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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland State University will more than double the number of unarmed campus police officers it employs and improve training on how to control dangerous civilians without firing bullets at them as part of a package of reforms recommended in the year since campus police fatally shot a black man near a […]

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The cold weather that struck eastern Washington this week is causing worries for growers of Washington apples. The cold front is expected to last through the weekend, and calls for lows in the 20s in the Spokane region. The Spokesman-Review says cold temperatures in October could hurt what is projected to […]

Time to break out the scraper for that windshield frost. Thursday morning drivers will likely see some of the coldest temps in the season so far, perhaps setting records.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a convicted rapist who was released from prison Saturday has been arrested in Enumclaw after cutting off his GPS tracker. The News Tribune reports when 41-year-old Ronald Clayton was released from prison he told authorities he planned to stay at the Tacoma Rescue Mission. Sometime between then and Monday, […]

SEATTLE (AP) — The King County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two men it believes were involved in the killing of a 16-year-old boy whose body was found in the Green River near Auburn last month. The Seattle Times reports a 20-year-old man was arrested in Federal Way Tuesday, and a 28-year-old man was arrested there […]

TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — A new report says significant decay were major factors in the toppling of 26 power poles in Tukwila during a windstorm. The report released Wednesday by Nelson Research Inc., found that decayed or beetle-infested poles were the first to fall in 50 mph (80 kph) gusts of wind on April 5. […]

The Washington State Board of Health unanimously voted in favor of a ban on flavored vaping products, despite tense objections from the crowd.

Seattle's "traffic czar" Mike Worden will be stepping down at the end of December, after facing flack from council members and others.

The father of an Seattle high school student who overdosed on fentanyl is speaking out, and hopes it can spur kids to look out for each other.

A recently-released report details how rot that had gone undetected caused a string of power poles to collapse in a row in Tukwila back in April.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Airlines and American Airlines will scale back their mileage plan partnership early next year. Alaska Airlines mileage plan members will not be able to earn miles on American Airlines international flights beginning March 1, the Alaska Journal of Commerce reported Wednesday. Alaska Airlines passengers will also no longer be able […]

Both Washington state and the FDA are still trying to figure out how to manage the vaping industry in the midst of an outbreak of illnesses.

Washington's state Board of Health will decide if it will ban flavored vaping products Wednesday.

ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) — Officials say police used deadly force on a person after a reported shooting in St. Helens. Police shut down U.S. 30 north of Portland, Oregon, between mileposts 35 and 36 around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday after responding to reports of a shooting at a St. Helens Chevron gas station. Around 5:15 […]

The skies above the Olympic Peninsula belong to the U.S. Navy’s Boeing-made Growler jets. What that sounds like is up for debate.