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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 …
Driver accused of hitting 2 protesters pleads not guilty
SEATTLE (AP) — A man accused of driving a car on to a closed Seattle freeway this month and hitting two protesters, killing one and seriously injuring the other, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday.
Winning numbers drawn in 'Powerball' game
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:
Powerful quake shakes Alaska towns, creates small tsunami
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A powerful earthquake off Alaska’s southern coast shook sparsely populated coastal communities late Tuesday and prompted some residents to briefly flee to higher ground because of tsunami f…
Seattle superintendent urges no in-person schooling for fall
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s school district superintendent has decided against having students return to the classroom in the new year school, saying the prospect of in-person learning is impossible amid rising corona…
Supreme Court asked to allow online initiative signatures
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court should reject Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s request to put on hold an online signature-gathering effort during the coronavirus pandemic, backers of an education funding initiat…
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:
OR expands virus mask order to children, lowers venue size
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday that she is expanding the state's current COVID-19 mask order to also apply to children 5 years and older and that she is decreasing the capacity of ind…
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:
2 standoffs in Oregon show differing views of US response
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — When armed protesters took over a remote wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon four years ago to oppose federal control of public lands, U.S. agents negotiated with the conservative occupiers for we…
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 4 4PM' game
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Pick 4 4PM" game were:
Man held without bail after police officer shot, wounded
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Salem man is being held without bail after a prosecutor says he allegedly shot at three police officers, injuring one, during an investigation in Salem last week.
Most Nevada cities, counties await promised US relief funds
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — As Congress negotiates a second coronavirus aid package, every local government in Nevada besides Clark County and Las Vegas is waiting for relief money the state received from the U.S. gov…
Winning numbers drawn in 'Daily Game' game
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
High school football in WA moved to spring because of COVID
SEATTLE (AP) — The governing body of high school sports in Washington state has decided to move the football season to spring of 2021 because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Trump deploys more federal agents under 'law-and-order' push
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will send federal agents to Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, to help combat rising crime, expanding the administration’s intervention into lo…