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Farmworker wage complaints in WA caught in state agency backlog, report finds
Over half of farmworker wage complaints Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries received last year went un…
OR Lottery
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ These Oregon lotteries were drawn Monday:
Western governors ask Congress for $1T in aid to states
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Governors and legislative leaders from five western states that are coordinating their response to the coronavirus outbreak asked Congress on Monday to send $1 trillion to state and local governmen…
US says Washington state overstepped with oil train law
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday moved to block a Washington state law that imposed safety restrictions on oil shipments by rail following a string of explosive accidents.
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 4 4PM' game
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Pick 4 4PM" game were:
Seattle, King Co. urges people to wear masks in most areas
SEATTLE (AP) — People who ride buses in the Seattle area will be required to wear masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus and authorities are also strongly urging people to cover their faces in many other situa…
White House recommends tests for all nursing home residents
WASHINGTON (AP) — With deaths mounting at the nation's nursing homes, the White House strongly recommended to governors Monday that all residents and staff at such facilities be tested for the coronavirus in the ne…
Dent, Warnick, Ybarra part of rural effort to reopen economy
MOSES LAKE — Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, along with 33 other members of the state legislature, has signed a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee asking the governor to reopen the state much more quickly so Washington residen…
Republican lawmakers sue Inslee over shutdown
OLYMPIA — In the latest in an escalating series of legal challenges by Republicans, four Washington state legislators sued Gov. Jay Inslee in federal court on Tuesday, seeking to strike down his stay-home order aim…
COVID-19 testing capacity and PPE supplies increasing
OLYMPIA — As the state begins the first phase of Gov. Jay Inslee’s gradual transition to back normalcy, public health officials such as Charissa Fotinos, deputy chief medical officer for the state Health Care Autho…
Officer who kicked handcuffed suspect in genitals fired
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane Police Department this week terminated the employment of an officer who kicked a handcuffed, resistant suspect in the genitals during an arrest last year.
State to start trapping wolves in Northeast Washington
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Fish and Wildlife officials say they will start spring trapping of wolves, an activity that was previously considered non-essential under Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 stay-at-home ord…
State officials give more information on slow reopening process
OLYMPIA — State officials on Monday provided some more details about Gov. Jay Inslee’s four-phase plan to reopen the state following the governor’s orders in late March to shut down “non-essential” businesses and b…
Grant County commissioners must stay within legal authority, they say
EPHRATA — Grant County commissioners don’t think they have the authority to lift restrictions on movement and business imposed by Gov. Jay Inslee in an effort to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. Commissioners issued a…
Festival at Sandpoint cancels 2020 season
SANDPOINT, Idaho — The Festival at Sandpoint, in consultation with local health officials, music industry experts, and the Festival at Sandpoint’s Board of Dir…
Oregon seeks volunteers for random testing for COVID-19
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon will launch an ambitious COVID-19 testing program and increase contact tracing as it prepares to reopen the economy, Gov. Kate Brown said Friday.