West News

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has declared a state of emergency, to bring immediate support to areas in the Pacific Northwest... Read More

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that a jury should consider a person’s failure to use a seatbelt when determining... Read More

Drenching rain and howling winds that downed trees, cut electricity and caused widespread flooding have left two people dead and... Read More

Diane Ketcham has been named program manager for the California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Project Services Office (PSO), which supports... Read More

50-year-old Valerie Potter, also known as Valerie Kovach of Rio Rancho, N.M., has been sentenced by Albuquerque District Judge Kenneth... Read More

Southern California’s weather turned from dangerously dry to extremely wet Friday as storms brought the threat of mudslides and flash... Read More

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit accusing the pilot and the Hong Kong-based owners of the container ship Cosco Busan... Read More

A man has been ordered to stand trial on a charge of intentionally starting a small fire in the northern... Read More

A former Carlsbad, Calif., resident who claims a Franciscan brother sexually abused him as a teenager in the late 1970s... Read More

The Government Accountability Office is recommending tougher oversight of safety at the nation’s federal nuclear weapons laboratories, contending there have... Read More