AP – Oregon-Northwest

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three Portland neighborhoods will soon be home to the city’s first “safe rest villages.” Oregon Public Broadcasting…

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington’s minimum hourly wage will rise to $14.49 next year, up from the current $13.69. The Seattle Times reports the increase…

By ANNE M. PETERSON and ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writers National Women’s Soccer League Commissioner Lisa Baird has resigned after some 19 months on…

NEW YORK (AP) — The NWSL won’t play this weekend after the revelation of sexual misconduct allegations against a former…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The recently concluded redistricting special session at the Oregon…

DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Britney Spears’ fight to end the conservatorship that controlled vast aspects of her life is…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Daimler’s truck and luxury car businesses are going their separate ways. Daimler…

BEND, Ore. (AP) — A district attorney says a grand jury has indicted a white man on multiple charges, including murder, in the shooting death of a…

EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — California will rename a popular park in Northern California to include its traditional Yurok name after a request from the…

COUGAR, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a Vancouver, Washington man died after he was swept over the Lower Lewis River Falls in the Gifford Pinchot…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Marion County officials have charged a second person in connection with the murder of a Salem woman who had been missing for…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The North Carolina Courage have fired coach Paul Riley after allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct…

By The Associated Press No. 3 Oregon heads to Stanford looking for its first 5-0 start since 2013. The Ducks started 8-0 that season before losing on…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a new tax on big banks aimed at providing…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has stopped a commercial timber harvest in central Oregon near Walton Lake in Oregon’s Ochoco National…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Recent leaf-peeping seasons have been disrupted by weather conditions in New England,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dairon Asprilla broke a tie off a rebound in the 59th minute and the Portland Timbers held on to beat Los Angeles FC 2-1 on…