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Seattle Times

• Police still looking for missing Utah mom

  Seattle Times – 1 min ago  

  Police in Utah say about 30 detectives are looking for leads in the search for a 28-year-old mother who went missing last weekend. Full Story »

• Seattle high-school drug counselor indicted

  Seattle Times – 1 min ago  

  A drug-and-alcohol counselor at a Seattle high school has been indicted on drug conspiracy charges. Full Story »

• State extends burn ban in Chelan, Douglas counties

  Seattle Times – 1 min ago  

  The Washington Dept. of Ecology is extending the burn ban for Chelan and Douglas counties through Sunday morning at 10 a.m. Full Story »

• NYC man gets 6 years in $33M Ponzi scheme

  Seattle Times – 15 mins ago  

  An investment fund manager drew a reduced six-year prison sentence Friday in a $33 million Ponzi scheme that cheated 27 investors in the United States, Germany and Costa Rica. Full Story »

• Kent District Court moving out of flood zone

  Seattle Times – 16 mins ago  

  The District Court in Kent is moving to Renton to get away from the Green River flood zone. Full Story »

seattlepi.com

• Rainier Beach High counselor indicted on drug charges

  seattlepi.com – 1 hr 54 mins ago  

  A Seattle Public Schools drug and alcohol counselor has been indicted on drug charges following allegations that he and another man conspired to distribute prescription pain killers. Full Story »

• West Seattle pimp sentenced to 9 years; brother could face decades in prison

  seattlepi.com – Fri Dec 11, 3:30 pm ET  

  Convicted pimp and admitted gang member Shawn Sylvester Clark was sentenced to a nine-year prison term Friday having had previously pleaded guilty to his role in a West Seattle prostitution ring. Full Story »

• Driver crashes trying to outrun Oak Harbor police

  seattlepi.com – Fri Dec 11, 1:16 pm ET  

  The driver of a cherry-red 2000 Mercury Cougar refused to pull over for an Oak Harbor police officer, resulting in a short-lived pursuit Wednesday afternoon. Full Story »

• Roof collapses on three firefighters during Holmes Point house fire; two taken to hospital

  seattlepi.com – Fri Dec 11, 1:16 pm ET  

  A roof collapsed on three firefighters from the Northshore Fire district Wednesday afternoon, as they fought a fire at a home in the 13000 block of Holmes Point Drive N.E. Full Story »

• Kent Fire Department warns frozen bodies of water are dangerous

  seattlepi.com – Fri Dec 11, 1:16 pm ET  

  Kent Fire Department is warning of the dangers of retention ponds, lakes and other standing water, especially during the winter months. Full Story »

Tacoma News Tribune

• Cop killer's bail was by the book

  Tacoma News Tribune – Fri Dec 11, 10:31 am ET  

  The bail bond agency that posted the bond that freed Lakewood cop killer Maurice Clemmons from jail last month did everything by the book when handling the case, a state review of the bond transaction has found. Full Story »

• McNeil Island corrections facility to be downsized

  Tacoma News Tribune – Fri Dec 11, 10:10 am ET  

  The state would downsize McNeil Island Corrections Center to less than half its current size to save money under a proposal from Gov. Chris Gregoire unveiled this week. Full Story »

• PUYALLUP: Police arrest man in two robberies at bank

  Tacoma News Tribune – Fri Dec 11, 10:01 am ET  

  Puyallup police have arrested a man suspected of robbing the same South Hill bank branch twice in less than a week. Full Story »

• A salute to Madigan ‘warriors’

  Tacoma News Tribune – Fri Dec 11, 10:01 am ET  

  Master Sgt. Dylan Gould flashes a wide smile and holds his teenage daughter. The photograph was taken during happier times, before the Lacey resident deployed from Madigan Army Medical Center to serve as a biomedical equipment specialist in Afghanistan . Full Story »

• Hecht files notice that he’ll appeal convictions, sentence

  Tacoma News Tribune – Thu Dec 10, 8:57 am ET  

  Former Pierce County Superior Court Judge Michael Hecht on Tuesday filed notice that he intends to appeal his convictions for felony harassment and patronizing a prostitute. Full Story »

KING5 Seattle

• Semis collide on I-5 in Chehalis

  KING5 Seattle – 21 mins ago  

  Traffic on northbound Interstate 5 was snarled for hours Friday morning after two semi trucks collided. Full Story »

• Snow, freezing rain headed for the Northwest

  KING5 Seattle – 1 hr 6 mins ago  

  Temperatures have been freezing the past week in Washington, and now we could see some snow over the weekend. Full Story »

• Thurston County joins Stage 2 burn ban

  KING5 Seattle – 1 hr 36 mins ago  

  The Olympic Region Clean Air Agency is also advising the residents the residents of Mason, Pacific, Grays Harbor, Clallam and Jefferson counties to voluntarily refrain from all outdoor burning. Full Story »

