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Deputies have arrested one man and are searching for another believed to be involved in a gun fight north of Moses Lake. Moses Lake officers say Patrick Pearson was tracked down by U.S. Marshals Monday and was arrested in the Mae Valley area...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A state official will request $50 million from the Oregon Legislature to help fix issues within Oregon's child welfare agency. The Statesman Journal reports Republican State Rep. Knute Buehler says he will introduce the proposal for a "rapid-improvement team" to quickly implement recommendations to fix the agency as an amendment to existing legislation...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Production of hops has grown dramatically in the United States since 2012, and no more acreage is needed to meet the demand for the plant that flavors beer. That's according to a new report from the Yakima-based trade group Hop Growers of America...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - State officials have announced that recreational crabbing is now open along the entire Oregon coast. The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Thursday that recreational crabbing is open from Cape Blanco, north of Port Orford, to the California border...

A building is back open on the Hanford site, after five workers reported odors Monday afternoon. Officials with Washington River Protection Solutions said in a statement after receiving air monitoring and sampling results that showed no chemicals above action levels, officials reopened the area to workers...

A Boardman man died Monday night in a single vehicle accident. According to Oregon State Police, the accident happened on I-84 near MP 181 at about 8:40 P.M., in Umatilla County. TInvestigators say a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer was headed eastbound on I-84 when it went off the pavement, rolling several times...

A 14-year old boy is in critical condition after he was hit by an SUV Monday evening. Yakima Police say the teen was walking in the area of North 24th Avenue and West Lincoln, when he was hit around 5:30 p.m. Officers say the Yakima teen was taken to a local hospital and then transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle...

Representatives Bill Jenkin and Terry Nealey are teaming up to hold a joint telephone town hall meeting Tuesday night, February 6th. The meeting is open to anyone who wants to call in, listen to what the state lawmakers have to say, and ask questions...

(from Public News Service) The AARP Foundation's Tax-Aide program is in its 50th year of providing free tax services to people across the country. Last year, volunteers helped 73,000 Oregonians and more than 82,000 Washingtonians file their state and federal income tax returns. Bob Bruce,...

A man is on the run after Mattawa Police say he is believed to have stolen from a business and may be connected to over a dozen other similar cases since Christmas. Police Chief Joe Harris says the most recent break-in was January 29th at Flores y Regalos El Clavel off the 400 block of Government Road and they are now circulating security camera pictures of the suspect. ...