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Adams County ballot features competitive federal, state and local races
RITZVILLE — Filing week has closed in Adams County, and voters will see a crowded and competitive ballot in the 20…
Far-right US politicians label lockdowns anti-constitutional
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — In deeply conservative eastern Washington state, a prominent state lawmaker kicked out of his Republican Party caucus labels the coronavirus as a foreign bio-weapon, accuses Marxists of using …
ID Lottery
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ These Idaho lotteries were drawn Tuesday:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Megabucks' game
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Megabucks" game were:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 3 Night' game
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Idaho Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Lucky For Life' game
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
Man charged with participating in $65M tax evasion scheme
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 38-year-old Beaverton man is accused of evading more than $65 million in employment and income taxes by paying Portland-area construction workers and subcontractors in cash.
Apple varieties rediscovered by the Lost Apple Project
NEW APPLE VARIETIES REDISCOVERED:
Deaths hit 45 at Virginia care home called 'virus's dream'
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Ronald Mitchell worried about his mother’s care at a suburban Richmond nursing home long before she was swept up in one of the nation’s deadliest coronavirus outbreaks.
Bend woman pleads guilty to smothering grandmother
BEND, Ore. (AP) — A Bend woman who said she smothered her 92-year-old grandmother with a pillow pleaded guilty a second time and received a five-year prison sentence Monday after her first conviction was overturned.
US case against Vagos in Nevada ends; racketeering dismissed
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A long and troubled federal prosecution in Nevada of current and former Vagos biker gang members from California accused of running an international criminal enterprise and killing a rival Hells An…
Washington attorney general sues Facebook over campaign ads
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state is suing Facebook — again — for selling political ads without disclosing all necessary information about who's behind them.
Winning numbers drawn in 'Keno' game
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Keno" game were:
California governor provides complex outline for reopening
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday outlined a complex set of circumstances for the state to lift coronavirus restrictions and then described a possible startling new normal: temperatu…
Man sentenced to psychiatric hospital for stabbing man
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 27-year-old man who stabbed a Portland resident 17 times after the resident asked him not to camp in the neighborhood has been sentenced to treatment at the Oregon State Hospital.
Coronavirus deaths up to 53, Gov. releases $8M to food bank
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Health Authority has reported one new coronavirus death, bringing the total number of people who have died from the disease to 53. The authority said Monday that the person who died…