EPA might scale back Portland Harbor cleanup

PORTLAND, OR. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to scale back the scope and cost of a planned $1 billion cleanup of the Portland Harbor superfund site. The agency said in a statement Monday that

Spokane City Council votes to control Border Patrol

  SPOKANE – The Spokane City Council has approved an ordinance restricting the U.S. Border Patrol’s ability to search city property that is not open to the public. The new law would require the Border Patrol to

Phony political mailers being investigated

OLYMPIA – Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission has received several complaints about misleading mailers sent to voters in four legislative districts across the state. The mailers, which were also sent to voters deciding a Thurston County Commission race,