A group of Hispanic teens in Woodburn, Oregon took part in an ancient Aztec coming-of-age ceremony over the weekend. The ritual was meant to connect the youth with their culture. The aim was also to put them on the right

The New Year will signal a change in the way Oregonians in the southern and eastern part of the state make telephone calls. Jes Burns reports.

There are new rules for dealing with patients who enter the states' mental hospitals through the criminal justice system. Patricia Murphy reports.

Northwest scientists are part of a global movement to track and verify whether countries are cutting as much carbon dioxide as they promise. Correspondent Christy George reports.

What a difference a year and a new set of rules can make. Remember last year's ruckus over competing holiday displays in the Washington Statehouse? This year it's peace, love and joy, relatively speaking.

Starting January First, most large buildings in Oregon will be required to have a device meant to save the lives of cardiac arrest victims.

Idaho is considered one of the reddest states in America. But Democrats are excited about their new gubernatorial candidate's chances.

Travelers from the Northwest won't have to worry about packing their passports for the flight home after the first of the year.

A new law that takes affect with the new year requires owners of large buildings to keep at least one of the so-called A-E-D machines on hand. Chris Lehman reports.

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation no longer has weapons-grade plutonium. Anna King went on the first public tour deep inside what locals call the PFP.

Federal regulators have approved construction of a Liquefied Natural Gas terminal on the southern Oregon Coast. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski is already asking the agency to reconsider. Rachael McDonald reports.

Idaho's State Board of Education has approved a one year waiver of its policy preventing the state's colleges and universities from proposing tuition and fee hikes of more than ten percent.

Washington and Oregon have won a federal "bonus" for progress in reducing the ranks of uninsured children. The Obama administration today awarded Oregon $1.6 million and Washington $7.5 million.

A catch-all budget bill signed by President Obama this week includes money to build a long-discussed Doppler weather radar on the Washington coast.

A northeastern Washington judge tomorrow will sentence a man accused of buying the gall bladders of six bears. Authorities believe William Page was also selling the organs to people who get big money for them in Asia.

Dairy farmers are getting some relief from the federal government. That's the word today from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

After days without a sign of the lost climbers Clackamas County Sheriffs officially ended the Mount Hood rescue effort yesterday. The two climbers' fathers said they accepted that decision, and the likelihood that their children had died on the mountainside.

The debate continues over Washington's $300 million data center project now under construction in Olympia. A state lawmaker says he's exploring legal avenues for changing the scope of the project.

Tea Party groups around the Northwest today are celebrating the 236th anniversary of the political revolt known as the Boston Tea Party.

Long-time foes shook hands on Capitol Hill today as Oregon's Democratic Senator Ron Wyden introduced a bill to increase logging in eastern Oregon.