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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,…
Virus: No date to lift restrictions, OR faces budget woes
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A flattening of the number of coronavirus cases in Oregon should persist until at least mid-May, but modeling that shows what to expect beyond then is uncertain and it's too soon to tell when the…
10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest for long-forgotten pioneer orchards has rediscovered 10 apple varieties that were believed to be…
Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game
ATLANTA (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" 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:
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.