Everett set to ban high alcohol beer downtown

 The Barber Shop is an Everett institution, open along Colby Avenue since 1936.

Seattle non-profit helping move homeless out of encampments and into homes

SEATTLE -- Dozens of people who are homeless moved out of encampments and into housing since last year, according to the Low Income Housing Institute.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection apologizes for Halloween 'candy for Americans only' sign posted by employee

PRESIDIO, Texas (AP) — A federal agency has apologized after an employee posted a sign outside his West Texas home saying Halloween candy would only be given to Americans.The U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a statement Wednesday saying the sign, which was written in Spanish, "does not reflect the opinion of this agency."The agency says it respects all people regardless of their culture, nationality or country of origin.Customs officials declined to release details about the worker or possible discipline over the sign, which was posted Saturday in Presidio, a town of 4,400 people near the Mexican border.Mayor John Ferguson says he doesn't think the sign represents the people of Presidio.