OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Seven legislators and an aide have been told to pay back up to $18 each for box lunches they ate at a discussion of marijuana laws.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Prompted by the death of a 15-year-old girl, Oregon's Department of Human Services is studying whether age plays a factor when welfare workers choose which cases to investigate.

The newest African American theatre company in Portland opens their new play "Rocket Man" with a preview on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N. Interstate Ave. in Portland...

An unarmed man was shot in the back and killed by a Portland police officer Friday night, even as the city of Portland awaits a judge's ruling on a change of venue in the police killing of James Chasse in 2006...

A racially-tinged confrontation between De La Salle North Catholic High School students and supporters of Knappa High School near Astoria Thursday night has touched off a major effort at reconciliation between the two schools...

When Janine Robben saw the results of a new audit of the state's victim's restitution system, she wasn't surprised. As a former prosecutor, she knew all too well that the state's restitution laws lacked the authority to adequately address the problem...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) -- Diane Loop bought her house six years ago and planned to live a quiet life.
Did she ever go in another direction. Loop opened her home to women who have no place to go when they leave prison...

SEATTLE (AP) -- January's warm temperatures in Western Washington may set a record...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A Portland police officer transferred to work at a property evidence warehouse has filed a whistleblower complaint against the Portland Police Bureau claiming he is being punished for speaking out...