WA House OKs banning guns at ballot counts, school boards
By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state House has approved a measure that would prohibit guns and other…
Continue ReadingBy RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state House has approved a measure that would prohibit guns and other…
Continue ReadingThere are 18 newly reported COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon since Friday, raising the state’s death toll to 6,373, the Oregon Health Authority…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal officials say a Portland, Oregon, man tried to open an emergency exit door during a commercial airline flight last…
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Police say the death of a woman found in a Tacoma homeless encampment has been ruled a homicide. Tacoma Police said Monday in…
Continue ReadingOregon has released draft rules for the therapeutic use of psilocybin, commonly called magic…
Continue ReadingOregon State University is one of seven institutions nationwide to receive a new grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to create and…
Continue ReadingAn estimated 5,000 people attended the memorial service for a St. Paul, Oregon, firefighter on Saturday…
Continue ReadingGRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Justice has released an opinion that the planned gambling machines in an entertainment center…
Continue ReadingNEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — After starting on time for the first time in years, Oregon’s Dungeness crab season is seeing a record-breaking haul. KGW…
Continue ReadingPortland Mayor Ted Wheeler is leading an effort to pressure the state to immediately pay for temporary homeless shelters, a week after announcing a…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say the surge of the omicron variant appears to have peaked in Oregon. State Health Officer  Dr. Dean Sidelinger…
Continue ReadingThere are 12 newly reported COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, two from Crook County, raising the state’s death toll to 6,355, the Oregon Health…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Police say officers are searching for an armed person who shot a man during a bank robbery in Seattle’s Sodo neighborhood Friday…
Continue ReadingMAPLE FALLS, Wash. (AP) — Police say two deputies who were shot Thursday northeast of Bellingham are in stable condition and a man has been…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s eviction moratorium implemented nearly two years ago due to the coronavirus pandemic will be extended through the end of…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Investigators believe  hackers stole at least some of the Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal data of 650,000…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho lawmakers has introduced a bill that would ban abortions after six weeks of…
Continue ReadingBELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say two sheriff’s deputies were shot after responding to a dispute where neighbors shouting at each other in…
Continue ReadingOregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan released the 2022-23 Audit Plan Thursday. The plan outlines new audits the Oregon Audits Division intends to…
Continue ReadingOregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has rejected proposed ballot measures to cap political donations, on procedural grounds. But one prominent…
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