Albertsons gives up on Kroger merger, files lawsuit against grocery chain

This comes a day after the proposed merger between the supermarket giants floundered after judges overseeing two separate cases both halted the deal.

Melinda French Gates plans to match $1M in GivingTuesday gifts to groups that support women

Melinda French Gates is offering to match up to $1 million in gifts to two nonprofit organizations to help spur donations on GivingTuesday, which has become a major annual fundraising day for nonprofits.

Caught on camera: Horses on the run corralled in Tacoma

The Grit City turned into the wild west as two horses ran wild through the streets before being corralled by cowboys Tuesday night.

Docs: Seattle woman used ice climbing axe to murder her father

Authorities say the woman grabbed an ice climbing axe, tripped and strangled her father with the tool, before attacking him with it.

Suspect vehicle ID'd in ballot box burnings
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Washington officials discussed a case of burned ballot boxes in Washington state, where fire suppressants saved most ballots, but some were seriously burned near Vancouver, Washington. A suspect vehicle has been identified.

Multiple people found dead, injured near Fall City, WA

King County deputies are investigating an incident that left several people dead near Fall City on Monday morning.

Raccoon crisis averted: WA woman stops feeding animals, they clear out

A group of more than 100 raccoons surrounding a Poulsbo woman’s home will not be euthanized, as they have started to disperse after the woman stopped feeding them.

Boeing machinists in WA go on strike after rejecting contract offer

Aircraft assembly workers walked off the job early Friday at Boeing factories near Seattle and elsewhere after union members voted overwhelmingly to go on strike and reject a tentative contract that would have increased wages by 25% over four years.

6.4 and 5.4 magnitude earthquakes strike near Vancouver Island

Two sizable earthquakes, 6.4 and 5.4 magnitude, struck near Vancouver Island nearly an hour apart on Thursday morning.

Officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of owls – to save other owls

To prevent the extinction of the threatened spotted owl species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to kill thousands of invasive barred owls across forests in the western U.S.

Deputies: Father shoots rideshare driver caught raping his daughter in WA

A rideshare driver was shot multiple times by the father of a woman he allegedly raped while she was “highly intoxicated," deputies say.

Mount St. Helens' eruption: Survivors recount the 'darker than midnight' fury in 1980

The Mount St. Helens' eruption in Washington on May 18, 1980 is the worst volcanic eruption in U.S. history, killing 57 people and spewing 520 million tons of ash across the U.S.

Blind customer kicked out of restaurant over guide dog; video goes viral

A Seattle man detailed what he experienced with his guide dog in an Instagram video that gained tons of views and reactions on social media.