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Washington State University's Board of Regents unanimously approved a plan Friday to establish a medical school in Spokane. It has the potential to…

A new report shows Washington State University is ready for a full-fledged medical school in Spokane. It would be one of the biggest educational ventures…

Farmers in southern Oregon are suing to block the release of additional water from the Trinity River to the Klamath River. The discharge next week by the…

New figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show the Northwest has fewer people who speak a foreign language at home than the country as a whole.Census data…

The blueberries on your morning cereal are less expensive this year. That’s because farmers are harvesting a bumper crop this summer. It’s good news for

A firefighter has died in a truck accident on a one-lane mountain road in Southern Oregon.Jesse A. Trader was 19-years-old. He was working for a company…

Gay rights advocates say their campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in Oregon is off to a more rapid start than expected. Backers of the effort said

Northwest history is colliding with the need to upgrade the region’s electric transmission grid. It’s happening on a windblown patch of riverfront…

The head of the Nez Perce Tribe says he's “shocked” by the “audacity” of an Oregon shipper that plans to haul extra-large loads through a protected…

Authorities are identifying the wildland firefighter who was killed Thursday outside the town of Sisters as John Hammack of Central Oregon. Another…