Lea Rhodes was born on Oct. 12, 1938, in Stratton, Colorado, and was one of four children to Everett and Anna Joy. Dottie was ...

A divided Washington state Senate on Saturday approved a hike in the state’s gas tax and a two-year budget that hinges on billions of dollars from new taxes on the state’s wealthiest … Bill would ...

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