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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Less is more has become a more common approach in sports. Coaches from the profession leagues to college athletics are weighing how much work is too much in practice and ahead of games. As baseball enters the postseason after a six-month grind, players’ health and

CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Talolo Limu-Jones had career highs with 11 receptions for 231 yards before leaving with an apparent ankle injury, Eric Barriere threw for 422 yards and two touchdowns to Andrew Boston as Eastern Washington beat Montana 34-28 in a matchup of two of the top teams in the FCS. Eastern Washington (5-0,

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Mitch Haniger drove in five runs and his two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning gave Seattle the lead as the Mariners took their playoff hopes to the final day of the regular season with a 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels. With Seattle’s season

GARY HOROWITZ Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — B.J. Baylor had 20 carries for 110 yards and two touchdowns, Everett Hayes kicked a 24-yard field goal as time expired and Oregon State beat Washington 27-24. It’s still relatively early in the season, but Oregon State’s win combined with Stanford’s upset of No. 3 Oregon in

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Jayden de Laura passed for three touchdowns, two to Calvin Jackson Jr. who made a spectacular one-handed grab near the corner of the end zone, and Washington State beat California 21-6 on Saturday. Playing for the first time since suffering a leg injury against Southern California

SEATTLE (AP) — Ahead of Seattle’s COVID-19 vaccination deadline for city workers, Interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz is urging department employees to get vaccinated, warning of a possible staffing challenge if they fail to do so. The Seattle Times reported that in a letter sent to staff on Friday, Diaz said that based on current

CLALLAM BAY, Wash. (AP) — Local health officers say a COVID-19 outbreak at Clallam Bay Corrections Center continues to grow. The Peninsula Daily News reports the prison outbreak on the Olympic Peninsula northwest of Seattle began in early August with five staff members. The state Department of Corrections dashboard shows it had grown to 55

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Jose Suarez threw five strong innings, Brandon Marsh accounted for all the offense with a two-run double, and the Los Angeles Angels landed a major blow to Seattle’s postseason hopes by beating the Mariners 2-1. Seattle dropped into a tie with Toronto, both of them one

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s attorney general has filed lawsuits against two counties that had adopted ordinances that seek to nullify new statewide gun safety laws and declaring themselves “Second Amendment Sanctuaries.” In her lawsuits against Yamhill and Harney counties, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum asked the circuit courts in those

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three Portland neighborhoods will soon be home to the city’s first “safe rest villages.” Oregon Public Broadcasting reports Commissioner Dan Ryan is leading the effort to construct six city-sanctioned outdoor homeless villages by the end of the year. He announced the downtown, Brentwood-Darlington and Hazelwood locations Thursday. He said the sites

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks expect wide receiver Tyler Lockett to play Sunday against San Francisco despite a hip injury that slowed him in practice. Coach Pete Carroll says Lockett was able to get some work in during the last practice before the game and should be to go against the 49ers. Lockett

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers could be down two more starting cornerbacks for Sunday’s game against Seattle but are holding out hope that star tight end George Kittle can play. Coach Kyle Shanahan says slot cornerback K’Waun Williams will miss the game against the

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 was announced Thursday by the state Department of Labor and Industries. Under state law, the department sets the minimum wage for the coming year using a consumer price index for urban

SEATTLE (AP) — The Port of Seattle has fired its police chief, who had been the subject of a lengthy investigation into allegations of workplace misconduct. The Seattle Times reports Chief Rod Covey’s termination was announced via email on Thursday. Covey had been on paid administrative leave since June 2020, when the investigation began. The

By AMY FORLITI and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The United States has reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone, eclipsing 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 just as the surge from the delta variant is starting to slow down and give overwhelmed hospitals some relief. It took 3 ½ months for the U.S. to

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed a pair of firsts to be the Justice Department’s top lawyers in Washington state. Nick Brown, the former general counsel to Gov. Jay Inslee, will be the first Black top federal prosecutor in Western Washington, while Vanessa Waldref, an environmental lawyer for the DOJ, will be the

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The recently concluded redistricting special session at the Oregon Legislature was marked by a broken deal, a Republican walkout and accusations of “cheating” that have reignited tensions on the state House floor. And the fallout from the special session may linger, bleeding into next

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state correctional facilities will no longer place people in custody in solitary confinement as a punishment — after state officials determined it is not effective. The Seattle Times reports the state Department of Corrections made the announcement Thursday, although the new practice has been in effect for the past two weeks.

A group of more than 20 current and former employees are accusing Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceflight company of being a toxic work environment and not following proper safety protocols. The workers claim in an essay that there’s sexism at the company. The employees, led by former head of Blue Origin employee communications Alexandra Abrams,