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WALLA WALLA, Wash. — For his pay-the-mortgage job, Kurt Schoen flies cargo for UPS.
AURORA, Wash. — For a moment, as the giant concrete elephant tipped in the wind, everyone was on edge.
YAKIMA, Wash. — The Washington state Department of Transportation has closed two highways in the Cascade Mountains for the season due to heavy snow and avalanche risk.
MOUNT BAKER, Wash. — Heavy snowfall in the Cascade Range has some Washington ski areas preparing to open.
SEATTLE — Moments after the first returns were posted in the Seattle mayor's race, Mike McGinn's volunteer field director took the stage at the Capitol Hill party.
CALDWELL, Idaho — Authorities in Canyon County say voters' rejection last week of a $46 million bond to build a new jail means the crime rate could go up.
HAILEY, Idaho — St. Luke's Wood River plans to open a new clinic in Hailey later this month.
SEATTLE — A consulting group has recommended that Washington state close its smallest prison, the Ahtanum View Corrections Center in Yakima, to cut costs.
TACOMA, Wash. — Sound Transit will have to pay an additional $2.5 million to the owner of a Tacoma business displaced by a new commuter rail line.
BOISE, Idaho — Seven homeless Boise residents are suing the city and the police department, saying that rules against camping in public spaces amount to cruel and unusual punishment in a city where homeless shelters are overflowing.