Archive for the ‘washington+state’ Category

5,200 Hunters Under Age 15 Licensed by Washington, One Shoots Hiker

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

As Skagit County prosecutors announced their intentions to file criminal charges against a 14-year-old boy who fatally shot a hiker when he mistook her for a bear, a leading state legislator is pushing for tougher restrictions on juvenile hunters.Read the full story

Local Ron Paul die-hards a force in state GOP

Friday, May 30th, 2008

By some estimates, Paul supporters could total up to 40 percent of 1,100 delegates expected at the state GOP convention that starts today in Spokane.Read the full story

Medical marijuana patients denied a spot on transplant list

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

When dying patients need a transplant, should it be held against them if they've used dope with a doctor's blessing? "Most transplant centers struggle with issues of how to deal with people who are known to use marijuana, whether or not it's with a doctor's prescription," said Dr. Robert ...

Microsoft Told to Pay Tax on Licence Fee (in India, not Washington)

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

The company, which sells its software in India through a circuitous route involving several group companies, had maintained that its deal with the customers is a sale and no royalty payment is involved. It is this position that has now been rejected. What nailed the issue, however, was an expression ...

Bring on the Lift but Hold the Groomers in Washington

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Ms. Le Blanc and others also appreciated that the resort hadn’t turned the trail map into a treasure map that revealed all the choicest ski lines in the North Country, or installed a high-speed lift. (Mr. Kircher said his company purposefully installed a slower, $3 million double chair instead of ...

Profits climb for insurers - Deregulation is Profitable!

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Among other things, the groups found the companies together made on average about $18.23 profit per member per month in 2006, up from less than $1 per member per month in 2002.Read the full story

Former GOP congresswoman Jennifer Dunn has died

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Former congresswoman Jennifer Dunn, one of the state's most prominent Republican figures for more than two decades, has unexpectedly died, her family said today. She was 66.Read the full story

On Army Base, a Plea to Give Each Death Its Due

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Twenty soldiers deployed to Iraq from this Army base were killed in May, a monthly high. That same month, the base announced a change in how it would honor its dead: instead of units holding services after each death, they would be held collectively once a month.Read the full story