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High winds forecast Tuesday and Wednesday
MOSES LAKE — While the heavy rain, heavy snow and flooding is expected to stay north of the Columbia Basin, the Ba…
Idaho's coronavirus surge overwhelms primary care clinics
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's unchecked spread of the coronavirus has become so overwhelming in some areas that medical care providers are struggling to even answer all the phone calls from would-be patients, a healt…
Bremerton hospital sees another coronavirus outbreak
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — Another COVID-19 outbreak has been reported at St. Michael Medical Center in Bremerton, where at least six people have been infected since early November.
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 4 4PM' game
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Pick 4 4PM" game were:
State DOH updates residents on COVID-19 vaccine
State officials on Thursday advised residents to continue wearing masks and practicing social distancing, as a COVID-19 vaccine hadn’t been approved -- even though one had been expected to be ready this month.
White supremacists killed Ethiopian man but his son thrives
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The California lawyer who for years made sure white supremacist Tom Metzger made payments on a judgment for his role in the killing of an Ethiopian man studying in the U.S. took no money for himsel…
Gov. Jay Inslee urges public to forego holiday gatherings
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and his wife, Trudi, on Thursday urged people to forego gatherings and holiday travel plans as COVID-19 cases spike across the state, and the governor said further m…
Idaho's 2nd-largest school district goes online-only, again
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's second-largest school district will move to online-only classes after the end of next week because skyrocketing coronavirus cases have forced nearly 1,600 students and staffers into quar…
Nighttime deer hunts approved at airport
WARRENTON, Ore. (AP) — The Port of Astoria got city approval for nighttime hunts to kill deer causing a danger to aircraft at the Astoria Regional Airport.
Federal Way reaches settlement with DOJ over school bullying
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) — Federal Way Public Schools has agreed to better track and prevent bullying as part of a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department, changes the district says have been underway for years.
Seattle, Edmonds men died Langley plane crash
LANGLEY, Wash. (AP) — The two people who died when their Cessna crashed on Whidbey Island Wednesday have been identified.
Corrections officer charged with child rape
PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — A Clallam Bay Corrections Center officer has been charged with first-degree child rape.
Oregon shatters COVID-19 daily case record after Halloween
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon tallied 1,122 new confirmed or presumptive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, shattering its previous record and blowing past more than 1,000 new daily cases for the first time as the coron…
White separatist who spewed racial hatred dead at 82
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Metzger, the notorious former Ku Klux Klan leader who rose to prominence in the 1980s while promoting white separatism and stoking racial violence, has died at age 82.
Virus surge: Schools abandon classes, states retreat
School systems in Detroit, Indianapolis, Philadelphia and suburban Minneapolis are giving up on in-person classes, and some governors are reimposing restrictions on bars and restaurants or getting more serious abou…
Portland, Oregon hospitals cut some surgeries in COVID surge
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Several major hospitals in Portland, Oregon, are curtailing some elective surgeries amid a surge in COVID-19 cases as intensive care unit and non-ICU hospital beds alike fill up.