Elyse Umemoto returned to her home state Tuesday to come to terms with what happened to her and to endorse Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna's proposal to ramp up penalties for the most dangerous, repeat domestic abusers.

For many African Americans living in Vancouver, their roots in this community go back to the Kaiser Shipyards during World War II. The Vancouver NAACP is now providing the public an opportunity to hear from these "First Families" in a yet-to-be completed collection of first-hand accounts of what it was like to live in post-war Vancouver...

The Seattle Seahawks dropped to 2-4 on the season with an embarrassing 27-3 loss to the Arizona Cardinals Sunday at Qwest Field.

The African American Health Coalition's 14th annual Wellness Village, featured a cooking demonstration as well as health screenings and information for everyone in the family. Volunteers from the coalition and from health and wellness groups offered everything ....

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Motorists in the Portland area will soon become familiar with the faces of long-forgotten homicide victims.
The photographs of Cecilio Corrales, Gary Hanberg, Eunice Karr and other people killed many years ago will be placed on billboards around Multnomah County as part of an advertising campaign by the sheriff's cold-case team...

The Oregon arts education organization Caldera has named civil rights icon Myrlie Evers-Williams to its board of directors.

Craig Robinson, who had basketball fans jamming Oregon State University's Gill Coliseum last year, proved to be a big draw himself this weekend in Washington County.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Midway through the fourth quarter against the Denver Nuggets, Portland's Greg Oden made a layup underneath and crowded basket and was fouled. He punctuated the play with a snarl, his fists clinched in determination...

Edgerrin James is likely to enter the top 10 on the NFL's career rushing list this weekend.
He said the milestone means a lot to him because he feels like part of a "dying breed." He believes rushing for 12,000-plus yards is increasingly difficult in a league that is moving away from teams having a lone, feature back.

A tearful Bill Walton has apologized to Portland Trail Blazers fans 30 years after leaving the team he led to its only NBA championship.
Walton returned to Portland on Friday for the first time he could remember to receive an award, make a speech for Special Olympics and attend a fundraiser for the Blazers.