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A new map in Oregon that rated the wildfire risk of every tax lot in the state — labeling nearly 80,000 structures as high-risk — generated so much pushback from angry homeowners that officials abruptly retracted it

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A policy passed in 2021 requiring grocery stores pay employees an additional $4 per hour in hazard pay has just come to an end

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People line up to drop their primary election ballots at the drop box across the street from the Yakima County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, in Yakima, Wash. (Emree Weaver/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP) 

Voters were deciding the top two candidates in races for the U.S. Senate, Congress and the secretary of state's office.

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A growing number of people incarcerated at the Sheridan Federal Correctional Institution have complained about guards from other federal facilities coming in to toss their cells and indiscriminately beat people

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 It’s hard to miss Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails when walking through Salem’s downtown district. Taped to its windows are tons of signs, some of them handmade. They read: “Black Lives Matter,” and, “No Place For Hate.”

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Washington voters will winnow the field of candidates in dozens of races in the state’s primary

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Cooling centers will remain open in Portland, Oregon through Sunday night as a likely record-breaking heat wave is linked to at least six deaths from hyperthermia

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(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) 

Brett Forsell was arrested July 9 after yelling obscenities and threats outside Jayapal's Seattle home late at night with a handgun holstered on his waist.

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Portland fashion designer Janelle Arnold. 

Janelle Arnold’s Dorotheaa label will be on display at upcoming Portland Fashion Week.

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