbia River.

There was a huge turnout Wednesday night at an introductory public workshop in Aberdeen, Washington. The response indicates crude-by-rail may be the region’s next big environmental controversy.

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Gun Control Measure
8:51 am
Thu January 31, 2013

Washington And Oregon Lawmakers Eye Universal Background Gun Checks

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Originally published on Wed January 30, 2013 5:33 pm

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Democratic lawmakers in both Washington and Oregon are working on measures to require background checks for all gun sales. A universal check proposal was introduced Wednesday in the Washington House. A similar bill is expected in the Oregon Senate soon.

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