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John McGrath: "Petersen lot more than mind full of trick plays"

Seattle — Sonny Sixkiller remembers the night Chris Petersen’s Boise State football...

Holiday Lights

Take a tour of local holiday light displays in our online holiday lights database.

South Sound

A thin blanket of overnight snow covers Wiggins Rd NE Tuesday morning commuters head to work as the week long clod snap begins to end, transitioning into a warmer and regular wet weather pattern.

Weather updates and closures for Tuesday

Yelm Community Schools: 2 hours late, no out of district transportation, no New Market Skills Center, and no AM-PM preschool. 2 hours ago

Government

Teddy Rayford, left, of Puyallup invested his retirement savings of $500,000 to buy and open Pops Liquor Store at 2805 Sixth Ave. in Tacoma for his daughter Michelle Tate, who waits to ring up a customer while employee Steven Knight, right, works on a new wall partition recently.

Owners of former state liquor stores struggle to stay in business

More than 60 percent of those who bought former state stores are out of business, and most of the remainder are headed in that direction, according to the Washington Liquor Store Association.

Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was among a record-tying six Heisman Trophy finalists revealed Monday, along with Northern Illinois’ Jordan Lynch, Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel, Alabama’s AJ McCarron, Auburn’s Tre Mason...

Business

Government sells remaining stake in GM

The U.S. government ended up losing $10.5 billion on the General Motors bailout, but it says the alternative would have been far worse. 3 hours ago

Opinion

City Council: Do the right thing

The public expects municipalities and other taxpayer-funded institutions to manage its resources and assets responsibly, and for the greater good of the community. To do that, municipalities frequently require a permitting process for use of city-...