For more updates, click here. The death of George Floyd, a black man who died on Memorial Day after he was pinned down by a white Minnesota police officer, has sparked outrage and protests in Minneapolis and across the United…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday extended the state’s eviction moratorium through Aug. 1, saying the intent of his order was to prevent an increase in homelessness during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Seattle Times reports…
SEATTLE -- The Seattle Seahawks on Monday announced $500,000 in donations from the Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund. Quarterback Russell Wilson also shared a statement, saying "my heart hurts" and calling for justice and equality. "We…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Monday she won’t send National Guard troops to actively help quell violent protests in Portland over the killing of George Floyd because they aren’t needed and that “is exactly what President…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Monday that while the damage from weekend protests that turned violent must be condemned and those responsible prosecuted, “we will not allow that to obscure the justice of the underlying protest.”…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Governor Kate Brown has fired the head of the Oregon Employment Department after long delays in delivering benefits to people who have lost jobs during the coronavirus outbreak. Brown said Sunday she had asked for and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — With cities wounded by days of violent unrest, America headed into a new week with neighborhoods in shambles, urban streets on lockdown and shaken confidence about when leaders would find the answers to control the mayhem amid…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington has recovered $300 million paid to criminals who used stolen personal information to file fraudulent unemployment benefit claims amid the COVID-19 crisis, state officials said Thursday. Employment Security Department Commissioner Suzi LeVine said that she…
MINNEAPOLIS — Cheering protesters broke into a Minneapolis police precinct station on Thursday after the department abandoned it, setting it ablaze and igniting fireworks as three days of violent protests spread to cities across the U.S over the death of…
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Employers must provide agricultural workers with face masks, more hand-washing stations and more frequently disinfect work surfaces under new coronavirus rules established Thursday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. Also Thursday, Secretary of Health John Wiesman signed…
MILWAUKIE, Ore. (AP) — A car with human remains inside has been pulled from the Willamette River in Milwaukie, authorities say. A video crew from a Bend-based outfit called Adventures with Purpose was filming the vehicle recovery on Tuesday at…
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 religion and assembly. The Edgewater Christian Fellowship in Grants…
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. KOMO-TV reports a Washington State Trooper stopped along Interstate 5 at mp 70 to…
WALLULA, Wash. -- So far, 250 workers at the Tyson beef plant in Wallula have tested positive for COVID-19, according to health officials. On Friday, the Walla Walla County Department of Community Health (DCH) said 116 of the 600 workers…
ATLANTA (AP) — Two Georgia men were hospitalized after drinking cleaning products hoping to prevent a coronavirus infection. Georgia Poison Control Director Gaylord Lopez told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the men in Atlanta, who had a history of mental health issues,…
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State Supreme Court will hear the $30 car tabs case. Local agencies across Washington filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court back in November, arguing that Initiative 976 is unconstitutional. The ballot measure was…
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities are seeking information from the public about 17 Canada geese found sickened or dead Friday in a wildlife refuge. Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife troopers responded to the Baskett Slough Wildlife Refuge and found…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the federal government will not be extending its social distancing guidelines when they expire Thursday at the end of the month. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that the coronavirus guidelines will…
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