Gene Johnson

Associated Press

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson looks on during a news conference in Seattle on Dec. 17, 2019. Ferguson rejected a half-billion-dollar settlement offer, and now he's taking the state's case against the nation's three biggest drug distributors to trial Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. He says they must be held accountable for their role in the opioid crisis.

Washington Seeks More Than $38B from Opioid Distributors

The United States Navy's nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Vermont is christened at Electric Boat in Groton, Conn., Oct. 20, 2018. A metallurgist in Washington state pleaded guilty to fraud Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines.

Metallurgist Admits Faking Steel-Test Results for Navy Subs

The fraud went on for 32 years.

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US Manufacturers Start to Reopen

Boeing and a small number of other manufacturers around the U.S. geared up to resume production.

In this March 6, 2020 photo, bus, bike, pedestrian and car traffic is light on Pike St. in downtown Seattle at 5:20 pm during the Friday evening commute.

Seattle Businesses Pinched, Virus Keeps Workers Home

Amazon and other companies told tens of thousands of people to work from home.

Dozens of barrels fill an outside storage area at Seattle Barrel and Cooperage Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in Seattle. The century-old Seattle barrel company has been indicted along with its third-generation owner in what prosecutors describe as a long-running pollution conspiracy. The 36-count indictment, made public in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Wednesday, says the company used a hidden drain to pump caustic wastewater directly into the King County sewer system. That's despite telling officials that the company reused all its wastewater and didn't discharge any.

Barrel Company Used Hidden Drain to Pollute

The company blamed a former employee who was fired nine months ago.

Washington state Labor and Industries Director Joel Sacks, left, and Deputy Director Elizabeth Smith talk about new overtime rules during a news conference, Dec. 11, 2019, in Tukwila, Wash.

Wash. State OKs Aggressive Overtime Rules

By 2028, salaried workers making up to $83,400 a year will be entitled to time-and-a-half pay if they work more than 40 hours per week.

In this 2017 file photo, Mark Keely, of Kalama, WA stands with other protesters outside the Washington Department of Ecology's Vancouver field office.

WA Deals Setback to Massive Methanol Plant

The state said that five years in, the plant's backers failed to provide enough information about its greenhouse gas emissions and how they would be offset.

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Lawsuit Aims to Kill $2B Refinery

The project pits job creation and new energy against environmental concerns.

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3 Cos. Fined for Roles in Crane Collapse

Sections of the crane landed on the new Google building where it had been used and on traffic below, striking six vehicles.

Bill Gives Cannabis Access to Banking

Its prospects in the Senate are uncertain, but supporters said the amount of Republican support in the House was a good sign.

Amazon workers begin to gather in front of the Spheres, participating in the climate strike Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Seattle. A wave of climate change protests swept across the globe Friday, with hundreds of thousands of young people sending a message to leaders headed for a U.N. summit: The warming world can't wait for action.

Amazon Workers Join Climate Rally

The employees held signs, including some made from recycled Amazon boxes, that read, "No AWS for Oil and Gas," and "Amazon Let's Lead: Zero Emissions by 2030!"

In this Wednesday, July 31, 2019, photo a building that used to house office and storage space for a pawn shop alleged to have been a front for a theft ring stands empty in Kent, Wash. The FBI says the ring sold millions of dollars' worth of stolen goods on Amazon.com in the past six years, and that a pair of Amazon delivery drivers was involved.

FBI Busts Amazon Drivers for Theft

A police detective last summer noticed that one of the drivers had dozens of pawn shop transactions, and thus began an investigation.