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Veterans become pot farmers in Rochester
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 10:30amROCHESTER — A large-scale marijuana production operation is growing in south Thurston County.
A group of six Rochester-area veterans formed American Cannabis Corp. to grow medical marijuana...
46 pages of rules for growing, selling and using pot
Northwest Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 10:30amWashington residents and out-of-staters could buy an ounce of marijuana, seven days a week, up to 20 hours a day, in visits to state-regulated stores under draft rules for a new legal pot system...
Committee approves DOE budget request for Hanford
Northwest Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 10:30amA Department of Energy request that could prevent furloughs at the Hanford vitrification plant has received the final congressional committee approval it needed.
Changes in funding levels...
Washington fire deaths down slightly in recent years
Northwest Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 10:30amFewer fire-related deaths were reported in 2012 than in the two previous years, according to a report released Wednesday by the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Fire agencies reported 63...
WSU researcher harvests high honor
Northwest Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 10:30amAfter more than 22 years developing wheat varieties for Washington State University, Steve Lyon has earned one of the highest honors in his profession — his name on a grain.
It happens to be...
College Bound Scholarship deadline near for 8th-graders
Northwest Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 10:30amEighth-graders from low-income families can sign up for the College Bound Scholarship program until June 30.
The College Bound Scholarship program, which is administered by the Higher...
Map of hateful tweets shows hotspots are mostly in eastern half of U.S.
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 10:30amKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tweets containing hateful words are coming in larger proportions from people living in the eastern half of the United States, according to a new map that tracked hate speech on...
Bulldogs, Elks bound for regional baseball tournaments
Local Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 10:30amMontesano will be seeking to clear a traditional baseball hurdle.
Lake Quinault and Oakville, meanwhile, are hoping that Eastern Washington trips become a habit.
The three Grays Harbor...
Suspect left ‘deathbed’ note inside boat, source says
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 10:30amMELVILLE, N.Y. — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a “deathbed” note scrawled inside the hull of the boat in which he was captured, claiming he and his older brother set off bombs at the Boston Marathon as...
At least 6 killed, 50 injured in Texas tornado
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 10:30amGRANBURY, Texas — At least six people were killed and another seven were still unaccounted for Thursday morning after a tornado ripped through a subdivision Wednesday night, flattening homes and...
