SEATTLE—A major construction project planned for Bellevue offers a host of contracting…

TACOMA—Halting an Air Force nurse's discharge for her relationship with a civilian woman would rightly cripple the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay service members, civil liberties lawyers said Friday.
Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union, pointing to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a Texas sodomy law, are asking a federal judge here to reinstate former Air Force Reserve Maj. Margaret Witt.
Witt, 42, of Spokane, was forced out of her job as a military nurse in late 2004 after an Air Force investigation into her long-term relationship with a civilian woman.

OLYMPIA, WASH —Sen. Maria Cantwell, a true-blue Democrat, is trying to tamp down unrest among those on Washington state's political left who are furious with her unapologetic support for the Iraq War.

Sen. Maria Cantwell

Amira Tripp Folsom, left, and Maya Puggarana enjoy a sweet treat June 29 at the Last Thursday Art Walk along Northeast Alberta Street.

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