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Field study
MOSES LAKE — Six decades of agricultural collaboration between the Columbia Basin and Japan were celebrated Monday…
Bill Gates says he is stepping down from Microsoft board
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Friday he is stepping down from the company's board to focus on
Idaho health officials report 1st coronavirus case in state
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho health officials said Friday that the state's first case of the new coronavirus is a woman in her 50s in southwestern Idaho in highly populated Ada County, which includes Boise.
Senate committee kills bill involving guns in schools
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation allowing Idaho school district employees with an enhanced concealed weapons license to carry a concealed weapon on school property was killed by a Senate committee Friday.
Oregon prepares for fallout from coronavirus, school closure
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown said Friday that the state will help find childcare for the children of frontline medical workers and first responders as schools statewide are closed for two weeks to slow the…
Inslee expands closures statewide, virus deaths reach 37
SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday expanded school closures and prohibited large gatherings across all of Washington in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus while health officials reported at l…
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee orders all schools in state closed for six weeks due to coronavirus
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee orders all schools in state closed for six weeks due to coronavirus.
COVID-19 response became legislative priority in Washington
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers started this year's legislative session focused on the state's homelessness crisis and ended it 60 days later amid a global pandemic that led to them passing a supplementa…
Authorities: Officer fatally shoots man who had gun
CAMAS, Wash. (AP) — A police officer shot and killed a man who had a gun in Camas, Washington, authorities said.
Idaho governor declares emergency because of coronavirus
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little declared a state of emergency Friday because of the new coronavirus.
400 Oregon doctors demand more state action on coronavirus
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of doctors from around Oregon signed a letter Friday to Gov. Kate Brown demanding more resources and help to combat the spread of the new coronavirus.
Schools scramble to feed students after coronavirus closures
ELK GROVE, Calif. (AP) — Kiyana Esco needs free school lunches and breakfasts to feed her six children. But with schools shutting down over coronavirus concerns, she’s scrambling to pick up the meals, care for her …
Coronavirus spreads across Washington as new deaths reported
SEATTLE (AP) — Testing for the new coronavirus continued across Washington state on Friday while more counties are reporting positive results.
2 people arrested in connection with death of woman
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Two people have been arrested in connection with the strangulation death of a woman whose naked body was found on a road in north Spokane this week.
Pentagon reconsiders Microsoft contract after Amazon protest
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is reconsidering its awarding of a major cloud computing contract to Microsoft after rival tech giant Amazon protested what it called a flawed bidding process.
Idaho bill aimed at abortion funding heads to full Senate
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill in Idaho that would ban any public money from going to organizations that provide abortions headed to the Senate on Friday.