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Grant County Treasurer retires after 4 decades
EPHRATA — For Darryl Pheasant, it’s always been about the details. “He knew how everything worked,” said Grant …
Police in Pendleton, Oregon, to start using body cameras
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — The Pendleton Police Department in northeastern Oregon now has an extra set of eyes with them.
Seattle Schools to pay $475K to kid released to wrong parent
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Public Schools has agreed to pay almost half a million dollars to resolve a claim involving a former student who said he was hospitalized after his elementary school released him to the wrong…
Woman sleeping near garage run over, dies in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 47-year-old woman who was sleeping near an apartment complex garage was run over and has died at a hospital, police said.
Salem lawyer charged with strangling, assaulting woman
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Salem attorney is facing strangling, assault and other charges as well as an Oregon State bar investigation after being accused of strangling, assaulting and harassing a woman in Clackamas Coun…
Wanted man who rammed patrol car gets 17 years
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday told Shane J. Pariseau that he is running out of chances after he escaped a high-speed police in 2018 only to be found days later in a Spokane hotel room with what …
Seattle treatment center closing doors after 30 years
SEATTLE (AP) — Roxanne White was in a “very desperate and very broken place” when she first came to Thunderbird Treatment Center in 2002.
Suit: Fred Meyer worker called woman, daughter racist slurs
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 45-year-old Portland woman has filed a lawsuit accusing grocer Fred Meyer of racial discrimination after she said an employee called her racist slurs.
Port Ludlow man who ran guardianship firm stole from clients
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Kitsap County man who was supposed to be handling money for disabled and elderly clients has instead admitted to stealing it.
Popular Idaho drive-in to rise from the rubble
SPOKANE, Wash. — (AP) —
Institution in Idaho for Oregon foster children off limits
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Lane County judge has blocked Oregon child welfare officials from sending a foster child to live at an Idaho facility after the boy’s attorney pointed out a technicality that could impact th…
Police arrest 7, seize drugs at Seattle tent encampment
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle police have arrested seven people and seized crack cocaine from a multi-room tent that was in a larger encampment between freeway ramps for Interstate 90 and Interstate 5, authorities said.
Winning numbers drawn in 'Lucky For Life' game
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
Bellingham toddler's death officially ruled a homicide
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The late-November death of a Bellingham toddler has been ruled a homicide by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office.
OR Lottery
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ These Oregon lotteries were drawn Friday:
Police in ‘substantial compliance’ with required reforms
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Justice Department lawyers said Friday they’ve found the Portland Police Bureau in substantial compliance with 190 reforms required as part of a city settlement adopted six years ago. The…