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State to spend $1M on electric-vehicle charging stations
SEATTLE (AP) - The state of Washington will spend $1 million to help construct 15 new charging stations for electric vehicles on some of the busiest highways.
The Seattle Times reported Thursday the charging stations will be along Interstate 5 between Everett and Chehalis; along Interstate 90 east of Snoqualmie Pass, and along interstates 82 and 182, and Highway 395 to connect the Tri-Cities with
Oregon Air National Guard members depart for Florida
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Fifteen Oregon Air National Guard members have departed Oregon for Florida aboard a large transport plane to help with rescue operations and re-establish airfields that might be damaged by Hurricane Irma.
The members of the 125th Special Tactics Squadron left Portland, Oregon, after midnight Friday, bound for Hurlburt Field in the Florida panhandle...
Pilot Rock looking for solutions to its wild turkey problem
PILOT ROCK, Ore. (AP) - Pilot Rock City Council has asked the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for recommendations on how it should handle a flock of wild turkeys that have been ruining residents' gardens and leaving behind droppings.
The East Oregonian reports residents and officials estimate there is a flock of about 50 to 70 turkeys in the area...
Prime real estate: Amazon opens search for 2nd HQ
SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon has opened the search for a second headquarters, promising to spend more than $5 billion on whatever site it chooses in North America.
Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday that the new headquarters will be "a full equal" to its Seattle counterpart with as many as 50,000 jobs...
15 states including WA, OR, sue Trump on rollback of immigrant protections
Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit in New York challenging President Donald Trump's plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation.
The suit was first announced by Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who called Trump's act "a dark time for our country...
GOP Rep. Reichert of Washington state retires after 7 terms
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Rep. Dave Reichert of Washington state says he is retiring from Congress after seven terms.
Reichert, a former sheriff who captured the "Green River Killer," has represented a suburban Seattle district since 2005...
Nike to lay off 490 Oregon workers by end of September
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Nike officials say the company will lay 490 Oregon workers by the end of the month.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the layoffs are part of the 2 percent of the workforce Nike plans to eliminate worldwide. In July, the Nike laid off 255 Oregon workers, and plans to cut another 490 local jobs by Sept...
Washington schools 2nd worst in US for chronic absenteeism
SEATTLE (AP) - A new report shows nearly 17 percent of students in Washington are chronically absent from school, meaning that each misses at least 18 days of instruction.
The Seattle Times reports a new national report, "Portraits of Change," analyzing attendance rates, notes in 28 percent of Washington schools almost a third of all students are missing weeks of classwork...
2 restoration projects slated for Wallowa-Whitman forest
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) - The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest has signed off on a pair of restoration projects to thin overly dense and beetle-killed tree stands.
The East Oregonian reports the Split Rail Project will target mostly lodgepole pine within a 250-acre area...
Active-duty soldiers to fight Washington fires
The Department of Defense has agreed to assign 200 active-duty soldiers to help fight a wildfire in Washington.
Civilian firefighting commanders said Tuesday the soldiers from Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, will undergo four days of training and then be sent to a complex of 14 wildfires in the Umpqua National Forest that have burned 47 square miles...