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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A group of Washington state tulip and daffodil farm workers have gone on strike to demand that the Washington Bulb…
Continue ReadingMOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A group of Washington state tulip and daffodil farm workers have gone on strike to demand that the Washington Bulb…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown has ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff immediately until sunset on Sunday, to honor the life…
Continue ReadingOregon Housing and Community Services said Wednesday it is looking for public input on what the priorities should be for spending $422 million in…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has been arraigned on charges stemming from a rally in Portland, Oregon.…
Continue ReadingSpring is here, and it’s time to take off the studded tires, the Oregon Department of Transportation reminded Wednesday. Oregon drivers have until…
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington state on Wednesday signed a bill that will ban the sale, manufacturing,…
Continue ReadingKENT, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries says it has fined Amazon $60,000 for “knowingly putting workers at…
Continue ReadingSens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday more than $46 million in FY2021 Continuum of Care Competition awards headed to seven…
Continue ReadingOregon OSHA announced Wednesday it has fined Dollar Tree Stores Inc. $32,000 for repeatedly exposing employees to potential serious injury from…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho has become the first state to enact a law modeled after a Texas law banning abortions…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Health officials say the subvariant of omicron known as BA.2 accounts for about one-fourth of COVID-19 cases sequenced in…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A lawsuit filed by the mother of a third grader says a Multnomah Education Service District worker inflicted illegal corporal…
Continue ReadingPASCO, Wash. (AP) — A second inmate in a month has died at the Franklin County jail. An autopsy was conducted Tuesday after an Othello woman was…
Continue ReadingThe first fluffy California condor chick of 2022 hatched last week at the Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation, marking the…
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The Pierce County Council has approved a settlement that will pay $4 million to the family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man killed…
Continue ReadingThere are eight newly COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 6,983, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday as…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police have arrested two men in connection with a car crash amid speed racing that killed a woman in Portland. The…
Continue ReadingBy Bridget Chavez Click here for updates on this story CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — John Cerda has now been…
Continue ReadingThe state agency that oversees public defense in Oregon says it will resume paying district attorneys discovery fees after cutting off the payments…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon residents who fish recreationally are now prohibited from taking home sea stars, otherwise known as starfish. Oregon…
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