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BBCC student information not hacked during computer shutdown
MOSES LAKE — Personal information of Big Bend Community College students was not compromised as the result of a cy…
Oregon COVID-19 daily cases climb to 600 for first time
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — For a second day Oregon has climbed to new record highs in cases of the coronavirus.
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 3 Day' game
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Idaho Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
Judge cites Trump tweets in restricting feds at protests
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) —
Oregon could become 1st US state to decriminalize hard drugs
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In what would be a first in the U.S., possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, LSD and other hard drugs could be decriminalized in Oregon under a ballot measure that voters are deciding on…
Leader of Spokane County health district no longer on job
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The top health officer of the Spokane Regional Health District is no longer on the job in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Father: 21-year-old Black man killed by Washington deputies
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A Black man who was fatally shot by authorities in Washington state was a 21-year-old former high school football player with an infant daughter, friends and family said Friday.
Idaho priest serving 25 years for child porn dies in prison
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest who possessed more than 2,500 images of what investigators called the most disturbing child pornography they had ever seen has died in prison.
Father: Son fatally shot by deputies in Washington state
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say sheriff's deputies in southwest Washington were involved in a shooting.
Oregon announces new COVID metrics for school reopening
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials on Friday announced new COVID-19 metrics to determine when students can return to K-12 schools for in-person learning, with the aim of getting more children back into the classro…
Deputies involved in shooting in Clark County, Washington
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say sheriff's deputies in Clark County, Washington, were involved in a shooting.
Ex-Idaho candidate appears in Colorado court in girl's death
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate charged with kidnapping and killing a 12-year-old Colorado girl who disappeared after a holiday concert over 30 years ago made his first court a…
Wolves rebound, lose protections. Now future up to voters
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — The saucer-sized footprints in the mud around the bloody, disemboweled bison carcass were unmistakable: wolves.
On pandemic 'learning loss,' schools look forward, not back
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A complete picture has yet to emerge of how much learning was lost by students during the pandemic. That’s all right with educators like Superintendent Craig Broeren, whose top concern is figuri…
Reporter tear gassed at protest settles with Eugene for $45K
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A Eugene Weekly reporter who was hit with a tear gas canister while he filmed police breaking up a protest in late May has settled a lawsuit against the city of Eugene.
Shellfish toxin forces closure of Vashon Island beaches
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington health officials have closed Vashon-Maury Island's Quartermaster Harbor beaches due to unsafe levels of a shellfish toxin.