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APNewsBreak: Co. says it has permits to cross span

Posted on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10:55 AM

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major interstate between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span into a river below as the driver watched the structure collapse in his rearview mirror.... more...

Gov. Inslee says bridge repair will cost $15M

Posted on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10:45 AM

SEATTLE (AP) -- The federal government promised on Friday to send $1 million to Washington state to fix the collapsed Skagit River bridge, but Gov. Jay Inslee said it will take about $15 million to repair that section of Interstate 5, the state's main north-south roadway.... more...

Kitsap jury clears robot maker in botched surgery

Posted on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10:49 AM

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) -- A Kitsap County jury decided the maker of a surgical robot was not to blame for a botched prostate operation on a Bremerton man.... more...

SWAT justified in fatal Hoquiam shooting

Posted on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10:29 AM

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The Grays Harbor County prosecutor says Thurston County SWAT officers were justified in fatally shooting a man during a standoff in March in Hoquiam.... more...

Pedestrian killed on I-5 at Mountlake Terrace

Posted on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10:02 AM

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash. (AP) -- A man who got out of his car Friday morning on Interstate 5 at Mountlake Terrace was struck by a semi-truck and killed.... more...

Brewers team up on beer to help military families

Posted on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 9:06 AM

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime - baseball bats.... more...

AAA: Average price of gasoline in Washington $4

Posted on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 9:04 AM

BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) -- The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Washington is $4, heading into the Memorial Day weekend.... more...

Cool, showery weekend forecast in Washington

Posted on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 8:51 AM

SEATTLE (AP) -- The National Weather Service says cool, showery weather will continue into the holiday weekend in Washington with a chance that Monday will be drier.... more...

UW reports record number of freshmen applicants

Posted on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 8:25 AM

SEATTLE (AP) -- The University of Washington says it received more freshmen applications than ever before. More than 30,000 applied for fall 2013 admission.... more...

WSU votes to limit tuition hike to 2 percent

Posted on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 7:56 AM

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) -- The Washington State University Board of Regents has voted to limit a fall tuition increase to 2 percent, no matter what the Legislature decides concerning the state budget.... more...