Nurses in Oregon take to the picket lines to demand better staffing, higher pay
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press More than 3,000 nurses at six Oregon hospitals spent a second day on the picket lines Wednesday carrying signs…
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Nurses in Oregon take to the picket lines to demand better staffing, higher pay
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press More than 3,000 nurses at six Oregon hospitals spent a second day on the picket lines Wednesday carrying signs…
Continue Reading Olympic sprinter Knighton allowed to run at US trials after contamination case
By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sprinter Erriyon Knighton tested positive for a banned substance that an…
Continue Reading Hurdler Aries Merritt feeling ‘very healthy’ 9 years removed from kidney transplant, becomes coach
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Some reach out to him as Aries Merritt, the 110-meter hurdles world-record holder. Top hurdlers…
Continue Reading With pardons in Maryland, 2.5 million Americans will have marijuana convictions cleared or forgiven
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Maryland this week became the latest state to announce mass pardons for people convicted of marijuana-related…
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US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region’s Native tribes
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged, for the first time, the harmful role it has played…
Continue Reading US government for the first time acknowledges how damming of Pacific Northwest rivers devastated region’s Native tribes
SEATTLE (AP) — US government for the first time acknowledges how damming of Pacific Northwest rivers devastated region’s Native…
Continue Reading McLaughlin-Levrone to focus on her best event, the 400 hurdles, at Olympic trials
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone plans on defending her title in the 400-meter hurdles at the Paris…
Continue Reading Former GOP Rep. George Nethercutt, who defeated House Speaker Tom Foley in 1994, dies at 79
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with limited political experience when…
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An Oregon nurse faces assault charges that she stole fentanyl and replaced IV drips with tap water
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A former nurse at a southern Oregon hospital is facing criminal charges that she harmed nearly four dozen patients by stealing…
Continue Reading Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal…
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Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal…
Continue Reading NWSL rivals Reign and Thorns play to scoreless draw
By SUSIE RANTZ Associated Press Longtime rivals Seattle Reign and Portland Thorns played to a scoreless draw at Lumen Field on Sunday in the National…
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Judge could soon set trial date for man charged in killings of 4 University of Idaho students
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge could soon decide on a trial date for a man charged in the deaths of four University…
Continue Reading Crews rescue 28 people trapped upside down high on Oregon amusement park ride
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Emergency crews in Oregon rescued 28 people Friday after they were stuck for about half an hour dangling upside down high on…
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Microsoft delays controversial AI Recall feature on new Windows computers
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — New laptops equipped with Microsoft Windows start shipping to customers next week without a flagship feature called Recall…
Continue Reading Chargers QB Herbert takes in stride another offseason of learning a new offense and playbook
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert having to learn a new playbook and working with a different offensive…
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Washington’s Makah Tribe could once again harpoon whales as US waives conservation law
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday…
Continue Reading Washington state’s Makah tribe is granted a waiver that helps clear the way for it to resume traditional whale hunts
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s Makah tribe is granted a waiver that helps clear the way for it to resume traditional whale…
Continue Reading Neil Goldschmidt, former Oregon governor who confessed to sex with a minor in the 1970s, has died
By STEVEN DuBOIS and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Former Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, who as mayor of Portland was credited with starting the…
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