January 17, 2020, 9:37am Northwest
SALEM, Ore. — A panel commissioned by Gov. Kate Brown aiming to improve recreation in Oregon’s outdoors suggests creating an Oregon Outdoors Pass and getting more diversity in wild spaces. Read story
January 17, 2020, 9:35am Northwest
SEATTLE — A Seattle police officer has been fired following an internal investigation that found he violated the department’s social media policy by posting profane and politically charged comments on Instagram. The Seattle Times reports the posts including rants against “illegal immigration” and a post that “appeared to endorse violence” against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama. Read story
January 17, 2020, 9:28am Northwest
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Authorities say a woman died in a house fire in Klamath Falls. Klamath County Fire District 1 officials say the blaze with a possible person inside was reported early Thursday by people passing by. Read story
January 17, 2020, 9:23am Northwest
PORTLAND — Cyclists are a dime a dozen in Portland, so you’ll have to look closely to see if someone around you is riding a stolen police bike. Read story
January 17, 2020, 6:05am Northwest
PASCO — Katie Gordon Nelson’s family has been irrigating land near Pasco from the Ice Harbor pool of water for 42 years. Read story
January 16, 2020, 8:04pm Northwest
EUGENE, Ore. — This month, Oregon’s Department of Education finally rolled out the first pieces of new statewide curriculum on the history and culture of Native Americans in Oregon after lawmakers passed Senate Bill 13 in 2017 with the hope of remedying years of incomplete or inaccurate teachings. Read story
January 16, 2020, 7:40pm Northwest
Olympia — Washington Supreme Court Justice Charles Wiggins announced Thursday he will retire at the end of March. Read story
January 16, 2020, 7:28pm Northwest
EPHRATA — Work to add reinforcement to the right bank of the Columbia River at Priest Rapids Dam is scheduled to begin by late February or early March. Read story
January 16, 2020, 7:01pm Northwest
SEATTLE — The race to replace retiring Rep. Denny Heck, D-Olympia, is getting more crowded. The latest entrant in the race for Washington’s 10th District congressional seat is Phil Gardner, Heck’s former district director. Read story
January 16, 2020, 4:59pm Northwest
PORTLAND — An Oregon teenager who was taken out of state by her mother to avoid surgery for a rare type of liver cancer has had the operation while in the custody of the state welfare officials, several Portland TV outlets reported Thursday. Read story