Washington lawmakers reach deal on drug policy, avoid automatic decriminalization
By ED KOMENDA Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic and Republican leaders in the Washington Statehouse reached a tentative deal on a major…
Continue ReadingBy ED KOMENDA Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic and Republican leaders in the Washington Statehouse reached a tentative deal on a major…
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming hunter faces up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine if convicted of killing a…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Two Republicans and an Independent taking part in a boycott that has stalled hundreds of bills…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An early heat wave took hold Saturday in parts of the Pacific Northwest,…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court has ruled that prosecutors discriminated against a Black man by striking the last Black person from his…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho jury convicts Lori Vallow Daybell in murders of two youngest children, romantic rival in doomsday…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell was convicted Friday in the murders of her two youngest…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A boycott by Republican state senators in Oregon threatens to derail hundreds of bills,…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho jurors will soon begin deciding the guilt or innocence of a mother charged in a bizarre…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican and Democratic leaders in the Oregon Legislature met Thursday to try to resolve a…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho jury is weighing the fate of a woman charged in the slayings of her two youngest…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials in a remote northeastern Oregon county have voted to give tax breaks worth an estimated $1 billion to Amazon for…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press An Idaho man who traveled to Washington in a car loaded with weapons and was…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The University of Idaho will award posthumous degrees and certificates on Saturday to four students who were killed in a…
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A company that operates a more than century-old hydroelectric dam near Mount Rainier National Park will pay $1 million after…
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — As schools across the country struggle to find teachers to hire, more governors are pushing…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — A walkout by most Republicans in the Oregon Senate aimed at delaying action on gun safety, abortion rights and gender-affirming…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press EMMETT, Idaho (AP) — A far-right activist best known for his showdowns with federal and state law enforcement…
Continue ReadingBy ED KOMENDA and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republicans blocking votes on bills about abortion, gun control and…
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