October 19, 2018
Washington state has agreed to pay a $28 million settlement to woman who was left quadriplegic in wreck on Interstate 5 in DuPont. The News Tribune reported 20-year-old Skylar Seward filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Transportation after …
October 8, 2018
A woman who says she was harassed and intimidated by a police officer in the southwest Washington city of Woodland has settled a lawsuit against him for $275,000. The Daily News in Longview reported that the city’s insurance will cover …
August 27, 2018
A city in eastern Washington state has agreed to a settlement with a power company after a large fire started last year during a gun-shooting training exercise for local police officers. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the Yakima city council on …
August 22, 2018
A new lawsuit says the Boeing aircraft company is poisoning the Duwamish River by pumping out pollution that is far and away above the legal limit. KOMO-TV reported environmental groups Puget Soundkeeper and Waste Action Project say the Military Delivery …
March 14, 2018
Two women firefighters are suing Washington’s South Kitsap Fire and Rescue, alleging sexual harassment by a battalion chief who retired in January 2017 after he was notified of a proposal to fire him. The Kitsap Sun reports an internal investigation …
February 20, 2018
Washington state wheat farmers are protesting cuts to their safety net programs in a budget proposal released by President Donald Trump this week. The Spokesman-Review review reports growers are concerned about Trump’s proposal to reduce federal spending on crop insurance …
December 21, 2017
The rush to launch service on a new, faster Amtrak route near Seattle, Wash. came at a deadly cost: none of the critical speed-control technology that could have prevented a derailment was active before the train set off on its …
October 3, 2017
Washington state and the city of Seattle on Thursday joined more than two dozen other government entities across the country suing to hold opioid makers accountable for an addiction crisis that has claimed thousands of lives. The governments hope to …
August 11, 2017
Brightway Insurance on Monday will open new agencies in Washington and Colorado. Vays Sarwar will open Brightway, The Sarwar Agency. The agency will be located in Spokane, Wash. Rob Scheibe will open Brightway, The Scheibe Agency. The agency will be …
June 12, 2017
The insurance company for Spokane County, Wash. will pay $2.25 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit that contended the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office engaged in witness-tampering and recklessness to wrongfully convict three men for a 2008 robbery. Spokane …