After something like five attempts to get the JP Patches and Gertrude license plate bill passed, the good news came Tuesday night in a phone message from Representative Jake Fey, chair of the House ...

People started flocking to Fremont well before noon, and when local TV icons J.P. Patches and Gertrude arrived shortly after 1 p.m. for the unveiling of a statue in their honor, roughly 1,500 people ...

Bob Newman, for generations the voice and alter ego of Gertrude, J.P. Patches' loyal and slightly off-kilter sidekick, announced his retirement last week, so the Museum of History and Industry thinks ...

It took six years to get a Patches Pal plate through the Legislature. It honors the state’s beloved clown, who lived in Edmonds. EDMONDS — Some people say any clown can be a politician, but it took ...

Seattle Center hosted its official 50th anniversary celebration Saturday, but the people waiting in line – one that grew hundreds larger by the time doors opened at 10:30 – had gone there to celebrate ...