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Wildfire burns 77 acres south of Kennewick; gunshots investigated

May 2, 2024, 7:50pm Northwest

A fire tore through about 77 acres of sagebrush and grass in rural Benton County south of Kennewick late, starting late Wednesday. Read story

Schafer State Park gets ready for 100th birthday

May 2, 2024, 7:48pm Northwest

Schafer State Park has expanded its campground in preparation for its 100th anniversary as a state park, the state Parks Department has announced. Read story

A car that attempted to drive through a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters on the Portland State University campus is seen parked and damaged on a campus walkway on Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Portland, Ore. After the driver fled on foot the protesters damaged the car.

Police detain driver who accelerated toward protesters at Portland State University in Oregon

May 2, 2024, 6:26pm Latest News

Police said Thursday they detained the driver of a white Toyota Camry who briefly accelerated toward a crowd of pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Portland State University in Oregon and then ran off spraying what appeared to be pepper spray toward protesters who confronted him. Read story

FILE - In this photo taken with a fish-eye lens, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane sits on the assembly line during a brief media tour in Boeing’s 737 assembly facility in Renton, Wash., March 27, 2019. Boeing is in talks to buy Spirit AeroSystems, which builds fuselages for Boeing 737 Max jetliners including the one that suffered a door-panel blowout in January, according to a published report, Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died

May 2, 2024, 7:44am Business

Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems and one of the first whistleblowers to allege Spirit leadership had ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX, died Tuesday morning after a struggle with a sudden, fast-spreading infection. Read story

A map of the proposed project area for the Horse Heaven wind farm project.

Inslee has 60 days to decide on controversial Horse Heaven wind farm

May 2, 2024, 7:43am Latest News Free

The fate of one the largest wind farms ever proposed in Washington now rests with Gov. Jay Inslee. Read story

Gonzaga students ask university to cut financial ties to Israel

May 2, 2024, 7:40am Northwest

Arrests, encampments and some violence marred recent pro-Palestine protests across the country, but a Wednesday afternoon demonstration at Gonzaga University was short, peaceful and without a police officer in sight. Read story

WA man sentenced for forcing people into servitude while living a lavish lifestyle

May 2, 2024, 7:39am Northwest

The owner of a Vashon Island landscaping company was sentenced on Tuesday in federal court for smuggling people across the U.S.-Mexico border and forcing them into servitude while living a lavish lifestyle with his family. Read story

FILE - 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 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional rights.

Appeals court rejects climate change lawsuit by young Oregon activists against U.S. government

May 1, 2024, 7:19pm Northwest

A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional rights. Read story