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Heritage Financial: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Heritage Financial Corp. (HFWA) on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $11.4 million. On a per-share basis, the Olympia, Washington-based company said it had net income of 33 cents. The results missed Wall...
Dan Evans, former Republican governor of Washington and US senator, dies at 98
SEATTLE (AP) — Dan Evans, a popular three-term Republican governor of Washington state who went on to serve in the U.S. Senate before leaving in frustration because he felt the chamber was too rancorous and tedious, has died. He was 98. Evans died Friday, according to the...
Police in Washington city banned from personalizing equipment in settlement over shooting Black man
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The city of Olympia, Washington, will pay $600,000 to the family of a Black man shot and killed by police in a settlement that also stipulates that officers will be banned from personalizing any of their work equipment. Lawyers on Monday announced the details...
Conflicting federal policies may cost residents more on flood insurance, and leave them at risk
Conflicting federal policies may force thousands of residents in flood-prone areas to pay more for flood insurance or be left unaware of danger posed by dams built upstream from their homes and worksites, according to an Associated Press review of federal records and data. The...
