Updated 4:14 pm PST, Tuesday, December 18, 2018 FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2017, file photo, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at a news conference in Seattle. Google and Facebook are being ordered by a Washington state judge to pay $455,000 for a campaign finance violation case, Ferguson said Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. Google will pay $217,000 and Facebook will pay $238,000 in response to two lawsuits filed in June that accused the tech firms of not obeying the state law on political-ad transparency, Ferguson said. less FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2017, file photo, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at a news conference in Seattle. Google and Facebook are being ordered by a Washington state judge to pay $455,000 ... more Photo: Elaine Thompson, AP Photo: Elaine … [Read more...] about Google, Facebook to pay $450K for Washington state violation
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Bear cub who survived Washington state wildfire, inspired region is killed by hunter
Cleve R. Wootson Jr., The Washington Post Published 10:46 am PST, Tuesday, December 18, 2018 FILE-- Cinder, a badly burned, 35 pound, female bear cub, is put into a crate by Washington State Fish and Wildlife bear and cougar specialist Rich Beausoleil at Pangborn Memorial Airport in East Wenatchee, Wash., on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. The cub was flown in a small, private airplane piloted by Bill Inman of Seattle, headed for a wildlife rehabilitation location in Lake Tahoe. The bear was burned recently in a wildfire in the Methow Valley. less FILE-- Cinder, a badly burned, 35 pound, female bear cub, is put into a crate by Washington State Fish and Wildlife bear and cougar specialist Rich Beausoleil at Pangborn Memorial Airport in East Wenatchee, ... more Photo: Don Seabrook, Associated Press Photo: Don … [Read more...] about Bear cub who survived Washington state wildfire, inspired region is killed by hunter
Washington safety, Michigan State product Montae Nicholson arrested
Stephen Whyno Associated Press Published 4:24 PM EST Dec 18, 2018 Washington — Washington safety Montae Nicholson was arrested early Tuesday morning and charged with assault and battery and being drunk in public stemming from a fight at a restaurant and retail complex near the team’s practice facility in Ashburn, Virginia. Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Kraig Troxell confirmed Nicholson’s arrest. He says Tuesday afternoon the 23-year-old former Michigan State standout had been recently released on $2,500 bond. Police say Nicholson and 24-year-old Sydney Maggiore were involved in a verbal altercation that escalated to a physical assault of two victims, one man and one woman. According to police, an investigation showed Nicholson assaulted the male victim, and Maggiore struck the female victim with a bottle and also struck the male victim. Police say Maggiore was charged with malicious wounding and assault and battery and remains in prison on no … [Read more...] about Washington safety, Michigan State product Montae Nicholson arrested
Washington careens toward government shutdown with no deal in sight
Viet Nam News WASHINGTON — An intensifying spending standoff sent US lawmakers scrambling Monday to avert a partial government shutdown, with Republican and Democratic leaders deadlocked over President Donald Trump’s demands for border wall funding. As Washington barreled toward a shuttering of key federal agencies in just four days, the White House appeared dug in on Trump’s call for Congress to budget US$5 billion in 2019 to fund a wall on the US-Mexico border that he insists will check illegal immigration. If no breakthrough is reached, the shutdown would occur over the Christmas holiday - when most lawmakers flee the US Capitol - leaving Washington red-faced at the end of the year. The closure could potentially spill into early January, when the new Congress - including a Democratically-controlled House of Representatives - is sworn in. Lawmakers involved in funding negotiations suggested the first move would have to come from Trump’s team. … [Read more...] about Washington careens toward government shutdown with no deal in sight
Washington state builds bridge to keep wildlife off road
Manuel Valdes Associated Press Published 4:45 PM EST Dec 16, 2018 Snoqualmie Pass, Wash. – Before descending the Cascade Mountains on its final stretch to Seattle, Interstate 90 cuts through a mountain pass of old growth forests and wetlands. For countless wildlife species, the busy highway is a border, constraining their movements and posing a fatal risk should they dare to cross it. “Everything from an elk down to a small salamander, they need to move to find food, to find mates, to find new places to live as their populations expand or just when conditions change, like a fire breaks out,” said Jen Watkins of Conservation Northwest. Soon, animals will have a safer option for crossing the road: They’ll be able to go above it. Washington state is finishing work on its largest wildlife bridge. The 35-foot-tall, 66-foot-wide structure emerges from the forest and forms two arches above the highway, one for each direction of traffic. Fencing and landscaping … [Read more...] about Washington state builds bridge to keep wildlife off road