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Energy Secretary visits Hanford site, promises plan for waste treatment plant

New U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz answers questions from reporters Wednesday morning at a Richland hotel before leaving on his first tour of the Hanford site as Energy Secretary. Moniz was sworn in as the 13th energy secretary May 21 after being approved 97-0 by the Senate on May 16. He has previously visited as Assistant Energy Secretary in 1998.

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Wednesday he intends to have a new plan by the end of the summer for resolving technical problems with a waste treatment plant under construction at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site.

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Judge: 650+ farm workers entitled to know wages

A federal judge has ruled that a class of more than 650 farm workers should have had information about wages and other job conditions disclosed to them by the company that hired them.
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Rules could be changed to allow outdoor pot grows

The chief rules writer for Washington's Liquor Control Board says she will recommend that the state allow marijuana to be grown outdoors under its new regulations for recreational marijuana.

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EPA levies $2.5M penalty against US cement maker

The Environmental Protection Agency levied a $2.5 million penalty against a big cement maker and required the company to invest $30 million in pollution controls at plants in nine states alleged to have violated the federal Clean Air Act.
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Thompson, Fantagraphics co-publisher, dies at 56

Kim Thompson - co-publisher of the influential Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics Books known for celebrated alternative comics, graphic novels and comic strip anthologies - has died.

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Man convicted of fraud wins appeal in 9th Circuit

The conviction of a former company owner on wire fraud charges is no longer valid, a federal appeals court has determined.
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Buquet indicted for letter to president

A federal grand jury has indicted a Spokane man for mailing a threatening letter containing the poison ricin to President Barack Obama.

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Alternative comic books co-publisher dies

Kim Thompson, co-publisher of influential Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics Books - known for celebrated alternative comics, graphic novels and comic strip anthologies - has died.

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Gray whale seen in Puget Sound

A gray whale has been spotted in Burley Lagoon in the south Puget Sound.
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As fires rage, feds cut funding on prevention

As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.
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New outhouse planned 10,000 feet up Mount Rainier

Renovation work starts this summer on the highest outhouse in Washington.