Washington moves to end child sex abuse lawsuit time limits
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — People who were sexually abused as children in Washington state may soon be able to bring lawsuits against the state, schools…
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — People who were sexually abused as children in Washington state may soon be able to bring lawsuits against the state, schools…
Continue ReadingAs a key food supply — salmon — declines, the endangered population of Southern Resident killer whales, known to frequent the Salish Sea off the…
Continue ReadingScientists led by an Oregon State University researcher have developed a new electrolyte that raises the efficiency of the zinc metal anode in zinc…
Continue ReadingWith the start of spring (if not warm spring weather) comes the annual deadline to remove studded tires. Oregon drivers must remove studded tires…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill that would have provided free menstrual products in girls bathrooms in Idaho public schools failed in the state House,…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three people were found shot to death Saturday afternoon in a car in a neighborhood on Portland’s north side, police…
Continue ReadingEVERETT, Wash. (AP) — An Everett police officer shot in the head while investigating a robbery Wednesday has been discharged from a local hospital,…
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A deputy on Friday morning shot and killed a man who was suspected of carrying a grenade in his hand in south Tacoma,…
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — As drought dried up rivers that carry California’s newly hatched Chinook…
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Kirkland Warren was out on bail pending a long-delayed murder trial in Arkansas. But when he was…
Continue ReadingANACORTES, Wash. (AP) — A safety device meant to keep trains from tipping into Puget Sound knocked a train off the tracks last week, spilling 3,100…
Continue ReadingTALENT, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Forestry has selected the southern Oregon town of Talent, which has battled back from a 2020…
Continue ReadingThe skeleton of a rare 70-foot blue whale that washed up on the Oregon coast several years ago will journey to Alberta, Canada later this week so a…
Continue ReadingBy LISA BAUMANN Associated Press A rural hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a…
Continue ReadingBOARDMAN, Ore. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is urging Oregon to clean up water contamination from nitrates in the eastern part of the…
Continue ReadingResearchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed a handheld sensor that tests perspiration for cortisol and provides…
Continue ReadingA wolverine, rare and listed as threatened in Oregon, was spotted by two people who were fishing on the Columbia River near Portland on Monday…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be awarding the Oregon Department of…
Continue ReadingSens. Ron Wyden and Michael Bennet introduced legislation Wednesday that would expand access to mental and behavioral health care for Oregonians and…
Continue ReadingOregon Health Authority has issued the state’s first psilocybin license as part of the nation’s first regulatory framework for psilocybin…
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