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Pipes, punk and tradition
MOSES LAKE — The pipes will skirl and the fiddles will ring out at the Cascade Celtic Festival in Leavenworth May …
Winning numbers drawn in 'Lucky For Life' game
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
California governor asks Warren Buffet to back dam removal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom has appealed directly to investor Warren Buffet to support demolishing four hydroelectric dams on a river along the Oregon-California border to save salmon populations that have…
Shootings increase during Portland protests
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — During the two-month span of protests in Portland, Oregon, following the killing of of George Floyd authorities say Oregon's largest city has seen a spike in shootings, vandalism, arson and mu…
Body of Seattle man recovered from trail in Cascades
GRANITE FALLS, Wash. (AP) — A mountain rescue team has recovered the body of a Seattle man who fell through an ice bridge on the Gothic Basin trail off the Mountain Loop Highway in the North Cascades.
Activists vow to meet arriving federal agents in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Activists in Albuquerque said Thursday they are preparing to greet federal agents coming to New Mexico’s largest city with civil disobedience and peaceful protests.
Oregon reports decline in weekly COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials reported on Thursday the state's first decline in weekly coronavirus cases since early May.
Port of Seattle officer files race-based discrimination suit
SEATTLE (AP) — A Black officer with the Port of Seattle police is suing over the Port's alleged failure to provide records of an investigation into racial discrimination claims he made against superiors including t…
Supreme Court halts Idaho online signatures for initiative
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that an Idaho group must stop collecting online signatures for an education funding initiative for the November ballot.
US Supreme Court rules Idaho group must stop collecting signatures for education funding initiative for fall ballot.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — US Supreme Court rules Idaho group must stop collecting signatures for education funding initiative for fall ballot.
Oregon reports 416 new coronavirus cases, 5 new deaths
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Officials on Thursday reported 416 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Oregon.
Portland prepares for US agents to step back from protests
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon police prepared Thursday to take over protecting a federal courthouse in Portland that’s been a target of violent protests, in a deal between the Democratic governor and the Trump admin…
Man pleads guilty to pot charges after Oregon plane crash
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — One of two Idaho men who walked away from a small plane crash in a Medford neighborhood last summer has admitted to marijuana charges related to thousands of dollars worth of concentrated marij…
Canada imposes stricter rules for Americans going to Alaska
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s border agency is announcing stricter rules for Americans travelling through Canada to Alaska amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Lawmakers seek special session for liability shield law
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A working group of Idaho lawmakers approved proposed legislation Thursday creating a liability shield for protection against lawsuits during declared emergencies such as the coronavirus pandemic.
Slight dip in initial jobless claims, weekly bonus expires
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — As a $600 weekly bonus to those seeking unemployment benefits in Washington expired, the state saw a slight dip in new weekly claims, which remained at high levels as the ongoing coronavirus p…