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Cost of employer-sponsored health insurance plans rises again, nonpartisan survey finds
WASHINGTON — The price health insurance companies charge for employer-sponsored plans increased again this year, a…
Hospital COVID-19 outbreak remains under investigation
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A top health official said Monday he doesn’t know how a COVID-19 outbreak spread to 30 patients and employees at a Vancouver hospital.
Washington, Oregon, 29 tribes sue over plan to move archives
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington, Oregon, more than two dozen Native American and Alaska Native tribes and cultural groups from the Northwest are suing the federal government to stop the sale of the National Archives buil…
Ranchers whose case sparked standoff may get grazing rights
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The federal government has proposed awarding grazing allotments to an Oregon ranching family whose members were convicted of arson in a court battle that triggered the takeover of a federal wildl…
Police: Suspect escapes precinct after cleaners open door
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man suspected of attempted murder who escaped a secure room in a Portland police precinct may have gotten out after a COVID-19 cleaning crew opened the door, police said.
Oregon House leaders move toward more diverse representation
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Acknowledging Oregon's history of racism, Democratic leaders in the state House pledged Monday to open paths for more diverse representation in the Legislature and its leadership.
US issues new rules for Idaho potato field quarantines
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials have released a new plan involving methods to deal with a microscopic pest in southeastern Idaho that threatens the state's billion-dollar industry that supplies a third of the na…
Louisiana shipyard to build 2 new research ships for NOAA
HOUMA, La. (AP) — A shipyard in Louisiana has a $178 million Navy contract to build two new research ships for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC is located in Ho…
Statehouses could prove to be hothouses for virus infection
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — As lawmakers around the U.S. convene this winter to deal with the crisis created by the pandemic, statehouses themselves could prove to be hothouses for infection.
Amazon's Bezos tops list of richest charitable gifts in 2020
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The world's richest person made the single-largest charitable contribution in 2020, according to The
Oregon police seek help in identifying child
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A sketch of the child whose body was found in rural Lincoln County in December was released on Monday.
Women who fought mining waste on reservation dies at 65
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A woman who fought to clean up the legacy of uranium mining on the Spokane Indian Reservation died on New Year’s Day.
King County seeks to buy hotels to house homeless
SEATTLE (AP) — King County is starting 2021 with plans to buy as many as a dozen hotels to permanently house hundreds of homeless people and provide them with services.
Sound Transit cancels north line train due to mudslide
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Sound Transit officials said Sunday that north line train service for Monday has been canceled after a weekend mudslide was reported between the Mukilteo and Edmonds stations following a storm…
Priest Rapids workers released from sequestration
Negative coronavirus tests meant employees at Priest Rapids Dam were released from sequestration after 15 days.
Snow and irrigation: Water content of snowpack in Upper Columbia Basin is at 116% of average
The end of 2020 brought with it the Columbia Basin’s first serious snow of the season.