Cowlitz County, WA – Several counties in Southwest Washington issued burn bans Wednesday after firefighters battled dozens of brush fires. In Cowlitz County near Kelso, State fire assistance has been mobilized to support local firefighters in what’s

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The road rage suspect who killed a sheriff’s deputy, wounded a police officer and died in a central Washington state shootout this week was living in the United States illegally, the federal government

SEATTLE (AP) — The Union Pacific line that runs through Eastern Washington has been shut down since Friday by a 23-car derailment that included a hazardous cargo spill of sodium chlorate and subsequent fire that flared over

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a teenager intentionally drove a car off a cliff at a state scenic viewpoint northeast of Bend, Oregon and survived. The car damaged a historic stone wall at Ochoco Wayside State

SEATTLE (AP) — A nationwide flooring company has agreed to pay a fine of nearly $134,000 to settle federal allegations that it paid a bribe to help secure work at Naval Base Kitsap near Poulsbo. The U.S.

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has rejected the recently completed management plans for three national forests in the Pacific Northwest, restarting what had been a 15-year process to revise the plans. The plans for

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy was killed near the central Washington town of Kittitas and a police officer was shot and wounded after they exchanged gunfire with a road rage suspect. The events unfolded Tuesday

A former sheriff’s deputy in Skagit County was sentenced Tuesday after embezzling more than $30,000 from a police dog organization, according to U.S. Attorneys. He was sentenced by the U.S. District Court in Seattle to 60 days in prison and