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Q&A: Martinez, Thompson outline priorities for 13th District
EPHRATA — As Election Day approaches, voters across Central Washington's sprawling 13th Legislative District will …
Press, legal observers remain exempt from dispersal orders
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Journalists and legal observers will remain exempt from Portland police orders requiring protesters to disperse under an injunction issued by a federal judge Thursday.
US official visits Portland, calls protesters 'anarchists'
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The head of the Department of Homeland Security visited Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, just hours after issuing a scathing statement that called the protesters who have taken to the streets ev…
Social gatherings for Phase 3 counties to be limited to 10
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday announced revised coronavirus restrictions, limiting indoor and outdoor social gatherings for counties in the third phase of a four-stage reopening plan …
Agency throws curveball in largest U.S. dam demolition plan
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday threw a significant curveball at a coalition that has been planning for years to demolish four massive hydroelectric dams on a river along the Oregon-California …
COVID case record in OR, Brown says school won't be 'normal'
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Health Authority on Thursday reported 437 new confirmed COVID-19 cases – the highest daily count in the state since the beginning of the outbreak – as Gov. Kate Brown said children wil…
Close prisons, save schools? OR faces tough budget options
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The state's top budget writers have proposed closing two Oregon prisons as lawmakers try to balance a huge budget shortfall created by the COVID-19 pandemic and business shutdowns.
Portland police arrest 9 and clear parks by federal court
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police arrested nine people early Thursday as they cleared protesters from two downtown Portland, Oregon, parks.
Officials: Stem cell firm bilked patients in Iowa, Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha health clinic that offered unproven stem cell treatments for joint pain, erectile dysfunction and even Alzheimer's disease bilked consumers in Iowa and Nebraska out of at least $2.8 mill…
4 workers, 1 patient at psychiatric hospital have COVID-19
SEATTLE (AP) — Officials at Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital are trying to get control of the latest coronavirus outbreak after four workers and one patient tested positive.
Animal print, beads or plain black, masks become about style
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — They can be colorful or come in basic black, make a political statement or just a funny one.
Arrests as police clear 2 Portland parks of demonstrators
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police made multiple arrests as protesters were cleared from two downtown Portland, Oregon, parks early Thursday morning.
Idaho county sues state over coronavirus rescue money
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A lawsuit filed by an Idaho county against Republican Gov. Brad Little and other state officials could upend plans for distributing $1.25 billion in coronavirus rescue money the state received f…
Over 20 test positive for COVID-19 at memory care home
BEND, Ore. (AP) — More than 20 people have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Mt. Bachelor Memory Care center in Bend, health officials said.
Woman charged with murder in boyfriend's death
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — A southwestern Washington woman is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death her boyfriend.
Record number of LGBTQ candidates running for office in US
NEW YORK (AP) — The number of openly LGBTQ elected officials in the United States has more than doubled in the past four years — and those ranks could soon grow, thanks to a record field of LGBTQ candidates this ye…