SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s weekly case count has plateaued following statewide COVID-19 restrictions implemented during the last two months, health officials said Friday. But authorities urged Oregonians to continue to follow current mandates, including wearing a mask and avoiding…
RICHLAND, Wash. --- Trying to run a small business is hard enough, but when you add a pandemic it can feel impossible. For Whitney Davis of Pure Yoga in Richland, this is especially true.…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — About 200 people, some wielding homemade shields, clashed with police early Friday for the third consecutive night as two other Black Lives Matter rallies proceeded peacefully elsewhere in the city, authorities said. The demonstration with unrest…
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council has voted to dismantle a team of police and outreach workers tasked with relocating homeless people to shelter before removing their encampments. The council decided Wednesday in a 5-4 vote to strip funding…
SEATTLE - The clock is ticking on a major vote by Seattle's City Council to defund parts of the police budget. As early as Monday, council members could vote to shrink the department by 100 officers, slash the salary…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say two young children were shot while playing in a yard in a suburb of Portland, Oregon. Police in Gresham say the children, ages 3 and 5, were expected to survive. One was shot in…
SEATTLE (AP) — Calling it a “big step forward,” Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday announced how visitors may return to nursing homes and other long term care facilities — six months after the country’s first major known coronavirus outbreak devastated…
LEWIS COUNTY, Wash. - A memorial service was held Wednesday for Washington State Patrol Trooper Justin Schaffer. The procession began at 11 a.m. on I-5 near State Route 12 and went along northbound I-5 in the Centralia area, and was…
ATHOL, Idaho — Sorry, ghosts and goblins, there will be no Scarywood this year. Silverwood Theme Park on Wednesday announced the decision to cancel their upcoming spooky season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “For the protection of our Guests,…
SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday that schools in the majority of Washington’s counties should strongly consider online-only learning for students this fall due to COVID-19 and canceling or postponing sports and all other in-person extracurricular activities. Inslee…
Fred Meyer is offering a special deal to teachers, administrators and parents preparing for kids to go back to school this fall. Now through Sept. 9, the retailer is offering them a 10% discount on general merchandise every Wednesday. That…
AUBURN, Wash. - The King County Sheriff's Office is honoring five young men after coming to the rescue of one of its deputies. The teenagers were each given the Medal of Heroism Award by King County Sheriff Mitzi Johanknect…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — At least 25 campers and staff members at a camp east of Portland, Oregon have tested positive for COVID-19. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the virus was first detected July 18 at Trout Creek Bible Camp near Corbett when a…
WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- The Walla Walla Valley could be named this year's "Best Wine Region" in the USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice Awards. The renowned wine region in southeast Washington was selected by a panel of experts as one…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps has identified all nine people killed when a Marine landing craft sank in hundreds of feet of water off the Southern California coast. Only one of their bodies was found, despite an…
ASHFORD, Wash. (AP) — A body found in Mount Rainier National Park is believed to be a hiker who went missing in June, park officials said. KOMO reports the man’s body was found Monday in an off-trail drainage near Paradise, and is…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A detective Monday described in excruciating details how investigators unearthed the remains of two children who had been missing for months while searching the rural Idaho property of a man charged with concealing evidence. The testimony…
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) -- A 15-year-old boy was detained Monday evening after police say he pointed a pellet gun at several people in downtown Portland.At around 10 p.m., Portland police received a report of…
SEATTLE - The man accused of causing the death of a Bothell police officer during a gunfight in July pleaded not guilty Monday to aggravated first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and vehicular assault. Henry Eugene Washington, 37, was charged…
SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Regional Health District reports that now over 4,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19, and seven died over the weekend. Currently, 4,002 have contracted the coronavirus and 66 people have died. Of these cases, 44…
CAMP SHERMAN, Ore. - The body of a Kennewick man was recovered from Central Oregon's Mount Jefferson over the weekend, days after the climber fell and died. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office reports mountain climber David Freepons, 68, slipped while…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A man is missing after a boat he was in took a sharp turn and ejected two people into the Columbia River. Emergency workers responded to the location after the sheriff's office received a report that…
KENNEWICK, Wash. --- The Benton Franklin Health District's weekend update on coronavirus cases showed a lower increase than previous weekends. Benton County had a total of 35 new cases over the weekend with 14 additional cases today, bringing the total…
YAKIMA, Wash. --- The Yakima Police Department is asking for help to locate 16-year-old Pricillia Ozuna. Missing from Yakima since July 23, the runaway juvenile is 5'5" with brown hair and eyes. If you have any information call the police…
