SEATTLE (AP) -- News Census figures show Seattle had the 14th largest population jump among all U.S. cities between 2011 and 2012.... more...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) -- The only nuclear power plant in the Northwest is shut down for a refueling that takes place every two years.... more...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- A 19-year-old gang member with a previous conviction for a drive-by shooting was arrested Wednesday in Wapato and accused of shooting at four members of a family in Yakima.... more...

SULTAN, Wash. (AP) -- A man who held the position of quartermaster with the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Sultan is accused of taking more than $90,000 from its bank accounts.... more...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -- A suburban Portland police officer already accused of food stamp fraud has been arrested by SWAT officers at his Vancouver, Wash., home in connection with the sexual assault of a 5-year-old child.... more...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- The King County sheriff's office says a deputy injured in an off-duty motorcycle crash on Monday night has died.... more...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- A pizza restaurant in Spokane, Wash., is offering 200 free pies for help in tracking down a robber who hit a store on Wednesday evening.... more...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) -- Police are looking for two men involved in a gunfight at a Renton park that wounded a teenage girl.... more...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- The FBI has arrested a suspect in a case involving the discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin and says investigators are working "around the clock" to address any remaining risks.... more...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell won't be released from prison Thursday, the Washington state Corrections Department said.... more...