Actual headlines on CNN's home page as I head home for the night:-"Woman says knife left in head 3 years"-"A nod to cute things falling asleep"-"World's oldest person credits bacon"and "Joe the Plumber heading to Gaza."Really.
The city's giving up to 10 sandbags apiece to city residents facing flooding problems.Details here.(Hat tip to Olyblog.)
State emergency officials say that they may have to close Interstate 5, the main north-south freeway linking Western Washington, "within the next few hours.""There is potential for the freeway to be closed prior to the conclusion of this afternoon's rush hour," said a statement from…
There's a certain Baby New Year element to most presidential inaugurations: a vibrant, rested and ready candidate takes the oath of office, settles in at the White House and then, judging from the way they look, the weight of the world quickly settles on them.…
Canadian mining company Teck Cominco has filed paperwork with Washington state, three weeks after announcing that it intended to temporarily close its Pend Oreille zinc mining and milling operations near Metaline Falls, has made it official.The company's notice says it intends to lay off 165…
Initiative promoter Tim Eyman, who says he still owes $175,000 on a second mortgage he took out on his home to pay for last fall's unsuccessful Initiative 985, is borrowing more.In an email to supporters, Eyman says he's borrowing another $50k against his home's value…
Washington's public-affairs network, TVW, has launched its own news blog about state government matters. Given who they've picked to run it -- former Tacoma News-Tribune reporter and blogger Niki Sullivan -- it's pretty safe to predict that it's going to become a must-read. It's called…
Great story from the Olympian's Matt Batcheldor recently, in which he details what council members seem to be doing on their computers during meetings: secretly working out how to vote and mocking a member of the public who showed up to testify.The paper got the…
Short takes and breaking news from the Washington Legislature and the state capital.
