The pastor of the United Methodist Church in Castle Rock, Wash., says it’s a miracle her church survived an attempted arson in which fires were set in six places in the building. Fires were started early Sunday on artificial flowers, …
A Washington state woman used a wrench to break the window of a running washing machine and rescue her 5-year-old daughter at a Laundromat in Okanogan. The Okanogan County sheriff’s office says the girl either climbed in or was put …
Police, fire and insurance officials are presenting a reward of nearly $19,000 Monday to a Seattle, Wash., woman and her brother who provided information that helped convict a man in the Greenwood arson case. Nineteen fires set in Seattle’s Greenwood …
The same engineers who captivated tourists and passersby by rappelling down the Washington Monument began a similar operation Monday at the National Cathedral, the other major landmark to be damaged by an earthquake that shook the nation’s capital. The “difficult …
Engineers are removing parts of a pinnacle at the top of the Washington National Cathedral that were damaged by the August earthquake. Scaffolding was built around the spires of the top of the tower, about 330 feet high Thursday. Sections …
A climber inspecting the earthquake-damaged Washington Monument was blown about 30 feet off the monument’s face by a gust of wind but wasn’t injured. The National Park Service says the wind gust about 6 p.m. Friday pushed the climber, Erik …
Puget Sound Energy crews worked through the night checking for more natural gas leaks in the north Seattle neighborhood where a home exploded Monday and injured two residents. Spokesman Roger Thompson says crews walked and drove a 5-square mile area …
The federal government is providing more than $16 million to help control the mudslides that often cancel passenger train service in Washington during rainy weather. The U.S. Department of Transportation earlier turned down a $10 million state request for mudslide …
Police say they’re checking out leads but have no specific suspects in two small fires set in a hotel under construction in Auburn. Cmdr. Mike Hirman says firefighters extinguished arsons early Saturday and Sunday evening on the third and fourth …
A magnitude-6.4 earthquake off Vancouver Island on Friday caused no immediate reports of damage or tsunami concerns. The quake occurred at a depth of 14.3 miles and was centered 73 miles west-northwest of Ucluelet, a fishing and resort village a …