Endangered NW species gets a head start: Oregon Zoo welcomes 10 tiny pond turtle hatchlings
Ten tiny northwestern pond turtles have arrived at the Oregon Zoo’s conservation lab. The zoo is “head-starting” the endangered reptiles,…
Continue ReadingTen tiny northwestern pond turtles have arrived at the Oregon Zoo’s conservation lab. The zoo is “head-starting” the endangered reptiles,…
Continue ReadingAffordable housing, drinking water improvements, schools and earthquake readiness are just a few of the projects that will be funded, thanks to…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan ordered an audit Friday of Clackamas County’s May election results. Post-election…
Continue ReadingKENT, Wash. (AP) — A suburban Seattle city will pay more than $1.5 million to settle a dispute with a former assistant police chief who was…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a…
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Health officials in Washington state say they have confirmed a case of shellfish poisoning in a person who ate butter clams…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — The rain that fell on the Seattle area Thursday was so much that records for the date were set across all six climate-reporting…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Seattle has paid $500,000 to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the father of a 19-year-old man shot and killed after police…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — When Raevahnna Richardson spotted a woman standing outside a library in Salem, Oregon,…
Continue ReadingMore than 5,000 illegally grown marijuana plants were seized from 18 greenhouses in a raid by Oregon State Police drug agents Wednesday on a property…
Continue ReadingBELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court has temporarily halted evictions for people living in certain households on Nooksack Tribal…
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A person’s race and ethnicity must be taken into account when deciding whether they were free to…
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A wolf pack in northeastern Washington state has killed another calf, forcing the state Department of Fish and Wildlife to…
Continue ReadingMEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Late-season precipitation means reservoirs in the Rogue River basin are nearly full for the first time in three years. The…
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The benefits provided by four giant hydroelectric dams on the lower Snake River in…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A father and son from southwest Washington are set to accept plea deals with federal prosecutors for entering the U.S.…
Continue ReadingYAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A team created to improve the response to domestic violence incidents in Yakima was made official Tuesday by the Yakima City…
Continue ReadingBELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — A Bellevue family who lost their home when it was pushed off its foundation during a January landslide filed a lawsuit…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that private companies providing services to people in Oregon jail custody must abide by…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A judge has ordered the release of 78 photographs of tattoos that cover the body of a suburban Seattle police officer charged with…
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