Why a drug decriminalization crisis looms for Washington state lawmakers
By ED KOMENDA Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — After voting down a bill last month to keep drug possession illegal and boost services for people…
Continue ReadingBy ED KOMENDA Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — After voting down a bill last month to keep drug possession illegal and boost services for people…
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 ED KOMENDA Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic and Republican leaders in the Washington Statehouse reached a tentative deal on a major…
Continue ReadingMOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. (AP) — A dozen people and a dog were evacuated from an observatory near Mount St. Helens by helicopter after a landslide…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A series of suspected drug overdoses left at least eight people dead over…
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 ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Evander scored twice and the Portland Timbers defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 in a Cascadia Cup rivalry match on…
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Golden State has decisions to make now. Big decisions. Phoenix does, too. And Dallas. And Milwaukee. And…
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 ReadingBy SUSIE RANTZ Associated Press Ebony Salmon and Joelle Anderson scored second-half goals and the Houston Dash rallied to beat the Portland Thorns…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — The city of Seattle will pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by employees who helped reveal that thousands of then-Mayor…
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 ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former Portland Mayor Sam Adams has been cleared after an investigation into accusations by an assistant of unwanted sexual…
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 ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A boycott by Republican state senators in Oregon threatens to derail hundreds of bills,…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A court order is allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to once again fly detainees in and out of a county-owned Seattle…
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — People convicted of felonies years ago by nonunanimous juries in Louisiana would have a chance…
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 TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The jacket that Michael Jordan famously and grudgingly wore while receiving an Olympic gold medal has been in…
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