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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…
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.
Amazon profit falls as pandemic-related costs rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon’s sales soared in the first three months of the year, as more home-bound people shopped online amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Boeing cuts compound virus's threat to Seattle-area economy
SEATTLE (AP) — In normal times, news that Boeing is cutting 10 percent of its workforce would be dire in the Seattle area, a region synonymous with aerospace decades before Microsoft and Amazon moved in.
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:
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 4 1PM' game
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Pick 4 1PM" game were:
1 in 5 Washington workers have filed unemployment claims
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — One in five workers in Washington have filed unemployment benefit claims since March, and nearly $1.5 billion in benefits have been paid out in that time frame, including federal money that ha…
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:
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…
6 more ex-Catlin Gabel students claim sex abuse by teachers
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Six more students of The Catlin Gabel School have sued the school saying they were abused by faculty members.
Oregon aims to include brewpubs, wineries in reopening
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is planning to allow its famed microbreweries and wine tasting rooms to reopen when it starts loosening stay-home orders, rejecting a federal recommendation that bars remain closed.
Driver, 18, arrested after skateboarder run over, killed
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after he allegedly drove into a skateboarder in a Vancouver, Washington, parking lot Wednesday and killed him.
Washington man charged with selling drugs to 'stop' COVID
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A former Washington state naturopath with a history of quackery is now facing federal charges that he promoted mislabeled drugs as being able to “stop” the new coronavirus.
Winning numbers drawn in 'Lucky For Life' game
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
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…
ID Lottery
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ These Idaho lotteries were drawn Friday: