Northwest

Northwest News

Details: Written by By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 22 December 2022

AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

Authorities from Seattle to Portland, Oregon, have said one of their biggest concerns amid the cold front is ensuring that homeless people living on the streets have access to shelter.

Details: Written by Patricia; Published: 22 December 2022

Oregon prepares to become the first U.S. state to offer controlled use of the psychedelic mushroom to the public.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 22 December 2022

Roger Evans

Volunteers from the neighborhood formerly known as Central Area use digital technology and film to create living library of Black history.

Details: Written by By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 21 December 2022

(Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)

In Oregon, one person died in an accident on Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge near Rooster Rock State Park on Tuesday morning when a semi-truck collided with their SUV

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 20 December 2022

Washington Governor Jay Inslee (AP Photo/Ted Warren)

Updated standards for new cars and trucks are part of suite of momentous climate policies

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 19 December 2022

Oregon Coast

This week's decision by top state officials, was to separate the Elliott State Forest in southwest Oregon from its obligation to fund schools and designate the land as a place for scientific discovery.

Details: Written by By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer; Published: 16 December 2022

(Kerem Yücel /Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

The union says it expects the strike will shutter some stores entirely; at others, managers or other workers may keep the stores open.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 16 December 2022

Portland Parks Commissioner Carmen Rubio

After 93 years of serving North Portland, Columbia Pool will permanently close due to life-safety hazards and diminishing structural integrity.

Details: Written by By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press; Published: 15 December 2022

(AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

It's the largest environmental damage recovery in Oregon's history and “magnitudes larger” than any other state settlement over PCB contamination by Monsanto

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 15 December 2022

Tacoma sheriff Ed Troyer (Photo via Twitter)

Prosecutors accused Troyer of lying when he called an emergency dispatcher, saying four times that Sedrick Altheimer, a Black newspaper carrier, was threatening to kill him.