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Protesters walk by a mural of Manny Ellis after the verdict is read during the trial of three Tacoma police officers in the death of Ellis, Dec. 21, 2023, at Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma, Wash. Three Washington state police officers who were cleared of all criminal charges last month in the 2020 death of Ellis will each receive $500,000 to leave the Tacoma Police Department, according to documents released, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Maddy Grassy)

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The 3 officers cleared in Manuel Ellis' death will each receive $500,000 to leave Tacoma police
By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press
Tue,01/16/24-6:20PM , 92 Reads
SEATTLE (AP) — Three Washington state police officers who were cleared of criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis — a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained facedown on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath — will e
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Cars pass by the Emerald Motel and Seattle Inn on Aurora Avenue North in Seattle, on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. Police recently declared the establishments to be chronic nuisances due to rampant prostitution and other criminal activity, a step that requires the owners to demonstrate how they will prevent their properties from being used for criminal behavior. The recent harrowing escape of a woman who was abducted after engaging in prostitution on Seattle has helped focus attention on the consequences of tolerating an open sex trade along the thoroughfare. (AP Photo/Gene Johnson)

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Another harrowing escape puts attention on open prostitution along Seattle's Aurora Avenue
By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press
Fri,08/04/23-12:32AM , 140 Reads
SEATTLE (AP) — A vanload of church volunteers drove along a main street in north Seattle one night last month with sandwiches, water bottles and blankets for homeless people. They didn't find any — but they did see dozens of barely clothed women walking along the road or leaning into traffic to advertise their services.
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Landscape fabric covers the ground at a legal cannabis farm near Brewster, in north-central Washington state, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, in this photo provided by Terry Lee Taylor. Taylor, who operates the Okanogan Gold and Kibble Junction marijuana companies, recently installed the fabric in hopes of keeping dirt and dust contaminated with remnants of the long-banned pesticide DDT off his plants. (Terry Lee Taylor via AP)

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Washington legal pot farms get back to work after pesticide concerns halted operations
By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press
Sat,07/15/23-11:01PM , 502 Reads
SEATTLE (AP) — A big mound of fresh dirt sits at Terry Taylor's marijuana farm in the high desert of north-central Washington state. Each hole for a new plant gets filled with the clean soil.
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Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for a motion hearing regarding a gag order, Friday, June 9, 2023, in Latah County District Court in Moscow, Idaho. A judge overseeing the case against Kohberger, charged with killing four University of Idaho students last fall, is set to hear arguments over a gag order that largely bars attorneys and other parties in the case from speaking with news reporters. (Zach Wilkinson/Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP, Pool)

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Judge weighs challenge to gag order in University of Idaho killings
By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press
Thu,06/08/23-11:48PM , 290 Reads
A judge overseeing the case against Bryan Kohberger, charged with killing four University of Idaho students last fall, heard arguments Friday over a gag order that largely bars attorneys and other parties in the case from speaking with news
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