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Farmworker wage complaints in WA caught in state agency backlog, report finds
Over half of farmworker wage complaints Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries received last year went un…
Virus casts a dark cloud over once-thriving home market
BOSTON (AP) — When Rebeka McBride and her husband put their home in Washington state on the market in early March, the coronavirus outbreak was just taking hold in the United States. They managed to hold two open h…
Winning numbers drawn in 'Lotto America' game
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Lotto America" game were:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Powerball' game
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Weekly Grand' game
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Idaho Lottery's "Weekly Grand" game were:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Idaho Cash' game
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Idaho Lottery's "Idaho Cash" game were:
Human remains found are that of woman with brown hair
SWEET HOME, Ore. (AP) — Human remains that were found near Sweet Home are that of a woman with short brown hair, authorities said.
Police: Man dead after shooting 2, stealing car
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The Cowlitz County Coroner’s Office has identified the person who shot two people Tuesday in a rural area near Battle Ground as a 33-year-old Vancouver, Washington, man.
Police: Man dead after killing 2, stealing car
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The Cowlitz County Coroner’s Office has identified the person who shot two people Tuesday in a rural area near Battle Ground as a 33-year-old Vancouver, Washington, man.
Gov. Brown: Oregon schools to remain closed through the school year because of coronavirus
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Brown: Oregon schools to remain closed through the school year because of coronavirus.
Oregon schools closed through academic year due to virus
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday that Oregon's K-12 schools will remain closed though the end of the academic year due to the coronavirus outbreak, placing the state's more than 550,000 students…
School district pays $410K to employee who raised concerns
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Public Schools will pay $410,000 to a former employee who said she was fired for raising red flags over a lack of safety for seventh-graders working with dangerous equipment including…
Virus: Inslee sending back DOD field hospital
SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday a Department of Defense field hospital that had been set up by the football field where the Seattle Seahawks play due to the coronavirus outbreak will be returned to th…
Justice delayed: Virus crisis upends courts system across US
BOSTON (AP) — Courthouses shuttered. Thousands of trials on hold. Legal deadlines pushed.
Hawaii mayor: Florida man flouting quarantine was 'covidiot'
HONOLULU (AP) — A mayor in Hawaii is calling a Florida man accused of trying to flout Hawaii’s traveler quarantine a “covidiot.”
Idaho panel to oversee $1.25 billion virus rescue package
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has ordered the creation of a committee to oversee the state's $1.25 billion share of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic rescue package approved by Congress last month.