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Young Eastern WA man dies after exposure to hantavirus likely carried by deer mice

June 13, 2024, 7:45am Northwest

A Grant County man in his 20s has died from hantavirus, a virus spread by rodents, in the first case in the state reported this year. Read story

FILE - This photo combo provided by Twin Falls County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office in Idaho shows from left, Nicholas Umphenour and Skylar Meade. Meade and Umphenour, suspects in an attack on corrections officers at a Boise, Idaho, hospital are due in court for a preliminary hearing Monday, April 8, 2024.

Idaho prison escape suspect, accomplice indicted for murder in death of Juliaetta man

FILE - This photo combo provided by Twin Falls County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office in Idaho shows from left, Nicholas Umphenour and Skylar Meade. Meade and Umphenour, suspects in an attack on corrections officers at a Boise, Idaho, hospital are due in court for a preliminary hearing Monday, April 8, 2024.

June 13, 2024, 7:43am Northwest

A Nez Perce grand jury on Monday indicted two Boise men for murder in the March slaying of 83-year-old James Mauney after they fled a shootout with prison guards. Read story

WA man stole $44K in products from Safeway stores in four counties, state AG alleges

June 13, 2024, 7:41am Northwest

A 56-year-old Bremerton man accused of stealing more than $44,000 in merchandise from Safeway stores in nearly two dozen thefts has been charged by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office with organized retail theft. Read story

FILE - In this December 1968, file photo made available by NASA, Lt. Col. William A. Anders, Apollo 8 lunar module pilot, looks out of a window during the spaceflight. Retired Maj. Gen. Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic &ldquo;Earthrise&rdquo; photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday, June 7, 2024, when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90.

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders died of blunt-force injuries from a plane crash, coroner says

FILE - In this December 1968, file photo made available by NASA, Lt. Col. William A. Anders, Apollo 8 lunar module pilot, looks out of a window during the spaceflight. Retired Maj. Gen. Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic &ldquo;Earthrise&rdquo; photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday, June 7, 2024, when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90.

June 13, 2024, 7:41am Life

Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the Apollo 8 astronaut, died of multiple blunt-force injuries when the plane he was piloting last week crashed off the coast of Jones Island, officials said Wednesday. Read story

95 new species coming to revamped Tacoma aquarium

June 12, 2024, 8:17pm Northwest

One of Point Defiance Zoo’s two aquariums has been closed for renovations for more than two years. On Friday it will reopen with a fresh look and new name: the Tropical Reef Aquarium. Read story

85 homes proposed near Lewis River in Woodland

June 12, 2024, 7:31pm Clark County News

A new 85-lot subdivision of single-family residences is being planned for construction along the Lewis River in Woodland. Read story

Planned Parenthood Ore. to dissolve political arm

June 12, 2024, 7:22pm Northwest

The new leaders of Oregon’s two Planned Parenthood affiliates want to dissolve the political arm of their organization to focus more on providing health care, a move that has sparked inner turmoil and opposition from advocates concerned about the future of reproductive rights in a pivotal election year. Read story

New rules to make it harder to bring dogs across border

June 12, 2024, 7:13pm Northwest

Taking your dog with you on a trip into Canada is about to get a lot more complicated. On June 10, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that you’ll need to follow a new set of requirements to bring your dog across the border, following a Centers for Disease Control… Read story

FILE - In this July 1990 photo, Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt pauses during a road trip through the Columbia Gorge in Oregon. Goldschmidt, a former Oregon governor whose confession that he had sex with a 14-year-old girl in the 1970s blackened what had been a nearly sterling reputation, has died. He was 83.

Neil Goldschmidt, former Oregon governor who confessed to sex with a minor in the 1970s, has died

FILE - In this July 1990 photo, Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt pauses during a road trip through the Columbia Gorge in Oregon. Goldschmidt, a former Oregon governor whose confession that he had sex with a 14-year-old girl in the 1970s blackened what had been a nearly sterling reputation, has died. He was 83.

June 12, 2024, 7:13pm Latest News

Neil Goldschmidt was credited with starting Portland on its path to becoming a magnet for the young, hip and liberal before becoming a U.S. cabinet secretary and Oregon’s governor. Read story

Firefighters undertake a prescribed burn at the Upper Applegate Watershed near Medford on Thursday, April 27, 2023. Such burns can help reduce the risk of large wildfires.

Northwest leaders try again for more federal money for prescribed burns to prevent wildfire

Firefighters undertake a prescribed burn at the Upper Applegate Watershed near Medford on Thursday, April 27, 2023. Such burns can help reduce the risk of large wildfires.

June 12, 2024, 2:21pm Latest News

Oregon and Washington leaders are using the start of the region’s wildfire season to once again ask Congress for more money for prescribed burns.  Read story