Latest Washington Headlines
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Bell-Anderson in Washington Acquires Michael J. Girias
Mar 14 2012 // Washington-based Bell-Anderson Agency Inc. has acquired Michael J. Girias Insurance of Renton, Wash. This is Bell-Anderson’s third acquisition in the past 18 months. Terms of the deal were not...
Former Agent in Washington Sentenced For Stealing $1 Million-Plus From Clients
Mar 9 2012 // A former insurance agent who stole more than $1 million from elderly clients has been sentenced to 75 months in prison. Jasmine Jamrus-Kassim was arrested in March 2011 after an investigation by the state insurance...
11 Washington Counties to Get Federal Disaster Aid
Mar 8 2012 // President Barack Obama on Monday signed a federal disaster declaration for 11 Washington counties for damages and costs suffered during January’s snowstorm. The storm of snow, ice and freezing rain caused power...
States Won’t Oppose Honda Hybrid Settlement
Mar 1 2012 // News sources are reporting that five states that were given a deadline to oppose a class-action settlement between Honda Motor Co. and owners of its cars over fuel efficiency will not do so. The states are California,...
Equipment Failure Blamed For BP Washington Refinery Fire
Feb 29 2012 // The manager of BP’s Cherry Point refinery in Washington says a fire earlier this month was most likely caused by equipment failure. A failure in the “crude vacuum unit” led to the release of some heavier...
12.8M Verdict for Washington Firefighter’s Fall Upheld
Feb 28 2012 // The Washington state Court of Appeals has upheld a verdict of nearly $13 million for a Seattle firefighter who was severely injured when he fell down an unmarked, unsecured pole hole at a fire station in the Rainier Beach...
$1M Damage in Washington Propane Tank Explosion
Feb 27 2012 // The fire department estimates property damage at $1 million from a propane tank explosion during construction work at a water treatment plant near Mukilteo. Snohomish County Fire District 1 says the explosion Thursday left...
Judge Strikes Down Washington Law Mandating Pharmacists Sell Contraception
Feb 23 2012 // A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Washington state cannot require pharmacists to dispense emergency contraceptives if to do so violates their religious beliefs. U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton declared the...
State Investigates Cause of Washington’s Refinery Blaze
Feb 21 2012 // State safety inspectors are investigating the cause of a dramatic blaze at Washington’s largest oil refinery Friday near Blaine, as BP launched its own review into why it happened. The fire broke out in the sole...
Washington Senate Passes $100 Annual Electric Car Fee
Feb 20 2012 // The Washington state Senate has passed a bill to charge electric car owners a $100 annual fee to compensate for the lack of gas taxes they pay. Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, the Camano Island Democrat who sponsored the bill,...
Washington Tribe OK’d to Move Out Of Tsunami Zone
Feb 20 2012 // The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that will allow the Quileute tribe to move its school and other buildings out of a tsunami zone on the Washington coast to higher ground in Olympic National Park. The...
Washington Senate Passes $100 Annual Electric Car Fee
Feb 14 2012 // The Washington state Senate has passed a bill to charge electric car owners a $100 annual fee to compensate for the lack of gas taxes they pay. Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, the Camano Island Democrat who sponsored the bill,...
Small Quake at Mount St. Helens in Washington
Jan 26 2012 // A magnitude 3.4 earthquake occurred at 2:51 a.m. Wednesday about 10 miles north of Mount St. Helens. The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network reports mild shaking was felt in Longview, Castle Rock and Morton. The University...
Ice Storm Adds to Weather Woes in Pacific Northwest
Jan 20 2012 // A deadly ice storm swept across the Pacific Northwest on Thursday, adding to the misery of residents struggling with power outages and treacherous roads since an earlier record snowfall. Washington’s governor...
The Climate Corp. Expands Operations in Washington
Jan 11 2012 // The Climate Corp. announced the official opening of its newest office, this one in Seattle, Wash. The Climate Corp. combines data climatology and agronomy to protect the $3 trillion global agriculture industry with...
Fire That Destroyed 6 Washington Businesses Started in Tanning Bed
Jan 10 2012 // The fire that destroyed a building with six businesses in Silverdale apparently started with an exploding light in a tanning bed. Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue says the fire spread rapidly Sunday afternoon through the...
Under Construction
Jan 9 2012 // Apartment Builders see Uptick in Market Changing demographics and new economic realities are driving more people away from homeownership in the suburbs and into rental properties and apartments in many areas around the...
Lockton Affinity Appoints Senior Vice President in Washington, D.C.
Jan 5 2012 // Lockton Affinity, an insurance program management division of brokerage firm Lockton Companies, appointed Sara Payne as senior vice president. Payne brings expertise in areas of creation and operation of Defense Base Act...
AIA in Washington Acquired by Hub
Jan 5 2012 // The assets of Pullman, Wash.-based Associated Independent Agencies Inc. (AIA) have been acquired by Headquartered in Chicago, Ill.-based Hub International Ltd (Hub). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The AIA operation...
Overheated Christmas Tree Causes Washington Fire
Dec 28 2011 // Firefighters say overheated Christmas lights sparked a fire in Mill Creek, Wash. that damaged a home and killed a 3-week-old puppy. The Everett Herald reports that the woman at the residence Sunday night walked into her...
