Associated Press

After eliminating the state tourism office in 2011, Washington lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow those in the private sector to pick up the slack.

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Two bills working their way through the Legislature seek to reconcile the medical market with the new recreational market approved by voters in the fall of 2012.

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A federal agency says one of the largest hop producers in the world will pay $85,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit.

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The Nordstrom store in downtown Spokane was closed Friday after a maintenance worker fell off a ladder and died.

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A hangover from battles among two giant national distributors, Costco and its allies, and the state Liquor Control Board could result in booze prices at bars and restaurants going up this year.

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The Toppenish School District has agreed to pay $6.9 million to the family of an infant who fell through bleachers at a soccer game and suffered lifelong debilitating injuries.

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Many Washington apple growers are investing in new technology at packing plants to ensure a high quality of fruit ships to consumers.

Allan Brothers Fruits has invested more than $7 million over three years at its packing line in Naches  Its scanners check apples for defects at the rate of 2,400 apples a minute

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Students in Washington state could be among the first to go to college without having to worry about paying tuition up front.

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A man was shot to death early Friday at a Pasco, Wash., home where a woman reported an intruder.

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As a devoted Seattle Seahawks fan, 67-year-old Margy Conlee says she rounded up her daughter, her 7-year-old granddaughter and a young neighbor to travel the 45 miles from her Roy, Wash., home to the Seahawks' Super Bowl championship parade in Seattle.

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