• Seattle high school drug counselor indicted on drug charges

  KING5 Seattle – 2 hrs 50 mins ago  

  The U.S. attorney's office says Robert Henry Smith, an intervention specialist at Rainier Beach High School, was arrested Thursday night. Full Story »

• Entrepreneurs marry Starbucks and Hooters

  KING5 Seattle – Fri Dec 11, 3:33 pm ET  

  "Baristas" is the brainchild of five Northwest entrepreneurs who want to establish a national chain of "costume coffee stands." Full Story »

The Olympian

• Another candidate emerges in race to replace Baird

  The Olympian – 1 hr 43 mins ago  

  Thurston County peace activist Cheryl Crist says she is running for the U.S. House seat that incumbent Democrat Brian Baird will retire from next year. Full Story »

• Crime Statistics for Nov. 30-Dec. 6

  The Olympian – Fri Dec 11, 11:29 am ET  

  THURSTON COUNTY The fol Full Story »

• Fire engulfs Olympia home

  The Olympian – Fri Dec 11, 10:52 am ET  

  The Olympia Fire Department responded to a structure fire around 6:30 Thursday evening, in the 2700 block of Walnut Loop N.W.Crews arriving on the scene found the front and north side of the house fully involved in fire, on both the first and second floors. Full Story »

• Would-be successors to Baird line up

  The Olympian – Fri Dec 11, 9:59 am ET  

  The race to fill U.S. Rep. Brian Baird 's seat resembled a gold rush Thursday, a day after Baird announced he wouldn't seek re-election after six terms in office. Full Story »

• Lodge's suit stirs budget troubles

  The Olympian – Fri Dec 11, 5:14 am ET  

  Two Thurston County offices have been forced to cobble together money to pay for the county's legal defense in a federal lawsuit over Great Wolf Lodge's property tax status, a burden that angers Assessor Patricia Costello. Full Story »

KOMO Seattle

• Seattle school drug counselor accused of dealing drugs

  KOMO Seattle – 2 hrs 43 mins ago  

  A man who counsels students at a Seattle high school against using drugs and alcohol has been indicted on federal drug conspiracy charges. Full Story »

• Woman sexually assaulted near Seattle University

  KOMO Seattle – 2 hrs 58 mins ago  

  A woman was sexually assaulted Friday morning in a parking garage only steps away from Swedish Medical Center and Seattle University on Seattle's First Hill. Full Story »

• Lacey man pleads guilty to raping daughter

  KOMO Seattle – Fri Dec 11, 2:56 pm ET  

  A Lacey man who raped his 7-year-old adopted daughter pleaded guilty Thursday in Olympia to three counts of first-degree child rape. Full Story »

• Man surrenders after bizarre shooting in Tacoma

  KOMO Seattle – Fri Dec 11, 1:56 pm ET  

  A bizarre incident on Tacoma's southeast side ended Friday when a man who allegedly tried to run down officers with a car surrendered after he was fired on by police. The same man allegedly fought with cops earlier after jumping from a car trunk. Full Story »

• Seattle charges up for electric cars

  KOMO Seattle – Fri Dec 11, 1:26 pm ET  

  Over the next two years, 2,500 charging stations for electric vehicles will be built in the Seattle area as part of a partnership between Nissan North America and the Electric Transportation Engineering Corp., or eTec. Full Story »

Tacoma Daily Index

• Office or Retail? City, developer try to agree on Pacific Plaza street-level occupancy

  Tacoma Daily Index – Fri Dec 11, 2:35 pm ET  

  Leasing ground floor retail space at Pacific Plaza in downtown Tacoma has been a challenge. Full Story »

• Pierce County selects IT Director

  Tacoma Daily Index – Thu Dec 10, 7:20 pm ET  

  Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy announced Dec. 4 she has selected Linda Gerull as director of the county's Information Technology Department. Full Story »

• Pilot project aims to limit impact of contaminated storm water on local creeks

  Tacoma Daily Index – Thu Dec 10, 7:20 pm ET  

  Pierce County's Public Works and Utilities Department is conducting a pilot project to test porous asphalt and concrete as part of a strategy to improve local water quality and drainage at Sprinker Recreation Center. Full Story »

• Forza to re-open Parkland cafe Saturday morning

  Tacoma Daily Index – Thu Dec 10, 7:20 pm ET  

  Forza Coffee Company has announced that its Parkland Cafe will re-open on Sat., Dec 12, 2009 at 8:14 a.m. The coffee house, located at 11401 Steele Street South, was closed after four Lakewood Police officers -- Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39, and officers Ronald Owen, 37, Tina Griswold, 40, and Greg Richards, 42 -- were killed on Nov. 29 at 8:14 a.m. Full Story »

