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Ballot processing continues as certification approaches
EPHRATA — Election officials in Grant and Adams counties are nearing the finish line of the 2026 general election,…
NASA goes private for 1st astronaut lunar landers in decades
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is turning to private industry for the first lunar landers for astronauts in a half-century, with three competing, quite contrasting versions.
Boeing cuts compound virus's threat to Seattle-area economy
SEATTLE (AP) — In normal times, news that Boeing is cutting 10 percent of its workforce would be dire in the Seattle area, a region synonymous with aerospace decades before Microsoft and Amazon moved in.
Oregon aims to include brewpubs, wineries in reopening
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is planning to allow its famed microbreweries and wine tasting rooms to reopen when it starts loosening stay-home orders, rejecting a federal recommendation that bars remain closed.
Coronavirus and other causes driving surge in US deaths
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. has seen at least 66,000 more deaths than usual so far this year, according to government data, and the new coronavirus accounts for much — but not all — of the increase.
Amazon profit falls as pandemic-related costs rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon’s sales soared in the first three months of the year, as more home-bound people shopped online amid the coronavirus pandemic.
1 in 5 Washington workers have filed unemployment claims
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — One in five workers in Washington have filed unemployment benefit claims since March, and nearly $1.5 billion in benefits have been paid out in that time frame, including federal money that ha…
6 more ex-Catlin Gabel students claim sex abuse by teachers
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Six more students of The Catlin Gabel School have sued the school saying they were abused by faculty members.
Driver, 18, arrested after skateboarder run over, killed
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after he allegedly drove into a skateboarder in a Vancouver, Washington, parking lot Wednesday and killed him.
Winning numbers drawn in 'Powerball' game
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:
Man arrested in strangulation death of Seattle woman
SEATTLE (AP) — A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Seattle woman whose body was found in a car that was involved in a train wreck in Kent. Kent police said detectives quickly realized her inju…
Airbus says virus aviation crisis still at 'early stage'
PARIS (AP) — Airbus says the aviation industry's unprecedented troubles are just beginning.
Winning numbers drawn in 'Daily Game' game
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Lotto' game
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Win for Life' game
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Win for Life" game were:
Trump trade office adds Amazon to 'notorious markets' list
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States for the first time added five of Amazon’s overseas operations to its list of “notorious markets’’ where pirated goods are sold. The e-commerce giant dismissed the move as part of…