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More rain for Cascades, high winds for Columbia Basin this week
LEAVENWORTH — A second strong winter storm is projected to hit Washington this week, bringing heavy rains back to …
WA Lottery
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ These Washington lotteries were drawn Wednesday:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Megabucks' game
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Megabucks" game were:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Lotto' game
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
New secretary of state to examine election system warnings
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Secretary of State-elect Shemia Fagan, a Democrat, said she will examine the “critical warnings” that the state's former elections director voiced before he was fired last week by the incu…
Oregon reports 876 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon recorded 876 new presumptive or confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and five new deaths.
Man arrested in hit-and-run suspected of assaulting witness
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Milwaukie man who was arrested on suspicion of fatally hitting a pedestrian has been taken into custody again after officials said he assaulted a witness in the case.
Appeals court upholds $18M campaign finance fine
SEATTLE (AP) — An appeals court has upheld the largest penalty for campaign finance violations ever assessed in Washington state.
Winning numbers drawn in 'Keno' game
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Keno" game were:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 4 10PM' game
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Pick 4 10PM" game were:
2 die in small plane crash on Whidbey Island
LANGLEY, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say two people have died in a small plane crash on Whidbey Island southeast of Langley.
ID Lottery
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ These Idaho lotteries were drawn Wednesday:
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…
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 4 4PM' game
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Pick 4 4PM" game were:
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.
US nuclear lab partnering with utility to produce hydrogen
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded just under $14 million for an attempt to build a hydrogen-energy production facility at a nuclear power plant in Minnesota with the help of a nuclear re…