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Washington wolf population climbs to record high after 17% annual increase
OLYMPIA — Washington’s gray wolf population grew by more than 17% in 2025, reaching its highest level since wolves…
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 3 Day' game
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Idaho Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
Oregon lawmakers plow through COVID, police bills
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Capitol doors may be closed to the public during Oregon's special legislative session, but there was no shortage of public comment — via phone and computer — about bills dealing with hot butt…
2 hurt in small plane crash in Eastern Oregon
BEND, Ore. (AP) — A Cessna 182 with a family of four on board crashed in eastern Oregon’s Wallowa County Thursday evening, authorities said.
Concordia University School of Law closing
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Concordia University School of Law, which planned to reopen this fall as an affiliate of Concordia University St. Paul, will instead shut down.
Nike posts quarterly loss after virus forced store closures
NEW YORK (AP) — Nike lost $790 million in the fourth quarter, as soaring digital sales couldn't make up for the loss of revenue from shuttered stores in most of the world.
Oregon county rescinds racial profiling mask exception
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — A coastal county in Oregon has rescinded a face mask policy that made exceptions for people of color worried about racial profiling after a backlash spurred by an article in the New York Post t…
Health experts anticipate influx of older virus patients
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Hospitals are preparing for a potential influx of older patients after a recent spike in coronavirus infections among young people visiting bars who are likely bringing the illness home to their…
Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game
ATLANTA (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 4 4PM' game
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Pick 4 4PM" game were:
Sheriff's deputy charged with assault in Oregon jail
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A sheriff's deputy in Oregon was arrested Friday on assault and other charges after a man was slammed into a wall in a jail booking area, fracturing his skull and causing what his lawyer calls a …
Idaho domestic terrorist released early from federal prison
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An Idaho man imprisoned for more than two decades for bombing a Planned Parenthood clinic and robbing a bank in Spokane Valley in 1996 walked free from federal custody this week.
OR Lottery
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ These Oregon lotteries were drawn Friday:
ID Lottery
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ These Idaho lotteries were drawn Friday:
Pet groomer charged, accused of defying stay-home order
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A woman is accused of violating Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 stay-at-home order by reopening her pet grooming shop in Vancouver, Washington, in May.
Seattle protesters: We are here to dismantle systemic racism
SEATTLE (AP) — Protesters that have been active in an “occupied” protest zone near downtown Seattle held a news conference Thursday saying the goal of their movement is to dismantle systemic racism.