SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof doesn’t meet the state’s three-year residency requirement to run for governor. That leaves the former candidate with a sizable
SEATTLE (KONP staff) — Governor Inslee has set a Thursday news conference where it is expected he will announce if and when he will lift the statewide indoor mask mandate. The outdoor mask mandate ends this Friday.
Seattle (KONP staff) – A Burien, Washington, seafood broker pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to smuggling geoducks. 52-year-old Jeffrey Olsen, owner of Absolute Seafoods, admitted he falsified documents and lied to authorities about
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers have learned state revenue projections increased by more than $2.7 billion than originally expected through mid-2025. Updated numbers by the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council show that projected revenue collections for
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The family of a Portland, Oregon, man whose car slid off the Glenn Jackson Bridge and plunged into the Columbia River during a winter storm is suing the Oregon Department of Transportation for
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Senate has approved a measure that authorizes legislative leaders to terminate a governor’s state of emergency after 90 days if the Legislature is not in session. The vote comes nearly two
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — The longtime leader of the Wanapum band of Native Americans has died. Rex Buck Jr. was 66 when he died Feb. 11 at his ancestral village at Priest Rapids on the Columbia River
YACOLT, Wash. (AP) — Cases in a COVID-19 outbreak at a minimum security prison in southwest Washington have been climbing. The Columbian reports a Washington Department of Corrections bulletin Monday reported the number of active COVID-19 cases