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SEATTLE (AP) — The Army staff sergeant charged with murdering 16 Afghan villagers during pre-dawn raids last year has agreed to plead guilty in a deal to avoid the death penalty. John Henry Browne, an attorney for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, tells The Associated Press that the Ohio native will enter the plea June 5 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Seattle...

It has been a week, but the wounds and memories are still fresh. A Yakima Army Staff Sergeant, Kenneth Wade Bennett died in Afghanistan the day before Veteran's Day. A soldier, a husband and a father hangs close to Mandi Bennett's heart...

National Guard members stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base outside of Spokane are headed to Afghanistan, according to a press statement released today.

   Marine Master Sergeant David Jarvis will receive medal for actions in Afghanistan. That story and more from KIT's Lance Tormey.

Alaska native Spc. Jeremy Morlock pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to three counts of murdering unarmed Afghans and other wrongdoing during a court-martial hearing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.