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What's happening in the Pacific Northwest? For information and details regarding Northwest news, see our articles below.

Updated 1 day, 13 hours ago

BBCC student information not hacked during computer shutdown

MOSES LAKE — Personal information of Big Bend Community College students was not compromised as the result of a cy…

Updated 6 years ago
Virus prompts state parole board to consider early release

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A top Oregon parole board official said Thursday the agency is reviewing seven inmates for early release because of their severe medical conditions and has asked corrections staff to evaluate …

Updated 6 years ago
Lawsuit seeks to block Idaho restrictions due to virus

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three northern Idaho residents have filed a federal lawsuit challenging statewide restrictions ordered by Gov. Brad Little due to the coronavirus, saying it violates their religious freedoms.

Updated 6 years ago
WA Lottery

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ These Washington lotteries were drawn Friday:

Updated 6 years ago
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 3 Day' game

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Idaho Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:

Updated 6 years ago
Winning numbers drawn in 'Daily Game' game

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:

Updated 6 years ago
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 3 Night' game

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Idaho Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:

Updated 6 years ago
Coronavirus lessons from Roosevelt outbreak helped 2nd ship

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy destroyer USS Kidd was heading east across the Pacific from Pearl Harbor when it added an unusual twist to its transit — a quarantine-and-isolation drill. The practice was part of a new p…

Updated 6 years ago
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.

Updated 6 years ago
ID Lottery

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ These Idaho lotteries were drawn Friday:

Updated 6 years ago
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:

Updated 6 years ago
Winning numbers drawn in 'Keno' game

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Keno" game were:

Updated 6 years ago
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…

Updated 6 years ago
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 4 7PM' game

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Pick 4 7PM" game were:

Updated 6 years ago
COVID-19: Hispanics twice as likely to die in King County

SEATTLE (AP) — Hispanic, Pacific Islander and black residents in the Seattle area are being disproportionately sickened by COVID-19, and Hispanic residents are more than twice as likely to die from the disease as w…

Updated 6 years ago
Groups seek injunction to stop Idaho transgender sports ban

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two civil rights groups that filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Idaho law banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports have asked for a preliminary injunction to prevent the…