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Safety advocates worry that more drivers high on pot will lead to a big increase in traffic deaths as states liberalize their marijuana laws. Researchers who have studied the issue are divided. Marijuana can slow decision-making, decrease peripheral vision and impede multitasking — all those are important driving skills...

A Washington state judge says a small city can continue to ban licensed marijuana businesses, even if they're allowed under state law. Pierce County Judge Ronald Culpepper issued the ruling Friday after extensive arguments in a case with big implications for Washington's experiment allowing recreational marijuana...

The state's legal pot system will be in the spotlight when a trial starts Friday in Fife, where two pot retailers have challenged the city's marijuana retail ban.

Pot sales are burning up state sales tax charts despite many cities in Eastern and Central Washington having bans or moratoriums on pot sales. One of the few local cities that allows it is now reconsidering, however. The city of Prosser is home to a retail store called Altitude, but the City Council is now asking their attorney to draw up an ordinance that would temporarily ban other stores from o

The general manager of Yakima Worker Care who's in charge of drug testing says she expects an increase in testing by employers now that marijuana is legalized in the state.

Union Gap's marijuana store opened Wednesday.

UNION GAP -- While several dozen customers sweated in the midday heat outside Union Gap's Station 420 on Wednesday, Adam Markus and about half a dozen workers were inside, sweating the details. Markus' staff was getting ready to open the front doors of Yakima County's first legal recreational marijuana shop, and they wanted to make sure they got it right...

Union Gap's pot shop is delaying its opening by one day.

As Washington state prepares to issue the first licenses for marijuana retail stores, Gov. Jay Inslee and other state leaders on Tuesday announced a coordinated campaign to make sure pot stays out of the hands of minors once products start hitting store shelves next month.

A lawsuit in Chelan County is challenging the right of cities in the state to ban the recreational sale of marijuana.