Washington state has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged a teenage girl’s adoption in Pierce County was set up to fail because a child-welfare agency withheld revealing information ...

Over 200 people had urged the council not to approve the biennial budget until it included more funding for the sheriff's ...

Whether any candidate will receive majority support remains unclear, but they made their cases to residents and officers at a Dec. 2 meet-and-greet.