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SPOKANE  (AP) — The family of a 15-year-old Spokane boy has reached a settlement with the Spokane County Sheriff's Office a week before their wrongful death lawsuit was set for trial. Ryan Holyk was killed while riding his bicycle late at night on May 23, 2014, when he was struck by a speeding sheriff's patrol car...

TACOMA (AP) — Kitsap County has agreed to pay $5 million to a former high school student who was hit by a truck in Bremerton while walking in a crosswalk. The Kitsap Sun reports the settlement was reached after five weeks of arguments in Pierce County Superior Court...

SEATTLE (AP) — A woman who weeks ago settled her child sex abuse claim against Seattle Archdiocese for $950,000 is now issuing a statement about the deal — because she's upset about how the agreement was portrayed to parishioners. The woman, identified as A...

TACOMA (AP) — Nurses at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma will receive $5 million in back pay after CHI Franciscan Health agreed to a settlement regarding meal and rest breaks. The News Tribune reports that under the settlement, announced by the Washington State Nurses Association, the hospital will create a "block break relief" system, which ensures nurses have uninterrupted breaks, a

SEATTLE (AP) — Several companies that provide transportation and hospitality services at or near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport have agreed to settle back-pay lawsuits alleging that they ignored the nation's first $15-per-hour minimum wage law...

SEATTLE (AP) — A judge has approved a $5.5 million settlement in a case against the state for the neglect and abuse of a disabled teen. KOMO-TV reports the Department of Social and Health Services was accused of failing to remove Heather Curtis from her caretakers in North Bend after receiving several reports of neglect...

PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — Clallam County officials have reached a settlement with a couple who sued for public records in 2014, after officials discovered documents that should have been provided earlier. The Peninsula Daily News says the proposed settlement with Scott and Elizabeth Lange will cost the county about $550,000...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — The Yakama Nation will soon get $7.2 million as part of a settled class action lawsuit involving hundreds of tribes. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the $940 million settlement was approved in an Albuquerque, New Mexico, district court and finalized by the Obama Administration, ending 25 years of dispute over insufficient payments to tribal agencies. ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — State regulators have fined CenturyLink $2.85 million for a statewide 911 outage in April 2014. The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission said Monday they approved a settlement between the company and commission staff following an investigation into the outage that disrupted emergency services for six hours. The...

AP-Former Union Gap Mayor Jim Lemon has resigned from the city council and accepted a $38,000 settlement. In a resignation letter to the council Monday, Lemon said he was leaving to avoid confusion over the city's form of government. Voters ended the strong-mayor position in November, and Lemon stepped down to a temporary city council seat...