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Police: Parent attacks woman, officers at Longview elementary

June 2, 2023, 7:44am Northwest

Longview police arrested a man Wednesday outside of St. Helens Elementary for allegedly assaulting a woman and two police officers before being subdued in the school’s parking lot. Read story

Boy, 3, unhurt after car backs over him

June 1, 2023, 7:27pm Northwest

A 3-year-old child in Tacoma was transported to a medical facility Thursday after being struck by a parent’s vehicle. The boy had no injuries. Read story

Washington’s first alpine roller coaster opens in Leavenworth

June 1, 2023, 6:58pm Entertainment

For thrill-seeking roller coaster aficionados, the Pacific Northwest remains something of a dead zone, with just a handful of small regional theme parks — and very few coasters. Read story

Tacoma woman refusing tuberculosis treatment arrested

June 1, 2023, 6:57pm Health

A Tacoma woman who refused treatment for tuberculosis for more than a year, was arrested Thursday by Pierce County deputies to be isolated and treated in jail. Read story

FILE - Clouds hover over the Oregon Capitol, Jan. 11, 2018, in Salem, Ore. Oregon Senate Democrats plan to start fining their absent colleagues amid a month-long Republican walkout, a move they hope will pressure boycotting lawmakers to return to the chamber as hundreds of bills languish amid the partisan stalemate. In a procedural move Thursday, June 1, 2023, Democrats voted to fine senators $325 every time their absence denies the chamber the two-thirds quorum it needs to conduct business.

Oregon Democrats vote to fine absent senators amid GOP walkout

FILE - Clouds hover over the Oregon Capitol, Jan. 11, 2018, in Salem, Ore. Oregon Senate Democrats plan to start fining their absent colleagues amid a month-long Republican walkout, a move they hope will pressure boycotting lawmakers to return to the chamber as hundreds of bills languish amid the partisan stalemate. In a procedural move Thursday, June 1, 2023, Democrats voted to fine senators $325 every time their absence denies the chamber the two-thirds quorum it needs to conduct business.

June 1, 2023, 6:51pm Northwest

Oregon Senate Democrats plan to start fining their absent colleagues amid a month-long Republican walkout, a move they hope will pressure boycotting lawmakers to return to the chamber as hundreds of bills languish amid the partisan stalemate. Read story

Kelsey Juliana of Eugene, Ore., a lead plaintiff who is part of a lawsuit by a group of young people who say U.S. energy policies are causing climate change and hurting their future, greets supporters outside a federal courthouse, June 4, 2019, in Portland, Ore. A federal judge ruled on Thursday, June 1, 2023, that a lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists can proceed to trial years after they first filed the lawsuit in an attempt to hold the nation's leadership accountable for its role in climate change.

Oregon youths’ climate lawsuit against U.S. government can proceed to trial, judge rules

Kelsey Juliana of Eugene, Ore., a lead plaintiff who is part of a lawsuit by a group of young people who say U.S. energy policies are causing climate change and hurting their future, greets supporters outside a federal courthouse, June 4, 2019, in Portland, Ore. A federal judge ruled on Thursday, June 1, 2023, that a lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists can proceed to trial years after they first filed the lawsuit in an attempt to hold the nation's leadership accountable for its role in climate change.

June 1, 2023, 6:00pm Latest News

A federal judge ruled on Thursday that a lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists can proceed to trial years after they first filed the lawsuit in an attempt to hold the nation’s leadership accountable for its role in climate change. Read story

FILE - Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft mounted on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission, Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. On Thursday, June 1, 2023, Boeing and NASA announced that the astronaut capsule faces more launch delays, this time because of flammable tape and weak parachute lines.

Boeing’s astronaut capsule faces more launch delays after latest problems

FILE - Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft mounted on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission, Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. On Thursday, June 1, 2023, Boeing and NASA announced that the astronaut capsule faces more launch delays, this time because of flammable tape and weak parachute lines.

June 1, 2023, 4:35pm Northwest

Boeing’s astronaut capsule faces more launch delays after the discovery of problems that should have been caught earlier, officials said. Read story

FILE - Sen. Mark Mullet, D-Issaquah, poses for a photo in Issaquah, Wash., Oct. 24, 2016. Sen. Mullet launched a campaign for governor on Thursday, June 1, 2023 joining a growing field of candidates seeking to replace outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Washington state Sen. Mark Mullet announces governor run

FILE - Sen. Mark Mullet, D-Issaquah, poses for a photo in Issaquah, Wash., Oct. 24, 2016. Sen. Mullet launched a campaign for governor on Thursday, June 1, 2023 joining a growing field of candidates seeking to replace outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee. (AP Photo/Ted S.

June 1, 2023, 3:30pm Election

State Sen. Mark Mullet is expected to announce a bid for governor Thursday, increasing the field of candidates seeking to replace Gov. Jay Inslee in the first open governor’s race in more than a decade. Read story

Supreme Court rules against union in labor dispute involving truck drivers and wet concrete

June 1, 2023, 2:10pm Business

In a dispute about the pressure that organized labor can exert during a strike, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday against unionized drivers who walked off the job with their trucks full of wet concrete. Read story

FILE - Idaho Attorney General candidate Rep. Raul Labrador delivers his acceptance speech during the Idaho Republican Party 2022 General Election Night Celebration at The Grove Hotel in Boise, Idaho, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Some top officials in Idaho are raising alarms over the Republican attorney general's decision not to join a 24-state lawsuit against new waterway protections by the Biden administration.

Families sue to block Idaho law barring gender-affirming care for minors

FILE - Idaho Attorney General candidate Rep. Raul Labrador delivers his acceptance speech during the Idaho Republican Party 2022 General Election Night Celebration at The Grove Hotel in Boise, Idaho, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Some top officials in Idaho are raising alarms over the Republican attorney general's decision not to join a 24-state lawsuit against new waterway protections by the Biden administration.

June 1, 2023, 9:36am Latest News

The families of two transgender teenagers filed a lawsuit Thursday to block enforcement of Idaho's ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. Read story