• Goings named SBA regional administrator

  Tacoma Daily Index – Thu Dec 10, 7:05 pm ET  

  The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today the appointment of Calvin Goings as the regional administrator in Region X, to oversee the SBA's programs and services in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. Full Story »

NorthWest Cable News

• Snow, freezing rain headed for the Northwest

  NorthWest Cable News – 54 mins ago  

  Temperatures have been freezing the past week in Washington, and now we could see some snow over the weekend. Full Story »

• Seattle high school drug counselor indicted on drug charges

  NorthWest Cable News – 2 hrs 54 mins ago  

  The U.S. attorney's office says Robert Henry Smith, an intervention specialist at Rainier Beach High School, was arrested Thursday night. Full Story »

• Animal Control Officers Guild files lawsuit against King County

  NorthWest Cable News – Fri Dec 11, 3:31 pm ET  

  The suit has to do with the county's decision to turn animal shelters and animal control over to a non-profit group like the Humane Society. The Animal Control Officers Union believes that decision will hurt officers and the public. Full Story »

• Entrepreneurs marry Starbucks and Hooters

  NorthWest Cable News – Fri Dec 11, 3:31 pm ET  

  "Baristas" is the brainchild of five Northwest entrepreneurs who want to establish a national chain of "costume coffee stands." Full Story »

• Centralia father gives anti-anxiety drug to one-year-old

  NorthWest Cable News – Fri Dec 11, 2:31 pm ET  

  A police sergeant said the man gave the boy Ativan, an anti-anxiety medication. Full Story »

Everett Herald

• Meet the world's smallest snowman

  Everett Herald – 1 hr 11 mins ago  

  You may have heard (as though you could avoid it) predictions for snow this weekend . It seems unlikely that there'll be enough for anyone to make much of a snowman, but then, some scientists in the UK have made the world's tiniest snowman without any snow at all. Full Story »

• Roche Harbor's second derby a big hit

  Everett Herald – Fri Dec 11, 12:15 pm ET  

  It's a little unusual for a small place like Roche Harbor to host a salmon derby, so eyebrows raised even higher when the resort community on San Juan Island announced it would add a second derby. Full Story »

• Payout of $44.7 million to clean up Asarco contamination in Everett

  Everett Herald – Fri Dec 11, 12:15 pm ET  

  EVERETT — For decades, people in northeast Everett have lived with a toxic legacy. A long-ago smelter left behind soil laden with arsenic. While the worst contamination has been cleared away, the area has never been completely set right. Full Story »

• Gregoire's budget offers no easy way out of deficit

  Everett Herald – Fri Dec 11, 12:14 pm ET  

  Steep cuts are proposed that the governor says she wouldn’t support. OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire on Wednesday proposed a state budget she said she’d never sign and talked about something she’s said she wouldn’t do — raise taxes. Full Story »

• Roe picked as interim prosecutor

  Everett Herald – Fri Dec 11, 12:14 pm ET  

  EVERETT — It was a job interview like no other. Candidates for Snohomish County prosecutor were grilled for about 20 minutes by the Snohomish County Council in a room packed with lawyers, police officers, labor leaders, political honchos, reporters and television crews. Full Story »

KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma

• Seattle High School Drug Counselor Indicted On Drug Charges

  KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma – 12 mins ago  

  SEATTLE -- A drug-and-alcohol counselor at a Seattle high school has been indicted on drug conspiracy charges. The U.S. attorney's office says Robert Henry Smith, an intervention specialist at Rainier Beach High School, was arrested Thursday night. Full Story »

• Woman Sexually Assaulted Near Seattle University Campus

  KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma – 27 mins ago  

  SEATTLE -- A woman was sexually assaulted in a Seattle parking garage by a man who may have had a handgun, said the Seattle Police Department. Police were called to a parking garage in the 600 block of Broadway Avenue in Seattle. Full Story »

• Puyallup Family Hoping For Best In Daughter's Disappearance In Utah

  KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma – 27 mins ago  

  SALT LAKE CITY -- Police in Utah say about 30 detectives are looking for leads in the search for a 28-year-old mother who went missing last weekend. Full Story »

• Record-Breaking Cold For Third Straight Day

  KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma – Fri Dec 11, 3:42 pm ET  

  SEATTLE -- Lows temperatures have broken records for the third straight morning at Sea-Tac airport on Friday. The temperature at Sea-Tac hit 22 degrees this morning, breaking the old record low of 23 degrees set back in 1961. Full Story »

• Lakewood Officer Remembered At Pa. Funeral

  KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma – Fri Dec 11, 1:57 pm ET  

  BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- Mark Renninger grew up 250 paces from the Boys & Girls Club of Bethlehem. When he heard the lawn mower start up, he would come running -- and insist on doing the club's lawn himself. Full Story »