The City of Fife opened its emergency operations center early Wednesday afternoon to monitor rising Puyallup River waters, which were causing only isolated problems at the time. Within a few hours, Mayor Barry Johnson had declared a state of ...

SEATTLE — More than 30,000 residents around Western Washington have been urged to evacuate their flood-endangered homes as rain-swelled rivers caused mudslides and avalanches and flooded neighborhoods and major roadways. The constant, heavy rain in ...

FIFE, Wash. -- The City of Fife this afternoon issued a voluntary evacuation for about 6,000 residents living and working south of Interstate 5 in Fife because of possible flooding from the Puyallup River. Members of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians ...

A legal dispute between the Town of Ruston and the Point Defiance Cafe and Casino over gambling taxes is moving forward, but the casino’s owner hopes the town will take a settlement offer rather than go to trial. The casino all but shut down ...

SEATTLE — More than 30,000 residents around Western Washington have been urged to evacuate their flood-endangered homes as rain-swelled rivers caused mudslides and avalanches and flooded neighborhoods and major roadways. The constant, heavy rain in ...

From his fortress in Fife, Gordon Brown told us in his New Year's message that 2009 "won't be easy". It might, 12 months from now, turn out to be the understatement of the year. Yet having suffered and survived the tortures in the political crucible ...

WASHINGTON - The Bushes welcomed the Obamas to the White House on Monday, visiting for nearly two hours and offering the nation a glimpse of a new first family at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. President-elect Obama and President Bush met in the Oval Office ...

Jan. 7: Willie Jensen, 17, paddles a kayak down a flooded street near downtown Snoqualmie, Wash. Jan. 7: Willie Jensen, 17, paddles a kayak down a flooded street near downtown Snoqualmie, Wash. SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — More than 30,000 people were urged ...

AN ARMED raider was today jailed for four years for a series of robberies on Glasgow bookmakers. Armed with a claw hammer and knife, gambling addict Alexander Rafferty struck at five betting shops staffed by women over 15 days. He carried out three ...

4:03 p.m.: Officials from the governor’s office, Washington State Patrol and Department of Transportation say this flooding event is like nothing they have ever seen before. They are urging people not to get near the river. They stress that this is ...