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Matt Kerr, right, presents Principal Bobbi Buttars with a ring on Tuesday as he joined other 1st-grade teachers Michelle Baddley, left, and Michelle Engler, in a skit honoring Buttars' "superhero-ness" at Jefferson Elementary School in Richland. Counselor Susie Oram organized the secret assembly for Principal's Week at the school, keeping Buttars occupied in a meeting before having another teacher tell her that the P.E. teacher was hurt in the gym. Each grade prepared a special gift for Buttars during the assembly.

Principal's Week Surprise

The students, staff and faculty at Jefferson Elementary School in Richland honored Principal Bobbi...

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Khin Mar, left, and her husband Myo Aung Thant laugh on Friday with their grandson Daniel Thant, 3, at dinner after Myo Aung Thant arrived from the airport. He was a political prisoner from 1997-2011 in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).

Political prisoner returns to family after 16 years

Imprisoned in his native Burma for his pro-democracy and labor rights activism, Myo Aung Thant hadn't seen his family in person for about 16 years. ...

Sports

Kamiakin's Elisa Grandemange gets ready to uncork the winning throw of 138 feet in the 3A girls discus Friday at Star Track XXXI in Tacoma.

Kamiakin's Grandemange wins discus title

Junior Elisa Grandemange's championship in the 3A discus sets the stage for the Kamiakin girls to make another championship run

Business

A collapsed section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River is seen in an aerial view Friday, May 24, 2013. Part of the bridge collapsed Thursday evening, sending cars and people into the water when a an oversized truck hit the span, the Washington State Patrol chief said. Three people were rescued from the water. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday declared a state of emergency in three counties around the bridge, saying that the bridge collapse has caused extensive disruption, impacting the citizens and economy in Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties.

Whatever cause, Washington state bridge collapse points to bigger problems

The collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Washington state brings new attention to the limits of the country’s infrastructure, especially...

Opinion

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Living

Carol Kawaykla salvages items at her tornado-ravaged home Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues three days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses.

Oklahoma gets far more than its share of disasters

Many states get hit frequently with tornadoes and other natural catastrophes, but Oklahoma is Disaster Central.

Entertainment

Hotel California, an Eagles tribute band from Canada, performs May 25 at the Clover Island Inn in Kennewick.

Hotel California: Eagles tribute band performing May 25 at Clover Island Inn in Kennewick

The old adage if it walks like a duck, it talks like a duck, it must be a duck isn't always true.

Nation/World

Sherrie Hassenger poses with a picture of her husband, Arden Hassenger, in her home in Lebanon, Oregon, May 21, 2013. Arden was killed when his aircraft crashed in Laos on Christmas Eve, 1965. Hassenger never remarried, and says she's never really gotten over the loss of her love.

A long-ago war, a missing plane and an enduring mystery

This is the story of how a six-hour combat mission at a time when America was ramping up its involvement in Vietnam would test the limits of forensic...

Hanford

Tom Watson, with Mission Support Alliance Curation Services holds a wallet found in the 100 N area near N Reactor in Hanford. The wallet belonged to John Arthur Logan who was apparently a sheet metal worker at the area in the 1960s. Watson hopes some family member of Logan will come forward to claim the wallet.

Owner sought for 50-year old wallet found at Hanford

Tom Watson has kept a crumbling leather wallet tucked away in his office for almost three years.

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