SEATTLE A 20-year-old Harrah man has died in vehicle rollover on the Yakima Indian Reservation.

SEATTLE Challenges to the assessed values of property in the Seattle area have nearly tripled in the past year, The Seattle Times reported Sunday.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska The number of king salmon that reach the Canadian border might not satisfy a treaty agreement between Alaska and Canada despite massive cuts in subsistence fishing up and down the Yukon River in Alaska.

SEATTLE Flames from Fourth of July fireworks damaged at least seven homes across Western Washington and destroyed some ranch housing near Harrah on the Yakama Indian Reservation, causing more than $2 million in damage.

PORTLAND, Ore. Top women amateur golfers are converging on Molalla, Ore., for a tournament sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Golf Association.

TWISP, Wash. In the foothills of the North Cascades, where the veil between dimensions is said to be thinnest, inhabitants of this world gather once a year to coexist with fairies in theirs.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search in Alaska's Aleutian Islands for a man reported overboard from a commercial fishing vessel.

SEATTLE While students are doing slightly better each year on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning, the success rates of African-American, American Indian, Latino and Pacific Islander students shows Washington has a long way to go in improving school achievement for everyone.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. When Brittany Arviso was old enough to take part in a Navajo coming-of-age ceremony, her family grappled with the preparations. Not knowing where to find some of the items for the ceremony, they turned to her grandparents for help.

WOODINVILLE, Wash. A King County sheriff's deputy has shot a man to death while responding to a domestic violence call in Woodinville.

SEATTLE A dead King County jail inmate has reportedly been identified as a defendant in a rape trial.

BREMERTON, Wash. A bicycle rider has been fatally injured in a collision at a rural intersection northwest of Bremerton.

PORTLAND, Ore. The first project for a new art lab in Portland, Ore., is a 2,000-year-old money tree from a Chinese tomb.

PORTLAND, Ore. Once again Portland, Ore., is considering a bicycle sharing program, this time with user fees and better bikes.

PENDLETON, Ore. The National Weather Service is warning of hot weather on both sides of the Columbia River from the Tri-Cities westward.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. Alcohol is believed to be involved in a fatal head-on crash on Interstate 5 in Bellingham.

SPOKANE, Wash. Spokane police may not always get their man, but they did get their dog.

OLYMPIA, Wash. No winning tickets were sold for the Washington State Lottery's $3.5 million Lotto jackpot or the $150,000 Hit 5 cashpot Saturday night, so prizes will increase to $3.7 million in Lotto and $180,000 in Hit 5. There was one winning ticket sold for the $10,000 prize in the Match 4 game.

PULLMAN, Wash. Lenoar "Len" Foster, the interim dean of the Washington State University College of Education who was appointed to the position after his predecessor's death just one week ago, has died. He was 57.

OLYMPIA Here are the winning numbers selected Saturday in the Washington State Lottery:

SEATTLE The number of sockeye salmon returning to Lake Washington this summer is one of the lowest on record, dashing chances of any recreational or commercial fishing later this year in the area.

PORT ANGELES, Wash. A man wanted on a federal warrant emerged from a Port Angeles house's crawl space and surrendered to police, ending a tense situation in this small town on the Olympic Peninsula.

SEATTLE Moss in parts of the Hoh Rain Forest, usually damp and springy, now crackles underfoot.

OLYMPIA, Wash. The Washington State Patrol says about 1,500 people attended an anti-tax rally on the Capitol campus on Independence Day.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. About 70 acres of forest are burning in the steep terrain of Ruby Mountain near the Lake Ross National Recreation Area in Whatcom County.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. Think of the most popular brands in celebrity news, and you'll probably come up with a small list that includes Entertainment Tonight, US Weekly and People.

ANACORTES, Wash. When Carl Wedlund worked in the canneries, he pretty much did what his supervisor told him - he drove his boss around town, made coffee and cleaned bathrooms and storage areas.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. Carol Heyser of Deming received her high school diploma at a commencement ceremony June 19.

TACOMA, Wash. Megan Adams eyed a 12-foot-long surfboard and a long canoe-style paddle. She watched other stand-up paddle surfers easing over the glassy water just off Owen Beach at Point Defiance Park.

OLYMPIA, Wash. A second daily Amtrak train will operate between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, through the 2010 Winter Olympics.

BOISE, Idaho Idaho lawmakers and local officials are moving ahead with efforts to get the Pentagon to house the military's next-generation tactical fighter jet at Mountain Home Air Force Base, a competition that pits the installation near the Snake River against others that covet the expensive planes.

SEATTLE The sister of a Coyote Ridge prison inmate says he lost his left eye and remains in a coma after a beating at the prison in Connell.

SEATTLE An inmate has died in the King County Jail in Seattle.

SEATTLE The feisty utility that uncovered audiotapes of Enron Corp. traders discussing gouging "poor grandmothers" is hedging its bet against another energy crisis.

OLYMPIA, Wash. The state fire marshal's office says forget about firing homemade cannons to celebrate the Fourth of July. They're not safe.

SEATTLE The Northwest Flower & Garden Show, a late-winter tradition in Seattle for 21 years, has a new owner, ending months of uncertainty for area gardeners.

YAKIMA, Wash. Proponents of a state initiative that called for stricter immigration rules failed again to collect enough signatures to make the November ballot.

BEVERLY, Mass. Her fellow job seekers offer knowing groans as Diane Castro recalls the day she was laid off: The fear of being summoned to the front office. The phones in nearby cubicles going off like grenades. Finally, a ring at her desk.

SPOKANE, Wash. A pedestrian struck by a pickup truck in a downtown Spokane intersection has died of her injury.

FREEHOLD, N.J. Protections given to journalists in New Jersey do not apply to people who post online, a judge has ruled.

SEATTLE A fire at a Seattle building disrupted a server farm that provides service to multiple Web sites - including one that facilitates electronic transactions for tens of thousands of businesses and Microsoft's new search site.

ARLINGTON, Wash. Two Snohomish County sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic violence call near Arlington shot an armed man.

DeWITT, Mich. A Lansing-area couple's dream of seeing their Model T car finish a coast-to-coast race has come to a screeching halt.

PHOENIX Phoenix police say leading Phoenix Mercury scorer Diana Taurasi (tohr-AH'-see) was cited for drunken driving just a few hours after the club's win over the Seattle Storm.

EVERETT, Wash. Health officials say a Snohomish County man is the fourth Washington resident with a confirmed case of swine flu to die.

MEXICO CITY Airport officials say a Mexican passenger jet has landed safely after blowing two tires on its landing gear.

SEATTLE Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated $1.25 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. A 700-pound cedar log stolen from the annual Loggerodeo chain saw carving contest in Sedro-Woolley has organizers stumped.

SEATTLE Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated $1.25 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

YAKIMA, Wash. A kindergarten teacher who sent a 5-year-old student home with a bag of feces tucked in his backpack has been formally reprimanded.