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State: Dozens of pot-shop applications in jeopardy

Gene Johnson · September 17, 2014 11:56 pm

Tedd Wetherbee, who wants to open a marijuana store in the Tacoma suburb of Fife, Wash., listens during a hearing in Pierce County Superior Court, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, in Tacoma, Wash. Wetherbee is seeking to strike down Fife's ban on marijuana businesses, even though such enterprises are now allowed by state law. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Washington judge upholds small city’s pot shop ban

Gene Johnson · August 30, 2014 12:21 am

Robert W. Ray, left, and Ely Goldin, right, attorneys for Roman Seleznev, speak with reporters outside the U.S. District Courthouse in Seattle on Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Seleznev, the 30-year-old son of a prominent Russian lawmaker, was ordered to remain in custody pending his trial on charges that he hacked into online cash register systems to steal hundreds of thousands of credit card numbers, then sold those credit card numbers online. He was arrested last month in the Maldives and transferred to Seattle to face charges. (AP Photo/Gene Johnson)

Russian hacking suspect ordered held until trial

Gene Johnson · August 16, 2014 1:22 am

Feds close probe of refinery blast that killed 7

Gene Johnson · August 16, 2014 1:18 am

Court: State can nix public pension increases

Gene Johnson · August 15, 2014 12:20 am

DOJ: Hacking suspect’s lawyers may face conflict

Gene Johnson · August 14, 2014 12:50 am

Seattle artist sues over ‘Angry Birds’ pet toys

Gene Johnson · August 5, 2014 9:19 pm

Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes, left, shakes hands with clerk Pam Fenstermacher after purchasing marijuana at Cannabis City, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Seattle, on the first day that sales of recreational pot became legal in the state. Washington on Tuesday became the second state to allow people to buy marijuana legally in the U.S. without a doctor's note as eager customers who lined up outside stores made their purchases and savored the moment. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, Pool)

Hundreds line up for legal pot in Washington state

Gene Johnson · July 9, 2014 2:02 am

Sam Pyle, left, inspects a "sniff jar" containing a sample of recreational marijuana at Top Shelf Cannabis, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash., on the first day of legal sales in the state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Legal marijuana in Washington state: How it works

Gene Johnson · July 8, 2014 11:37 pm

George Vargas, left, takes a seat next to first-in-line customer Deb Greene in front of the recreational marijuana store Cannabis City Monday, July 7, 2014, in Seattle. The store will be the first and only store initially in Seattle to legally sell recreational pot when sales begin Tuesday. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Washington state issues 24 marijuana shop licenses

Gene Johnson · July 8, 2014 12:54 am

Cannabis City owner James Lathrop briefly leans against the exterior of his new recreational marijuana store Monday, July 7, 2014, in Seattle. The shop will be the first and, initially, only store in Seattle to legally sell recreational pot when sales begin Tuesday. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

A look at legal pot as Washington stores prepare

Gene Johnson · July 8, 2014 12:52 am

Washington faces difficulties launching legal pot

Gene Johnson · June 30, 2014 5:03 pm