OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Veteran catcher Stephen Vogt finalized his $850,000, one-year contract Thursday to rejoin the Oakland Athletics.
The 37-year-old Vogt, who was a free agent, can earn a $100,000 bonus for spending 60 days on the active major league roster.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Free-agent catcher Stephen Vogt has reached agreement on a major league contract to rejoin the Oakland Athletics, a person with direct knowledge of the deal said Wednesday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract was still pending a physical for the two-time All-Star.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A bill sought by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee that would make it a crime for elected officials or candidates to knowingly lie about election outcomes if those claims result in violence will not advance, the Senate sponsor said Tuesday.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday urged state lawmakers to approve a bill that would make it a crime for elected officials or candidates to knowingly lie about election outcomes if those claims result in violence.
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — At least one person was missing and presumed dead as snow turned to rain and deluged the Pacific Northwest on Friday, causing flooding, landslides and avalanche danger in the mountains.
SEATTLE (AP) — Flush with cash, Washington state lawmakers return to Olympia next week with Democrats and Republicans disagreeing over how to spend the unexpected windfall.
A revenue forecast released in November showed projected revenue collections for the 2021-2023 budget cycle are $898 million above what had been originally predicted in September.
OLYMPIA (AP) — Former Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Fairhurst, who had been fighting cancer, has died. She was 64.
In a statement Washington Courts said Fairhurst died Tuesday surrounded by her family in Olympia.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Fire crews in Olympia, Washington, responded to a large downtown commercial blaze early Wednesday that damaged nearly a dozen buildings, city officials said.
The blaze was one of several overnight in the Puget Sound region, including one in a vacant commercial building in Lakewood, where police said they found a body.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday appointed Democratic state Sen. Steve Hobbs as the state’s 16th secretary of state, marking the first time a Democrat will hold the office since the mid-1960s.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Monday is the final day for thousands of workers in Washington who want to keep their jobs to prove they’ve been fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state prosecutor has decided not to file criminal charges against police who shot and killed an antifascist fugitive wanted in the highly publicized death last year of a right-wing demonstrator in Portland, Oregon, last year.