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  • County officials celebrate decision to open ARC

    County officials announced Wednesday they had reached an agreement to open the Accountability and Restitution Center. They celebrated the decision at a Friday morning press conference, where they officially signed a letter of intent to move into...

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County officials announced Wednesday that they had finally reached an agreement to open the Accountability and Restitution Center. They celebrated the decision at a Friday morning press conference, where they officially signed a letter of intent to move into the building.

County officials celebrate decision to open ARC

County officials announced Wednesday they had reached an agreement to open the Accountability and Restitution Center. They celebrated the decision at a Friday morning press conference, where they officially signed a letter of intent to move into ...

Government

Bills would allow voters to vote through email, fax, and without postage

Two bills in the state Legislature aim to simplify the process of voting: one through providing prepaid postage on ballots, and the other by allowing voters to return ballots by email and fax.

Sports

Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Dave Uberuaga might live and work in Arizona, but he’s a Seahawks fan.

Grand Canyon superintendent still roots for Seahawks

Grand Canyon National Park’s current superintendent Dave Uberuaga bought season tickets for the expansion Seahawks and has been a fan ever since. 3 hours ago

Business

NFL Counsel Dolores F. Dibella holds up Super Bowl tickets to show the security features on them during a counterfeit ticket and merchandise news conference for NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in Phoenix.

Lowest prices on last-minute Super Bowl tickets near $9,000

In previous years, the scenario for getting Super Bowl tickets at a reasonable price was simply waiting until the last possible minute to buy. 14 minutes ago

Opinion

Sorting out U.S. visas for crime victims

As a society, we want people to report crimes and help bring criminals to justice. Without the cooperation of victims, the criminal justice system doesn’t work very well. One particular problem for police and prosecutors is that people living...

Living & Entertainment

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, F.K. Kirsten manager Paul Durocher displays a variety of cigars at the store in Seattle. In the years since Washington voters approved a statewide smoking ban nearly a decade ago, cigar smokers are thin on options for places to light up and smoke. For the fourth time since the smoking ban took effect, Washington state is seeing a movement to give cigar lovers state-regulated places to smoke. A bill passed unanimously by the Commerce and Gaming Committee of the Washington state House would legalize cigar bars and smoking rooms in tobacco shops, allowing 115 new venues to smoke pipes and cigars.

Washington state may bring back the cigar bar, smoking rooms

In the years since Washington voters approved a statewide smoking ban nearly a decade ago, Daniel Shaw and his cigars have wandered a state thin on options for places to light up and smoke. 1 hour ago

Nation & World

In this Nov. 4, 2014 photo, two women walk next to a stream "Arroyo Sal" in the Los Reyes community, in the municipality of Tuxtepec in Oaxaca state, Mexico. When the U.S. government backed construction of a new hydroelectric plant in southwestern Mexico, residents rose up and defeated a three-year, $30 million project supported by the little-known Overseas Private Investment Corp. in Washington. It marked a rare instance of a community fighting off development in a country where projects are often pushed through over local objections.

US-backed Mexico dam project triggered protest, rare defeat

Protests resulted in a rare instance of a community fighting off development in a country where projects are often pushed through over local objections. 3 hours ago