Deregulaton = higher voice/data prices, says GAO

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels is asking city residents not to buy bottled water. Nickles launched a campaign Wednesday to raise awareness about the environmental cost of plastic water bottles. He says making and moving the bottles wastes energy and ...

MDT Poor lending practices and not poor economic conditions are behind Denver's foreclosure wave, according to a comprehensive study from the city's Office of Economic Development. "It is not a matter of people being out of a job," said Abdul Sesay, ...

A federal judge has ruled that a trial that likely will determine where the Seattle SuperSonics will play next season will begin as scheduled...District Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle on Tuesday denied a motion by the team's owners for her to rule ...

Southwest Airlines says it is adding five nonstop flights and three destinations from Denver. The Dallas-based low-cost carrier said Wednesday it will add nonstop flights to Sacramento, Calif., Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Fla., and New Orleans. ...

Since lifting a construction moratorium in March, Port of Seattle commissioners have approved spending on six projects...Commissioners say they are making changes after contracting practices were criticized last December in a state audit, but these ...

Pro-Israel Jews are celebrating the 60th anniversary of Israel with a concert at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. Pro-Palestinian groups say they'll be outside the Wednesday night event in a silent protest. The celebration is organized by the Jewish ...

Congressional investigators cast a skeptical eye on a House proposal to expand the federal flood insurance program by adding coverage for wind damage, saying the Federal Emergency Management Agency would need to complete ``certain challenging steps.'...

COM Building an eight-story Urban County Government Center in downtown Lexington in the next 10 years is the preferred option of the city's recently completed downtown facility master plan. The new building would be on the current site of the ...

FBI Identifies Mystery Men Seen Aboard Washington State Ferries as Tourists Tuesday, May 06, 2008 FBI The FBI has identified these men seen aboard a Seattle ferry in 2007 as European businessmen. The FBI has identified these men seen aboard a ...

Senate on Tuesday, with aides saying they expected final action on the legislation before the end of the week...Federal Emergency Management Agency after 2005's Hurricane Katrina...Unlike a similar bill passed last year in the House of ...