Northwest News

On Wednesday, March 13, the Powerball jackpot rolled over to $216 million. That’s enough money to buy the whole city of East Wenatchee (13,190) a snowmobile (up to $16,000).

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SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians is expected to undergo a review of his sanity beginning this weekend.

John Henry Browne, an attorney for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, said Wednesday his client will participate in the review by Army doctors

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LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) — The co-manager of a Lincoln City, Ore., motel recalls the man who checked in as chatty and friendly, paying with cash and saying he was on a road trip.

Leah Kallimanis says Michael Boysen showed his ID on Monday and signed his real name

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Big changes are coming to Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie Pass. The snowshed is coming down and bridges are going up as part of a 15 mile corridor improvement project.

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LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) — A Washington state man suspected of killing his grandparents has been captured in an Oregon seaside motel room and sent to a Portland hospital for treatment of what are described as serious self-inflicted cuts

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A bill moving through the state legislature would help orchardists better monitor and eradicate apple maggots in the Yakima County area. While school children joke about worms in apples, the apple maggot is no laughing matter for the tree fruit industry in Washington

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Three stores in Yakima and one in Toppenish are ranked in the Central Washington region's top ten.

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SEATTLE (AP) — The prospective new owner of the Sacramento Kings is calling on fans in Seattle to sign up for a "priority ticket waitlist" as a way to show the NBA how much interest there is in bringing pro basketball back to the area

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Legislation to create license plates for the Seahawks and Sounders FC has passed in the Washington State Senate, and is now in the House of Representatives.

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DUNLAP, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say the intern fatally attacked by a lion at a California exotic animal park was talking with a co-worker on the phone in the moments before she was killed. Fre

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