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(Salem, OR) -- The Oregon Health Authority is warning Oregonians to check their homes for Jif peanut butter that's being recalled for Salmonella contamination. The peanut butter was also included in food boxes distributed through the OHA's food box program ...

(Olympia, WA) -- Governor Jay Inslee is calling for stronger gun control laws following a mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas. Inslee took to Twitter yesterday saying he and his wife Trudi are "devastated with the news of yet another violent tragedy ...

UPDATE: The suspect driver has been identified as 28-year-old Anthony Stadler of Richland. The victim driver is 48-year-old Jeremy Richards of LaGrande. ------------------------------------------------- (College Place, WA) -- Two are dead after a linen truck was stolen in College Place crashes into another car along State Route 125 Tuesday morning ...

(Seattle, WA) -- After 15 years of being there, Washington-based Starbucks is pulling out of Russia. The coffee giant has 130 licensed cafes in Russia, meaning Starbucks itself doesn't directly operate them, but it does supply them with coffee and other merchandise ...

(Portland, OR) -- The Bureau of Land Management will impose fire restrictions on all BLM lands in Oregon and Washington starting May 27th. Drought conditions could allow fires to spread quickly. The restrictions prohibit fireworks, exploding targets, metallic targets, steel component ammunition, tracer ammunition, and sky lanterns ...

(Yakima County, WA) -- The state of Washington is being added as a defendant in a lawsuit over new political boundaries in Yakima Valley. The lawsuit filed in January by a contingent of Latinx voters and civil rights groups argues the state's new redistricting map violates the Voting Rights Act and intentionally dilutes Latinx voter influence in the Yakima Valley ...

Map courtesy of AAA. Track gas prices daily at gasprices.aaa.com (Pasco, WA) -- Gas prices are still on the rise The average price for regular unleaded fuel now 5.19 a gallon in Washington State. Many Washington Republicans have called on other state leaders to suspend the state's gas tax ... Read More ...

(Olympia, WA) -- Governor Jay Inslee will not be re-implementing a mask mandate in Washington state. Even as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rise, Inslee says it's "not under consideration right now." However, the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for state employees will remain in place ...

(Moses Lake, WA) -- A sad end to the search for a woman missing since March 4th. Moses Lake Police says their detectives have been trying to find Yanira Cedillos. On Thursday, May 12th, detectives obtained information on some updated cell phone data from the suspect’s cell phone. Dete ...

(Yakima, WA) -- A Yakima man is in custody after admitting to involvement in two shootings. It started when police responded to reports of shots fired in the 900 block of LaSalle Street around 12:30 Sunday morning.  An officer on the scene heard another round of shots and saw a silver Honda Accord fleeing northbound of Fair Avenue.  Af ...