Training for where the wild things are
Fiona, a Mexican gray wolf, slowly curled her long, red tongue, but the rest of her sleek body was almost motionless.

Only applicant for city council seat denied
The city council is this Central Washington town has turned away the only applicant for a city council seat that has remained open since January.

Heavy snow in Cascades shuts down roads
The Washington state Department of Transportation has temporarily shut down two highways in the Cascade Mountains due to heavy snow from a fall storm and plans to close a third.

Fire at Bellingham school displaces students
The fire at historic Whatcom Middle School will displace students and send them to three other schools in the Bellingham school district.

Woman sentenced to 3 years for starving stepchild
A woman who isolated and starved her stepdaughter has been sentenced to more than three years in prison, far below what the victim asked the judge to impose.

New antenas help biologists study salmon
Biologists studying salmon in the Pacific Northwest have for decades lost track of the fish just as they set out on life's last leg, that final upstream lunge to spawn and die in the remote, backcountry streams and creeks in Oregon, Washington and central Idaho.

Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court
With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software.

Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games
A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space — an idea spurred by science fiction novels.

Woman creates marketplace to help African artists
Haoua Cheick wants shoppers in the little city of Rainier to help women artisans in little villages in Africa. The goal may sound simple, but it's taken Cheick several decades of work in both Africa and the United States to assemble her marketing package.

Pancreatic cancer survivor returns a favor
Every Tuesday, Margaret Miner spends several hours at the Providence Regional Cancer Partnership.

Biologists spot and tag migrating raptors
The instant a black dot appears on the horizon, someone calls out, "We've got a bird out there," and all chatter stops. The sound of a gentle wind pushing against the ridgetop is all that can be heard as wildlife biologists and visitors raise binoculars to their eyes to study the speck coming toward them.

A happy ending for boy on anti-seizure diet
Five-year-old Sawyer Malstead had a 50-50 chance that his seizures would return this year.

Report: Lincecum has agreement on pot charge
San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum has an agreement with a prosecutor in his home state of Washington that could settle his misdemeanor marijuana charge, The Columbian reported Friday.

WA Lottery
These Washington lotteries were drawn on Friday: