Northwest News

Crews opened Chinook Pass at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 17. It’s safe to say drivers can make travel plans over State Route 410 this weekend.

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Saturday is the 33rd anniversary of the Mount Saint Helens eruption.

Seismologists say ever since the big eruption the volcano has been relatively quiet. Seismologist Seth Moran at the Cascades Volcano Observatory says that’s not an indication that something isn’t happening below the mountain

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Fourth District Congressman Doc Hastings says the I.R.S. scandal may lead to more people being fired or thrown in jail .  He's referring to the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups for special scrutiny

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No winners in last night's $360 million drawing means that the potential winner of Saturday's drawing would be the second largest Powerball winner of all time.

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A major push to get state lawmakers to pass the DREAM Act is the aim of the immigrant rights group One America. Rep. Charles Ross of Naches supports the measure but he is not confident it will pass in the special session now underway in Olympia

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Airlift Northwest is now permanently based at the Yakima Airport. Regional Manager and Flight Nurse Julie Hoffman says since 2011 Airlift Northwest has been flying a plane into Yakima on a daily basis

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State Representative David Taylor of Moxee is not confident lawmakers will agree on a state budget in a special session that started Monday in Olympia.

Taylor says passing a budget is the number one priority

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Governor Jay Inslee was in the Yakima Valley Monday evening, at a community celebration honoring the National Teacher of the Year, Jeff Charbonneau.

Dozens of people turned out to Zillah High School for the event

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell plan to offer a regional outlook next week for the upcoming fire season across the West.

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A single jackpot winner would get enough money to every Washingtonian's mother (6.9 million) a Mother's Day bouquet of flowers this weekend.

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