Associated Press

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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Senate majority leaders have unveiled an updated $12.3 billion transportation revenue package that includes an 11 1/2-cent gas tax increase, but acknowledged that they don't yet have enough votes within their caucus to move forward this session unless a series of reform bills are passed first.

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Innovative, influential comedy genius Sid Caesar, whose sketches lit up 1950s television with zany humor, has died at age 91.

Family spokesman Eddy Friedfeld says Caesar died early Wednesday.

Caesar's two most important programs were "Your Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour

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Gorge concertgoers seeking medical help have cost the Quincy Valley Medical Center more than $500,000 in 2013.

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A storm across the Northwest blanketed Western Washington with several inches of snow overnight, but warmer temperatures are expected late Sunday and into the week.

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