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Updated 6 days, 16 hours ago

Wildcats qualify 11 for Outdoor Championships

INDIANAPOLIS – Central Washington University Track and Field put out a statement Tuesday to announce that 11 stude…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Elizabeth Warren to campaign in Seattle Saturday

SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren will campaign in Washington a day after the ballots for the March 10 presidential primary are sent to the state's nearly 4.5 million voters.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Man facing prison term for plot to obtain $1M in stolen TVs

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Maryland are recommending a prison sentence of more than five years for a man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to obtain hundreds of stolen televisions worth more than $…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Hanoko the elephant euthanized at Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — An Asian elephant that spent more than 20 years at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium was euthanized Saturday night after a “severe decline in her health,” zoo officials announced.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Jury decides convicted Oregon meth dealer should lose home

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Yamhill County jury has concluded that police can seize the home of a woman convicted of a felony drug crime under Oregon’s civil forfeiture law.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Spokane area continued upward trend in employment in 2019

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An increasing population and a booming economy have spurred employment growth around Spokane, according to state labor officials.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Police seek suspect who robbed 3 Portland banks in 1 hour

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man robbed three Portland banks in less than one hour last week, according to the Portland Police Bureau.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Crash kills Idaho Transportation Department employee

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho Transportation Department died as he worked along U.S. Highway 20 in southeast Idaho.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
3 wounded by gunfire in northeast Portland neighborhood

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three men suffered gunshot early Sunday in a northeast neighborhood of Portland.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Clallam County investigates death of woman found in forest

SEATTLE (AP) — Officials in Clallam County are investigating the death of a woman found in a forest.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Idaho cowboy ranches diverse herd: Horses, cows and camels

UCON, Idaho (AP) — Jeral Williams is a cowboy. He has 200 cows on his property near Ucon that he tends, several head of bison, six horses, two mules and a donkey. He wears a cowboy hat and sports a large mustache t…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Livestock disease found in elk in Montana's Ruby Mountains

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — State officials say the livestock disease brucellosis has been found in elk in southwestern Montana’s Ruby Mountains, the latest evidence that the disease continues to slowly spread among wild…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 3 Day' game

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Idaho Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Winning numbers drawn in 'Lotto America' game

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Lotto America" game were:

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Winning numbers drawn in 'Win for Life' game

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Win for Life" game were:

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Main Mount Rainier highway to be closed for weeks

Authorities say the main highway to Mount Rainier National Park will remain closed until mid-March or possibly longer due to the extensive damage caused by flooding, washouts, landslides and fallen trees during rec…