Paid Family Leave for working families in Washington State is on indefinite hold because of budget woes. That means the legislatively-approved program won't launch next October as planned. Correspondent Austin Jenkins has details.
The labor force in Oregon shrunk by another seven-thousand jobs last month. That follows an even larger drop in August. One political leader says he has a plan that can put a lot of the newly jobless back to work.
Both sides in Oregon's contested race for U-S Senator are playing the Ron Wyden card. Oregon's senior Senator is appearing in a new ad in support of fellow Democrat Jeff Merkley. Republican incumbent Gordon Smith is using his Democratic colleague
In this time of economic trouble, one industry is doing well: gold mining. The market price for gold is unusually strong: more than 800 dollars an ounce. A new gold mine that opened in northeastern Washington this week will take
Washington State University's number-two administrator has been on personal leave for more than two weeks, athe university has yet to say why. WSU president Elson Floyd has said he'll make a decision about Steven Hock's position by the end of
Paradise is getting a new look and you only have to go to Mount Rainier to see it. About three hundred people - including the Secretary of Interior - were on hand at Paradise this afternoon to dedicate a new
If you live in Oregon, you should be getting a voters pamphlet in the mail any day now. Oregon has so many items to vote on, the state split the voters pamphlet in two. One book for candidates and a
Micron Technology announced it would cut about 15 percent of its work force around the globe as part of a restructuring of its memory operations. Samantha Wright reports on what that means for Idaho workers.
Newly published research from Oregon State University suggests a cost-effective way to make hydrogen to fuel the cars of the future. The fuel could be affordable because the raw material is plain old sewage water. Tom Banse explains.
Washington gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi plans to fight a subpoena to testify in an ongoing campaign finance lawsuit. Meanwhile, the Attorney General's office is getting into the fray. On Thursday, a Senior Assistant Attorney General warned the lawyer bringing the
The two major-party candidates for Oregon's U-S Senate seat took the gloves off Thursday night in their first debate of the campaign. Incumbent Republican Gordon Smith and Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley wasted no time in attacking each other's records. Chris
Micron Technology announced it would cut about 15 percent of its work force around the globe as part of a restructuring of its memory operations. Samantha Wright reports on what than means for Idaho workers.
Fresh from the U-S Census are the most detailed estimates the agency has ever produced on people with and without health insurance. The survey shows wide variation in health coverage within the region. Correspondent Tom Banse reports some of the
The two candidates for Washington governor faced each other in Spokane today. In their second-to-last debate, Democrat Chris Gregoire and Republican Dino Rossi sparred over the state budget, taxes and health care in an increasingly testy campaign. Correspondent Doug Nadvornick
The number of Latino politicians is up from ten years ago. Back then only 13 Latino candidates were elected into office. Today, there are nearly 50 in office. Anna King reports on the changing demographics of the Pacific Northwest.
For Northwest hunters this is a big weekend. Washington wildlife officials estimate up to 170-thousand hunters will be going after deer and waterfowl. But wildlife officials don't want those hunters to shoot wolves.
Washington gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi plans to fight a subpoena to testify in a campaign finance lawsuit brought by two former Supreme Court Justices. The lawsuit accuses Rossi, a Republican, of illegally participating in a political fundraising effort by the
After an 18-year battle, a Canadian mining company opened a gold mine Wednesday in the mountains of northeastern Washington. It's a mine many in the area never thought would be built. But its former opponents have signed on in support.
Can't get enough political debates? Washington and Oregon voters will get the chance to see contenders for top offices in action tonight. Two major debates are scheduled. Chris Lehman reports.
This year's race for Oregon Secretary of State has political insiders paying close attention. That's because the next Secretary of State could play a major role in the upcoming round of legislative redistricting. Correspondent Chris Lehman reports that few things
