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Myers announces candidacy for 13th District House position
MOSES LAKE — Don Myers, Moses Lake deputy mayor, has announced his candidacy for the Washington House of Represent…
Winning numbers drawn in 'Lotto' game
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Idaho Cash' game
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Idaho Lottery's "Idaho Cash" game were:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Powerball' game
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:
Police: Oregon boy dies following shooting incident
ALOHA, Ore. (AP) — A 3-year-old western Oregon boy has died following a shooting, police said Saturday.
Judge throws out charges against nursing assistant
LYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) — A Snohomish County judge has dismissed a case against a nursing assistant charged with second-degree manslaughter by the state attorney general’s office following the death of a patient.
Oregon relaxes some asbestos rules to speed wildfire cleanup
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials are relaxing some requirements for handling ash and debris containing asbestos to speed work in removing debris from homes and buildings destroyed by wildfires.
Amazon starts hiring 2,000 for southwestern Idaho facility
NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Amazon has started hiring more than 2,000 workers for its distribution center in Nampa in southwestern Idaho.
Court: Press, others remain exempt from dispersal orders
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Journalists and legal observers will be exempt from federal officers’ orders to disperse during Portland protests as federal agencies appeal a lower court’s preliminary injunction, a federal a…
Washington Apple Commission downgrades crop forecast
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — With the majority of Washington’s apple crop picked, growers are downgrading their forecast for the harvest.
State: Worker who got $186K in ‘dog phobia’ case owned dogs
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A meter reader who was attacked by a dog while on duty and collected years of workers’ compensation is now accused of stealing the money, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industrie…
Man pleads guilty to bribing FBI official over contract
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — A Virginia man has pleaded guilty to bribing an FBI official to help him win lucrative construction and maintenance contracts worth more than $12 million for an Idaho data center.
Judge grounds US Air Force urban training plans in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Air Force violated environmental laws by not adequately studying how noise from military jets coordinating exercises with plain-clothed soldiers on the ground in Idaho could harm humans…
Invasive insect found at Oregon nursery could pose threat
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — A dead spotted lanternfly, a destructive and invasive insect species, has been found at an Oregon nursery, state agricultural officials said.
Man tased by Forest Grove police in critical condition
FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP) — A man is in a hospital in critical condition after Forest Grove police officers tased him and he stopped breathing late Wednesday.
Oregon records largest yet one-day COVID-19 case count
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Health Authority reported 484 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the state’s largest daily total since the the start of the pandemic.