A month after releasing 199 hand-raised rare butterflies as caterpillars, about a dozen of the insects have emerged from coccoons.So reports the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, which is trying to restore the endangered Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly, which favors prairie of the kind that…
We're still well over a year away from the primary in most statehouse races, but already, folks are starting to file.As the Tri-City Herald's Chris Mulick mentioned last week, Rep. Bob Sump, R-Republic, has decided not to run again when his term expires at the…
The three top-read Spokesman-Review stories of the past week:1) "Data on Sasquatch Piling Up"2) "17-year Cicadas Soon to Cover Midwest"3) "ABC adds `Cavemen' to its Fall Lineup"
Maybe, in five years.Brown talked about future political possibilities with Crosscut's Austin Jenkins for a story published today.The short version: On running for the open seat for state treasurer -- seemingly a good fit for an economist and a much higher salary than senate majority…
Fired U.S. Attorney John McKay said Sunday that the 2004 razor-thin governor's election in Washington "smelled really bad," but that an extensive, little-publicized investigation by FBI agents and federal prosecutors found no evidence of a federal crime."As a citizen and as someone who watched it,…
Two years after suffering a bitter political defeat in the apple capital of Wenatchee, some of the state's best-known Republicans gathered here Saturday to discuss their party and the battle for independent-minded voters."This is the future of the party," said Secretary of State Sam Reed,…
The clock is ticking, but if you paid for a video subscription from Movieland.com, bought "Spyware Cleaner" software or ran into problems with several other products, you may be owed cash.The state attorney general's consumer-protection division says thousands of Washingtonians are potentially eligible for refunds…
"You have 1 New Secure Message!" reads an email sent to reporters statewide this afternoon from a listserv distributing press releases from Attorney General Rob McKenna's office.The message, purporting to be from the recipient's "Military Bank Online" was, of course, a "phishing" scam aimed at…
After months of study, the state's Citizens' Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials has concluded that the hundreds of state politicians and judges for whom it sets the salaries are all underpaid.The prescription: Substantial raises for all, ranging from 7 percent for appellate, district and…