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WA COLLEGE SPORTS SCHEDULE: May 7-14, 2026
MOSES LAKE — College athletes are in the final stretch of their seasons as they battle for new records and champio…
Boeing slashes 12,000 jobs as virus seizes travel industry
Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. And the aircraft maker says more cuts are coming.
Dozen inmates positive for coronavirus at prison in Connell
CONNELL, Wash. (AP) — A dozen inmates and four employees have tested positive for the coronavirus at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in the eastern Washington town of Connell.
Boeing cutting more than 12,000 jobs with layoffs, buyouts
Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts as it suffers from a sharp drop in air travel due to the coronavirus pandemic, and more cuts are coming.
Huge Washington unemployment fraud warning to other states
SEATTLE (AP) — The first word Seattle political consultant Dayna Lurie had that someone filed for unemployment benefits in her name was when her boss called.
Linfield College faculty vote no confidence in board chair
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Linfield College faculty have passed a vote of no confidence in their college board chair, finding he failed to protect students after receiving a complaint from a graduate who accused a trust…
2 more churches sue Brown over virus gathering restrictions
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two additional churches are suing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, saying her social gathering restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic violate their constitutional right to the freedom of reli…
Woman shot in head after exchanging gunfire with trooper
CHEHALIS, Wash. (AP) — A woman was shot in the head late Tuesday night after exchanging gunfire with a Washington State Trooper along I-5 near Chehalis.
State to try nonlethal measures after wolves attack cattle
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Washington Fish and Wildlife said Friday it won’t shoot wolves in a small pack that has attacked three calves in rural northeastern Washington.
Task force on missing Native Americans resumes sessions
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A presidential task force charged with coming up with ways to address missing and slain Native Americans resumed tribal listening sessions Wednesday, encountering some technological glitches…
Branson's Virgin Orbit fails on first rocket launch attempt
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit failed Monday in its first test launch of a new rocket carried aloft by a Boeing 747 and released over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California.
Winning numbers drawn in 'Lucky For Life' game
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
Global pandemic: Through the eyes of the world's children
CHICAGO (AP) — These are children of the global pandemic.
ID Lottery
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ These Idaho lotteries were drawn Tuesday:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Win for Life' game
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Win for Life" game were:
UW Medicine to furlough about 4,000 workers
SEATTLE (AP) — UW Medicine announced furloughs of about 4,000 members of its unionized workforce in spite of the healthcare-system’s position at the forefront of COVID-19 response efforts both locally and globally.