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A partial federal government shutdown appeared Sunday to unexpectedly be on the horizon, after another fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis led key U.S. Senate Democrats to say …
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By Jacob Fischler / States Newsroom
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1/26/26
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A new bill would allow for locally designated “accident risk zones” along high-risk stretches of public roads where crashes are common and unsafe driving can have outsized consequences.
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By Erick Bengel / Murrow News
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1/26/26
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Majority Democrats in the state Legislature are pushing changes they say will restore integrity to Washington’s venerable initiative process.
Opponents contend the moves will effectively block …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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1/26/26
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Seahawks fans planning to ferry from Bainbridge to Seattle this weekend can breathe a sigh of relief, as the Wenatchee, which was pulled from its route after striking a log on Wednesday, is back in …
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Hannah Furfaro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/24/26
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A phone tipster who would insist on remaining anonymous reached a special agent in the FBI’s Little Rock office in the summer of 1972.
The caller, the resulting investigative report stated, …
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Douglas Perry / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/24/26
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Skamania County smashed its previous record for the number of search and rescues in 2025, Sheriff Summer Scheyer said.
“We ended the year with 73 search and rescues in 2025,” she said.
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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1/24/26
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Oregon hospitals recorded nearly 1,000 infections that patients picked up while receiving care in 2024, resulting in infection levels that missed most national safety standards, according to a new …
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Kristine de Leon / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/24/26
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A security officer assigned to U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, once a U.S. House representative for Oregon, was placed on leave amid an investigation into an alleged romantic relationship …
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Austin De Dios, Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/24/26
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Parents and teachers sought answers from Portland Public Schools officials at community forums this week meant to provide an opportunity to offer feedback about the district’s preliminary proposals …
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Julia Silverman / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/24/26
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Nearly every city in Oregon is required to submit annual financial reports to the state, but some in the Portland area have been delinquent for years.
North Plains, a small but fast growing city …
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Austin De Dios / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/24/26
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An apparent bad breakup turned terrible Wednesday when the boyfriend decided to throw his girlfriend's 11-week-old puppy out the window of a moving vehicle, according to Spokane police.
A …
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Thomas Clouse / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/24/26
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A man who was arrested in connection with the deaths of his parents in Federal Way had a history of violent and assaultive behavior toward them and others, court documents show.
A King County …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/24/26
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After disappointing 2025 financial results, Alaska Air Group pointed to macroeconomic factors that were out of their control, pinning most of the blame on weakening consumer demand for travel.
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/24/26
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An Uber driver says she was surrounded and stopped Tuesday by federal immigration agents in Portland who demanded she unlock her doors so they could detain the two passengers she had picked up from …
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Yesenia Amaro / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/23/26
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The number of people visiting downtown Portland is continuing its slow but steady upward crawl.
Foot traffic in 2025 increased 5.5% from 2024, according to Downtown Portland Clean & Safe’s …
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Veronica Nocera / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/23/26
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Oregon marijuana prices ended 2025 at a record low, $3.33 a gram, as total sales statewide fell to their lowest point since 2019.
The state’s marijuana industry has been struggling for years …
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Mike Rogoway / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/23/26
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A federal judge has ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to remove ankle monitors and drop “intensive” supervision requirements for two farmworkers who were arrested while riding in a …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/23/26
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A 19-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday to a rape and kidnapping spree committed at gunpoint against four girls and an 18-year-old woman in Portland over a year-and-a-half span in 2023 and 2024.
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/23/26
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An Oregon City man who stabbed an autistic teenager who was biking home from summer camp two years ago was sentenced Thursday to nearly six years in prison.
Nicholas Lloyd Nash, 40, attacked the …
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Isabel Funk / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/23/26
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Washington State Ferries is sailing with fewer boats than it needs this weekend after the Wenatchee struck a log, bending a propeller blade and damaging an inner shaft seal, while traveling through …
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Nicholas Deshais / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/23/26
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