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What's happening in the Pacific Northwest? For information and details regarding Northwest news, see our articles below.

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Central Washington falls in sweet-16

ELLENSBURG — The Central Washington Wildcats (25-7) were defeated 57-51 Monday by California State Polytechnic Uni…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
ID Lottery

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ These Idaho lotteries were drawn Wednesday:

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
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…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
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:

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
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.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
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…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Winning numbers drawn in 'Lotto America' game

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

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Winning numbers drawn in 'Powerball' game

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Winning numbers drawn in 'Weekly Grand' game

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Idaho Lottery's "Weekly Grand" game were:

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Winning numbers drawn in 'Idaho Cash' game

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Idaho Lottery's "Idaho Cash" game were:

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Measles case confirmed, possible Sea-Tac Airport exposure

SEATTLE (AP) — King County health officials say they’ve confirmed a new measles case in a child, with possible exposures at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
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.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Nevada approves $2.8M for woman wrongly imprisoned 34 years

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A state panel has finalized Nevada’s $2.85 million payment to a woman who spent almost 34 years in prison for a Reno killing she didn’t commit before she was exonerated by DNA evidence in 2…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
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.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Small plane crashes near Langley on Whidbey Island

LANGLEY, Wash. (AP) — A small plane crashed Wednesday morning on Whidbey Island southeast of Langley, officials with South Whidbey Fire said.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
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…