The Metropolitan King County Council Tuesday gave thumbs up on a Washington legislative measure to deny bail to felons arrested on a potential "third strike" offense. Councilors indicated their vote was triggered by Maurice Clemmons' fatal shootings of four Lakewood police officers drinking coffee and doing paperwork in a café Nov. 29, 2009.

Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette formally inaugurated its new regional service center at 3727 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, on Valentine's Day. Dozens of people attended the event, which included a blessing ceremony, tours of the building and celebratory drumming by a group of young women...

The investigation by De La Salle North Catholic and Knappa High School officials into a potentially explosive situation after a basketball game in late January found no weapons were ever involved and that the conflict was quickly resolved by Knappa staff...

The H1N1 vaccine is trickling into Oregon more slowly than expected. Public health officials anticipate a cumulative amount of 528,155 doses by Nov. 20. Until more vaccine arrives, health officials are urging local heath departments and tribes to target vaccine outreach to the people who are at greatest risk for hospitalization and death... Healthy people ages 5 to 24 years old are being asked to wait for their vaccine until more is available...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Beneath a mossy gravestone in the far corner of Salem's historical Hayesville Cemetery are the remains of a man whose story few have heard...

SEATTLE (AP) -- In a series of jailhouse phone calls, the man accused of gunning down four police officers in late November told his wife he was a victim of the criminal justice system and would never again be arrested, face a judge or be jailed, The Seattle Times reported Sunday.

SEATTLE (AP) -- A teenage girl beaten in a Seattle bus tunnel as three security guards who were following company orders looked on said Friday that she sought help from the guards and police but was rebuffed.

Portland Community College student Damani Proctor has been selected one of 105 students nationwide for the NASA Student Ambassador Program.
Ambassadors will interact with the agency while sharing information, making professional connections and collaborating with peers. They also will represent NASA in a variety of venues and help the agency inspire and engage future interns and fellows. Proctor is working on his associate's degree in Microelectronics Technology Program at the Rock Creek Campus. After college he aspires to use his two degrees to find work in the solar electronics industry.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- The students stomped their feet, heckled and then stood and turned their backs as the speaker at the University of Oregon defended red-baiting Sen. Joseph McCarthy and called Martin Luther King Jr. a communist dupe. With more than 30 security officers assigned to keep the peace, the 90-something patriarch of the group sat in a wheelchair next to the speaker, silently observing the spectacle while at times half-asleep.

Washington state voters in the Special Elections balloting this week overwhelmingly approved a slate of regional school funding levies, just two weeks after a King County Superior Court judge ruled that "basic education" is not adequately funded and relies too much on passage of local funding levies.